Andrew McLachlan (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

I remind senators that on Thursday 8 February 2024 a division was called on the closure motion moved by Senator Roberts relating to Senator Babet's general business notice of motion No. 462, concerning excess deaths in Australia. I understand it suits the convenience of the Senate to hold that division now, so I put the question.

Question agreed to.

The question now before the Senate is that the following motion moved by Senator Babet be agreed to:

That the Senate acknowledges that:

(a) the concerning number of excess deaths observed in Australia in 2021 and 2022 has continued into 2023 as evidenced by all-cause provisional mortality data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics; and

(b) there is a need for further inquiry as to the reasons for these excess deaths.