MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE

The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Hodgins-May ) (17:30): The Senate will now consider the proposal under standing order 75, from Senator McKim, which is also shown at item 12 on today's Order of Business: The Albanese government's failure to protect the Australian environment, water, jobs, data, and national interest from the march of US tech billionaire controlled artificial intelligence and data centres across the country.

Is consideration of 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.