Matt O'Sullivan (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Senate will now consider the proposal from Senator Thorpe:

Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today I propose to move "That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

The need for the Australian Government to urgently fund the $215.3m funding shortfall for legal assistance services for the 2024-2025 fiscal period, as per Dr. Warren Mundy's Independent Review of the National Legal Assistance Partnership 2020-2025 (NLAP).

Is the proposal supported?

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