The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Senator Patterson) —The President has received a letter from Senator Woodley proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion, namely:

The failure of the government to do anything effective about the crisis in the Australian citrus industry resulting in the loss of more than 440 million fresh Australian oranges a year.

I call upon those senators who approve of the proposed discussion to rise in their places.

More than the number of senators required by the standing orders having risen in their places—