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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee, electoral matters committee, select committee on unconventional gas mining
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
  •   statements by senators
    • transport industry
      • Williams, Sen John
    • nepal earthquake, halal certification
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • women's rights
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • live animal exports
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • multicultural women's council of tasmania
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • economy
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • liquid natural gas
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • forced adoption
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • boothby electorate
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • australian labor party (Seselja, Sen Zed)
  • distinguished visitors
  •   questions without notice
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • media ownership (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • legal aid (Lazarus, Sen Glenn)
    • smart specialisation strategy (Williams, Sen John)
    • fiscal policy (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • taxation (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • child care (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • superannuation (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • defence white paper (Fawcett, Sen David)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question no. 2838
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   petitions
    • euthanasia laws act 1997
    • radioactive waste
    • centrelink
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   business
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • withdrawal
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • postponement
    • presentation
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • rearrangement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   motions
    • polio
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • national day of action against bullying and violence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • tait, ms sarah, cervical cancer
      • Wang, Sen Zhenya
  •   documents
    • australian electoral commission
      • order for the production of documents
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Carr, Sen Kim
      • order for the production of documents
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   committees
    • electoral matters committee
      • reporting date
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   motions
    • polio
    • polio
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Paterson, Sen James
  •   motions
    • syria
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • division
  •   statement by the president
    • photography in the chamber
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • renewable energy
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Muir, Sen Ricky
      • division
    • income management
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • mandatory telecommunications data retention scheme
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • climate change
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee, scrutiny of government budget measures select committee
      • membership
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • biological control amendment bill 2016, law and justice legislation amendment (northern territory local court) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • territories legislation amendment bill 2016, passenger movement charge amendment (norfolk island) bill
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • corporations amendment (life insurance remuneration arrangements) bill 2016, migration amendment (character cancellation consequential provisions) bill 2016, registration of deaths abroad amendment bill 2016, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016, telecommunications legislation amendment (access regime and nbn companies) bill 2016, treasury legislation amendment (repeal day 2015) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • telecommunications legislation amendment (access regime and nbn companies) bill 2016, treasury legislation amendment (repeal day 2015) bill 2016
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • corporations amendment (life insurance remuneration arrangements) bill 2016, migration amendment (character cancellation consequential provisions) bill 2016, registration of deaths abroad amendment bill 2016, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016, telecommunications legislation amendment (access regime and nbn companies) bill 2016
    • treasury legislation amendment (repeal day 2015) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • transport security amendment (serious or organised crime) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • parliamentary entitlements amendment (injury compensation scheme) bill 2016, social services legislation amendment (family measures) bill 2015, tax laws amendment (small business restructure roll-over) bill 2016
      • assent
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Peris, Sen Nova
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • wild dogs
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • aged care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • cycle paths
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • indigenous affairs
      • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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