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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • restoring territory rights (assisted suicide legislation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
  •   questions without notice
    • taxation (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • employment (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • energy (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • energy (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • taxation (Patrick, Sen Rex)
    • energy (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • defence exercises (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • child sexual abuse (Hinch, Sen Derryn)
    • great barrier reef foundation (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • indigenous employment, indigenous advancement strategy (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • great barrier reef foundation (Watt, Sen Murray)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • energy
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • energy
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • cambodia: general election
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • dying to know day
      • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (reporting of gas reserves) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Georgiou, Sen Peter
      • second reading
        • Georgiou, Sen Peter
  •   motions
    • goods and services tax
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • intelligence services amendment (enhanced parliamentary oversight of intelligence agencies) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • second reading
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • reporting date
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • select committee into the obesity epidemic in australia
      • reporting date
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • dairy industry
      • Burston, Sen Brian
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • division
    • paris agreement
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • multiculturalism
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • climate change
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • child sexual abuse
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • division
  •   motions
    • multiculturalism
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • leyonhjelm, senator david
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • division
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Anning, Sen Fraser
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, economics references committee
      • additional information
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
    • law enforcement committee
      • corrigenda to report
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   petitions
    • banking and financial services
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on constitutional recognition relating to aboriginal and torres strait island
      • report
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • government response to report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   bills
    • australian institute of health and welfare amendment bill 2018
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (illicit tobacco offences) bill 2018, primary industries levies and charges collection amendment bill 2018, social services legislation amendment (drug testing trial) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   committees
    • membership
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • great barrier reef foundation
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (cashless debit card trial expansion) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • restoring territory rights (assisted suicide legislation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Smith, Sen David
        • Molan, Sen Jim
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Georgiou, Sen Peter
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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