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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • electronic devices and photography in the chamber
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   bills
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) amendment bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • division
  •   statements by senators
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • human rights
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • turnbull government
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • marine pollution
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • ikin, ms noeline
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • public works committee
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • queensland sugar industry
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • member for melbourne ports
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • climate change
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • western australian state election (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • education (Paterson, Sen James)
    • pensions and benefits (Brown, Sen Carol)
    • adani group (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • innovation and science (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • vocational education and training (Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye)
    • regional development (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • budget (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • workplace relations (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • arts (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • domestic and family violence (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • food labelling (Williams, Sen John)
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • pensions and benefits
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   motions
    • fall of singapore: 75th anniversary
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • 2/10th field regiment
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • tasmania: defence research
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • roads: westconnex
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • redfern statement
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • schools
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   matters of public importance
    • executive remuneration: australia post
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • exposure draft of the marriage amendment (same-sex marriage) bill select committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
  •   documents
    • resettlement of refugees, perth frieght link
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   bills
    • parliamentary entitlements legislation amendment bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • independent parliamentary expenses authority bill 2017, independent parliamentary expenses authority (consequential amendments) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • treasury laws amendment (bourke street fund) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) amendment bill 2017
      • in committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   condolences
    • nixon, ms harriet
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   bills
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) amendment bill 2017
      • in committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • division
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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