MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE

The SPEAKER (15:17): I've 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: This Government's three years of cuts, delays and broken promises making life harder for 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—