Child hunger debate amendment
Senator Daly presses an amendment seeking a same-day debate with the Health Minister on child hunger; the Leader criticises the Opposition’s attendance at an earlier flooding vote.
Senator Mark Daly has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business, "That a debate with the Minister for Health to address the unacceptable situation where one in five children goes to bed and school hungry be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?
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Yes. I remind colleagues opposite of the issue of child hunger in order that they will not just blindly support the Government.
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I hope the Senator has more Members here now than when he called a vote yesterday. He called for a debate on flooding but nobody turned up.
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The Senator might have been, but many of his colleagues were not.