MATTERS OF URGENCY

The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Sterle ) (16:46): Senator Blyth has submitted a proposal, under standing order 75, today. It has been circulated and is shown on the Dynamic Red: That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: The failure of the Albanese Labor Government's Future Made in Australia agenda, which is killing Australian industry from steel to nickel, with Whyalla's blast furnace permanently closed, Liberty Bell Bay shut and Nickel West suspended despite billions in taxpayer support for Whyalla, Tomago and Nyrstar, while Labor continues to burden industry with high energy costs and then falsely suggests that questioning failed taxpayer-funded bailouts is the same as opposing Australian manufacturing jobs.

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.