MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE

The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Hughes ) (16:29): Senator Rennick has submitted a proposal: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The two major parties have no vision for our children's future. Their profligate spending over the last two decades has left our children facing record levels of debt, unaffordable housing, and a lack of essential services due to underinvestment in infrastructure and high immigration.

Is the proposal supported? More than the number of senators required by the standing orders having risen in their places— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: With the concurrence of the Senate, the clerks will set the clock in line with the informal arrangements made by the whips.