Matters of Urgency

The majority voted against a motion introduced by Tasmanian Senator Nick McKim (Greens), which means it failed.

Motion text

That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

The need for the Government to stop letting the Reserve Bank of Australia smash the economy, renters and mortgage holders, and to instead use and retain its power to overrule monetary policy decisions of the Reserve Bank, and to directly tackle the causes of inflation by stopping price gouging, capping rent increases and making big corporations pay their fair share of tax.