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Brief Guides to Senate Procedure

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1. Disallowance (PDF 28KB)
2. Notices of motion (PDF 34KB)
3. Opportunities for debating documents and reports (PDF 40KB)
4. Rules of Debate (PDF 40KB)
5. Suspension of Standing Orders (PDF 36KB)
6. Committee membership (PDF 37KB)
7. Referring matters to committees (PDF 45KB)
8. Categories of business (PDF 38KB)
9. Consideration of legislation (PDF 54KB)
10. Matters of Public Importance and Urgency debates (PDF 20KB)
11. Orders for production of documents (PDF 38KB)
12. Tabling of documents (PDF 37KB)
13. Privilege - raising matters of privilege and the right of reply (PDF 526KB)
14. Debating legislation under time limits (PDF 20KB)
15. Communication between the Houses - dealing with messages (PDF 44KB)
16. Voting in the Senate (PDF 34KB)
17. Questions (PDF 38KB)
18. Senate Chamber Documents (PDF 44KB)
19. Qualifications of Senators and Candidates for Senate Elections (PDF 35KB)
20. Reading a Bill (PDF 44KB)
21. Petitions (PDF 31KB)
22. Senators and Parliamentary Privilege (PDF 42KB)
23. Provisions governing the conduct of Senators (PDF 65KB)

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