Deborah O'Neill (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Senate will now consider the proposal from Senator Dean Smith:

Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion:

High inflation makes life difficult for everyone, damages the functioning of the economy, erodes the value of savings, hurts household budgets, makes it harder for businesses to plan and invest, and worsens income inequality, which demonstrates the urgent need for the Albanese Labor Government to come up with a plan to get inflation under control.

Is consideration of the proposal supported?

More than the number of senators required by the standing orders having risen in their places—

With the concurrence of the Senate, the clerks will set the clock in time with the informal arrangements made by the whips.