Marielle Smith (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

A letter has been received from Senator Chandler:

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

Despite the worldwide Women, Life, Freedom protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death two years ago today at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran's military police, the Iranian regime and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps continue to commit severe human rights violations, particularly against women and girls, and continue to use violence and terrorism against civilians in Iran, across the Middle East, and around the world.

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 clock in line with informal arrangements made by the whips.