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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • selection committee
      • report
        • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   motions
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • division
      • Burke, Tony, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • division
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • division
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • division
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   bills
    • family assistance legislation amendment (jobs for families child care package) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Ellis, Kate, MP
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
        • Husar, Emma, MP
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
        • division
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • division
      • third reading
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   ministerial statements
    • last veterans' mission to korea
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (corrupting benefits) bill 2017
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
    • copyright amendment (disability access and other measures) bill 2017
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
    • communications legislation amendment (sbs advertising flexibility) bill 2017
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
    • education and other legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2017
      • second reading
        • Swanson, Meryl, MP
        • Husar, Emma, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
      • third reading
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
    • corporations amendment (crowd-sourced funding) bill 2016
      • consideration of senate message
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
  •   statements by members
    • workplace relations
      • Mitchell, Rob, MP
    • forde electorate: look, mr david
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
    • indi electorate: agriculture
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • bonner electorate: sailability bayside
      • Vasta, Ross, MP
    • dobell electorate: international women's day
      • McBride, Emma, MP
    • leukaemia foundation
      • Wallace, Andrew, MP
    • tasmania: labor party
      • Mitchell, Brian, MP
    • robertson electorate: road safety
      • Wicks, Lucy, MP
    • lindsay electorate: jasmyn tan and bryson miles
      • Husar, Emma, MP
    • o'connor electorate: marine research
      • Wilson, Rick, MP
    • macquarie electorate: jazz in the park
      • Templeman, Susan, MP
    • political parties
      • Wilson, Tim, MP
    • batman electorate: darebin community legal centre
      • Feeney, David, MP
    • la trobe electorate: sporting clubs
      • Wood, Jason, MP
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • aged care
      • Broadbent, Russell, MP
    • power of speech
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • medtronic bennelong schools stem challenge
      • Alexander, John, MP
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
    • dementia
      • Andrews, Kevin, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • pensions and benefits (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • cost of living (Wicks, Lucy, MP)
    • child care (Shorten, Bill, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • cost of living (Howarth, Luke, MP)
    • turnbull government (Macklin, Jenny, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • tasmania: logging (Wilkie, Andrew, MP)
    • child care (Wood, Jason, MP)
    • taxation (Chalmers, Jim, MP)
    • energy (Broadbent, Russell, MP)
    • taxation (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • energy (Landry, Michelle, MP)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • energy (Sudmalis, Ann, MP)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • trade unions (Henderson, Sarah, MP)
    • workplace relations (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • national security (Buchholz, Scott, MP)
    • workplace relations (O'Connor, Brendan, MP)
    • mental health (Hogan, Kevin, MP)
    • schools (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • remote airstrip upgrade program (Littleproud, David, MP)
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 43 of 2016-17
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   ministerial statements
    • last veterans' mission to korea
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   bills
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2016-2017, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2016-2017
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   matters of public importance
    • schools
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
      • Andrews, Karen, MP
      • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • Littleproud, David, MP
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • Hastie, Andrew, MP
      • Mitchell, Brian, MP
      • Flint, Nicolle, MP
      • Bird, Sharon, MP
      • Laming, Andrew, MP
  •   bills
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2016-2017, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2016-2017
      • second reading
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
    • treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Evans, Trevor, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Coleman, David, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Morton, Ben, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
        • Hill, Julian, MP
        • Robert, Stuart, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • council of mayors: southeast queensland
      • Buchholz, Scott, MP
    • blair electorate: royal australian air force
      • Neumann, Shayne, MP
    • dawson electorate: mackay ring road
      • Christensen, George, MP
    • income inequality
      • Giles, Andrew, MP
    • dunkley electorate: public transport
      • Crewther, Chris, MP
    • harmony day
      • Aly, Anne, MP
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • statements by members
      • shortland electorate: meals on wheels
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
      • domestic and family violence
        • O'Brien, Llew, MP
      • men's health
        • Gosling, Luke, MP
      • hinkler electorate
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
      • indi electorate: community leadership
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • goldstein electorate: community leadership
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
      • schools
        • McBride, Emma, MP
      • schools
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
      • vaccination
        • Owens, Julie, MP
      • durack electorate: women in business
        • Price, Melissa, MP
    • ministerial statements
      • agreement to amend the singapore-australia free trade agreement
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
    • governor general's speech
      • address-in-reply
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • bills
      • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2016-2017, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2016-2017
        • second reading
          • Van Manen, Bert, MP
          • Jones, Stephen, MP
          • Wood, Jason, MP
          • Conroy, Pat, MP
          • Prentice, Jane, MP
          • Butler, Terri, MP
          • Hogan, Kevin, MP
          • Neumann, Shayne, MP
          • Champion, Nick, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • flight mh370 (question no. 642)
    • ministerial expenses (question no. 670) (Keogh, Matt, MP)

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