MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE

The SPEAKER (15:25): I have received a letter from the honourable Leader of the Nationals in the House of Representatives, the member for Gippsland, proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's failure to govern for older Australians. 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—