MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE

The DEPUTY PRESIDENT (16:39): Senator Kovacic has submitted a proposal, under standing order 75, today. It is shown at item 16 on today's Order of Business: The Prime Minister promised to tackle Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union corruption, yet 15 months later one of the very people hired to stamp it out has been sacked over allegations of bribery and corruption, demonstrating that Labor's mismanagement is only protecting the problem, not fixing it.

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