That the Senate—

(a) notes the release by the Prime Minister (Mr Howard) of a discussion paper on constitutional change;

(b) supports there being a broad community debate exploring ways to improve the operation of Australia's parliamentary and political system;

(c) encourages the Prime Minister to consider any constitutional and parliamentary changes that have widespread community support; and

(d) expresses the view that one improvement to our parliamentary system would be for the Constitution to be amended to remove the power of the Senate to block supply for the ordinary services of government.