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A letter has been received 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:

Labor's Budget is a Budget for an election, not one for our country's future prosperity, and at a time when living standards have suffered the biggest collapse on record and when the security environment is the most dangerous since the Second World War, it fails to deal with the economic and national security challenges our country faces.

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 line with the informal arrangements made by the whips.