MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE

The SPEAKER (15:16): I have received a letter from the honourable member for Page proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: Regional Australia has given up on the Government, because this Government has given up on regional Australia. I call upon those honourable members who approve of the proposed discussion to rise in their places.

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