The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Chandler ) (18:00): The President has also received the following letter from Senator McKim: Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion: The Albanese Government should use our close relationship with the United States of America and the United Kingdom to free Julian Assange and bring him home. Is the proposal supported? More than the number of senators required by the standing orders having risen in their places— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: With the concurrence of the Senate, the clerks will set the clock in line with the informal arrangements made by the whips.