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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • western australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
  •   motions
    • covid-19: parliamentary procedure
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • aged care legislation amendment (financial transparency) bill 2020
      • second reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLachlan, Sen Andrew
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
    • banking amendment (deposits) bill 2020
      • second reading
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Bragg, Sen Andrew J
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • division
    • appropriation bill (no. 1) 2020-2021, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2020-2021, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2020-2021
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Ayres, Sen Timothy
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   questions without notice
    • pensions and benefits (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • china (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • pensions and benefits (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • covid-19: economy (McLachlan, Sen Andrew)
    • climate change (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • covid-19: income support payments (Kitching, Sen Kimberley)
    • trade with china (Hanson, Sen Pauline)
    • national security (O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew)
    • cormann, mr mathias (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • child abuse (Askew, Sen Wendy)
    • pensions and benefits (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • pensions and benefits
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • climate change
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • presentation
  •   condolences
    • guilfoyle, hon. dame margaret georgina constance, ac, dbe
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Henderson, Sen Sarah
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • leave of absence
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   regulations and determinations
    • coronavirus economic response package (payments and benefits) amendment rules (no. 8) 2020
      • disallowance
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
  •   motions
    • environment: koala habitat
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • division
    • covid-19: repatriation
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • division
  •   documents
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation act 1999
      • order for the production of documents
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • division
    • federal circuit court of australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   motions
    • covid-19: income support payments
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   matters of urgency
    • covid-19: repatriation
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Davey, Sen Perin
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
  •   documents
    • royal commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability
      • consideration
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee
      • report
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
  •   documents
    • royal commission into aged care quality and safety
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • membership
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   bills
    • higher education legislation amendment (provider category standards and other measures) bill 2020
      • first reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • second reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • economic recovery package (jobmaker hiring credit) amendment bill 2020, social services and other legislation amendment (coronavirus and other measures) bill 2020, family law amendment (risk screening protections) bill 2020, biosecurity amendment (traveller declarations and other measures) bill 2020, broadcasting services amendment (regional commercial radio and other measures) bill 2020, education legislation amendment (up-front payments tuition protection) bill 2020, higher education (up-front payments tuition protection levy) bill 2020, national disability insurance scheme amendment (strengthening banning orders) bill 2020, services australia governance amendment bill 2020, fair work amendment (improving unpaid parental leave for parents of stillborn babies and other measures) bill 2020, health insurance amendment (administration) bill 2020, social services and other legislation amendment (omnibus) bill 2020, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (supporting the wellbeing of veterans and their families) bill 2020
      • assent
    • appropriation bill (no. 1) 2020-2021, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2020-2021, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2020-2021
      • second reading
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Ciccone, Sen Raff
        • Green, Sen Nita
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • in committee
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • australia's foreign relations (state and territory arrangements) bill 2020, australia's foreign relations (state and territory arrangements) (consequential amendments) bill 2020
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
        • Ayres, Sen Timothy
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • Van, Sen David
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   adjournment
    • Walsh, Sen Jess (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • australia post
      • Henderson, Sen Sarah
    • nelson tjakamarra, mr
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • mental health
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel

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