This series is designed for those who require a practical understanding of the procedures governing the work of the Senate.

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No. 1 Senate business documents	PDF 85KB	No. 13 Referring matters to committees	PDF 80KB
No. 2 Rules of debate	PDF 75KB	No. 14 Committee membership	PDF 73KB
No. 3 Voting in the Senate	PDF 77KB	No. 15 Reading a bill	PDF 215KB
No. 4 Categories of business	PDF 77KB	No. 16 Consideration of legislation	PDF 88KB
No. 5 Suspension of standing orders	PDF 67KB	No. 17 Debating legislation under time limits	PDF 64KB
No. 6 Questions	PDF 73KB	No. 18 Communications between the Houses - dealing with messages	PDF 78KB
No. 7 Petitions	PDF 65KB	No. 19 Disallowance	PDF 67KB
No. 8 Notices of motion	PDF 69KB	No. 20 Parliamentary privilege	PDF 97KB
No. 9 Matters of public importance and urgency	PDF 62KB	No. 21 Qualifications of senators and candidates for Senate elections	PDF 95KB
No. 10 Tabling of documents	PDF 73KB	No. 22 Provisions governing the conduct of senators	PDF 86KB
No. 11 Opportunities for debating documents and reports	PDF 66KB	No. 23 Provisions governing the conduct of senators in debate	PDF 88KB
No. 12 Orders for production of documents	PDF 76KB