Mildly confused Brett wrote:
> I can only infer from this that the term "table" is meant to refer to the
> plans being stopped or killed. Is that so? Because in Australian (and
> probably British) use "to table" something means that the idea is
> raised or


not so surprisingly, it means both:

from www.yourdictionary.com

Main Entry: (2)table
Function: transitive verb
Date: 15th century
Inflected Form(s): ta.bled; ta.bling /-b(&-)li[ng]/
1 : to enter in a table
2 a British : to place on the agenda b : to remove (as a parliamentary
motion) from
consideration indefinitely c : to put on a table

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