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A letter has been received from Senator Hume:

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

Labor's cost of living crisis is costing Australians more, with real wages going backwards by 7.8 per cent and the cost of living for working Australians increasing by 6.2 per cent in the last year alone, and senior Labor ministers admitting that the Government's response "doesn't touch the sides".

Is 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 clocks in line with informal arrangements made by the whips.