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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • national redress scheme for institutional child sexual abuse bill 2018, national redress scheme for institutional child sexual abuse (consequential amendments) bill 2018
      • in committee
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
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        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
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        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
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        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • third reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • water amendment bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   questions without notice
    • income tax (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • income tax (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination (Rice, Sen Janet)
    • child care (Stoker, Sen Amanda)
    • income tax (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • indigenous employment (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • department of veterans' affairs (Hinch, Sen Derryn)
    • vocational education and training (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • national redress scheme (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • minister for jobs and innovation (Watt, Sen Murray)
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • income tax
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   party office holders
    • pauline hanson's one nation
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • united australia party
      • Burston, Sen Brian
      • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, finance and public administration references committee
      • reporting date
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • private health insurance legislation amendment bill 2018, a new tax system (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) amendment (excess levels for private health insurance policies) bill 2018, medicare levy amendment (excess levels for private health insurance policies) bill 2018
      • reference to committee
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
  •   motions
    • minister representing the minister for aged care
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • trade
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • migration
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • division
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • united states-north korea summit
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   documents
    • department of health
      • order for the production of documents
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • division
  •   motions
    • vocational education and training
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
    • social housing
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • israel
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • yemen
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • charity fundraising in the 21st century
      • appointment
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • death penalty
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • division
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   committees
    • select committee on the future of work and workers
      • reporting date
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • reporting date
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • world elder abuse awareness day
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • national palliative care week
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • miegunyah house museum
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • brisbane combined unions choir
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   matters of public importance
    • income tax
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   committees
    • appropriations and staffing committee
      • report
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • additional information
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • joint standing committee on national capital and external territories
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • government response to report
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   bills
    • australian astronomical observatory (transition) bill 2018, commerce (trade descriptions) amendment bill 2018, health insurance (approved pathology specimen collection centres) tax amendment bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • corporations (fees) amendment (asic fees) bill 2018, national consumer credit protection (fees) amendment (asic fees) bill 2018, superannuation auditor registration imposition amendment (asic fees) bill 2018, superannuation industry (supervision) amendment (asic fees) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • communications legislation amendment (regional and small publishers innovation fund) bill 2017
      • assent
    • water amendment bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Anning, Sen Fraser
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • treasury laws amendment (personal income tax plan) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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