Chapter 1 - The opening of Parliament
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1. Proceedings on opening
2. Governor–General’s speech
3. Address–in–reply
4. Opening of Parliament by the Queen
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Chapter 2 - Office of the President
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5. Term of office
6. Election of President
7. Ballot
8. Presentation to Governor–General
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Chapter 3 - Deputy President and Chairman of Committees
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9. Term of office
10. Appointment of Deputy President
11. Duty of Chairman
12. Temporary Chairmen
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Chapter 4 - Absence of President, Deputy President and officers
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13. Absence of President
14. Absence of both officers
15. Relief of President
16. Absence of Clerk
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Chapter 5 - Standing and Select Committees
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Standing committees
17. Procedure
18. Privileges
19. Appropriations and Staffing
20. Library
21. House
22. Publications
22A. Senators’ Interests
23. Regulations and Ordinances
24. Scrutiny of Bills
24A. Selection of Bills
25. Legislative and general purpose
26. Estimates
General Committee Provisions
27. Membership
28. Time for reporting
29. Quorum
30. Meetings
31. Chairman
32. Proceedings
33. Meetings during sitting
34. Powers
35. Witnesses
36. Public and private meetings
37. Disclosure of evidence and documents
38. Reports
39. Proceedings on report
40. Meetings with House of Representatives committees
41. List of committees
42. Joint committees
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Chapter 6 - Journals and records of the Senate
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43. Publication of Journals and records
44. Custody of records
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Chapter 7 - Senators’ roll, attendance and places of senators
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45. Roll
46. Attendance of senators
47. Leave of absence to senators
48. Senators’ seats
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Chapter 8 - Sittings, quorum and adjournment of the Senate
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49. Meeting of Senate
50. Prayer and acknowledgement of country
51. Quorum at commencement of sitting
52. Quorum during sitting
53. Adjournment of Senate
54. Adjournment without motion
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Chapter 9 - Times of sittings and routine of business
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55. Times of meetings
56. Conduct of business
57. Routine of business
58. Business of the Senate
59. Government and general business
60. Reports of committees—precedence
61. Consideration of government documents
62. Consideration of committee reports and government responses and Auditor–General’s reports
63. Presentation of documents
64. New business
65. Government business on Notice Paper
66. Formal motions
67. Postponement of business
68. Interruption of business
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Chapter 10 - Petitions
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69. Presentation of petitions
70. Form of petitions
71. Content of petitions
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Chapter 11 - Questions seeking information
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72. Questions without notice
73. Rules for questions
74. Questions on notice
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Chapter 12 - Matters of public importance and urgency
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75. Proposal for debate
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Chapter 13 - Notices of Motion
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76. Giving of notices
77. Alteration and withdrawal of notices
78. Disallowance motions
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Chapter 14 - Motions and questions
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79. Notice required
80. Disposal of motions
81. Privilege motions
82. Motions concerning contempts
83. Moving of motions
84. Putting of question
85. Anticipatory motions
86. Same question
87. Rescission of order
88. Leave of the Senate
89. Superseded question
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Chapter 15 - Amendments
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90. Moving of amendments
91. Putting of amendments
92. Same amendment
93. Amendments to amendments
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Chapter 16 - Previous question
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94. Form of previous question
95. Determination of previous question
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Chapter 17 - Orders of the day
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96. Source of orders
97. Disposal of orders
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Chapter 18 - Divisions
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98. Calling for divisions
99. Voting by President
100. Voting in divisions
101. Taking of divisions
102. Recording of divisions
103. Points of order
104. Correction of divisions
105. Divisions in committee
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Chapter 19 - Roll Call
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106. Notice of order
107. Order for roll call
108. Conduct of roll call
109. Senators not present
110. Roll call for Constitution alteration bills
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Chapter 20 - Bills
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111. Initiation
112. First reading
113. Expedited proceedings on bills
114. Second reading
115. Committal
116. Consideration in committee
117. Order of consideration
118. Amendments in committee
119. Uncompleted proceedings in committee
120. Report from committee
121. Recommittal on report
122. Third reading
123. Recommittal on third reading
124. Corrections
125. Transmission to House of Representatives
126. House of Representatives amendments on bills originated in the Senate
127. Bill again returned from the House of Representatives
128. Bills received from the House of Representatives
129. Requests
130. Amendments changed to requests
131. Return of House of Representatives bill
132. Disagreement with Senate amendments
133. House of Representatives amendments to Senate amendments
134. Amendments after disagreement
135. Bills amending the Constitution
136. Lapsed bills
137. Presentation for assent
138. Amendments proposed by the Governor–General
139. Assent to bill
140. Requests on bills not amendable by the Senate
141. Requests not complied with
142. Limitation of debate on bills
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Chapter 21 - Committees of the Whole
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143. Appointment of committee
144. Proceedings in committee
145. Objection to chairman’s ruling
146. President to resume chair
147. Quorum
148. Report of committee
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Chapter 22 - Instructions to Committees
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149. Effect of instruction
150. Instructions on bills
151. Notice required
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Chapter 23 - Communication between the two Houses
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152. Methods of communication
153. Messages from the Senate
154. Communicating a resolution
155. Messages from the House of Representatives
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Chapter 24 - Conferences
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156. Request for conference
157. Appointment of managers
158. Sitting suspended
159. Time and place of conference
160. Proceedings at conference
161. Report of conference
162. One conference only
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Chapter 25 - Ballots
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163. Conduct of ballot
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Chapter 26 - Tabling of documents
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164. Order for the production of documents
165. Documents from the Governor–General
166. Other methods of tabling documents
167. Publication of tabled documents
168. Documents quoted in debate
169. Motions after tabling
170. Amendments after tabling
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Chapter 27 - Addresses to the Queen or the Governor-General
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171. Making of address
172. Presentation of address
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Chapter 28 - Messages from the Governor-General
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173. Presentation of message
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Chapter 29 - Visitors
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174. Distinguished visitors
175. Conduct of visitors
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Chapter 30 - Witnesses
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176. Summoning of witnesses
177. Senators as witnesses
178. Members or officers of the House of Representatives
179. Requests from the House of Representatives
180. Witnesses in prison
181. Protection of witnesses
182. Witnesses before the Senate
183. Evidence given elsewhere by senators or officers
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Chapter 31 - Conduct of Senators and rules of debate
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184. Order maintained by President
185. Conduct of senators
186. The call to speak
187. Speeches not to be read
188. Right to speak
189. Time limits on speeches
190. Personal explanations
191. Explanation of speeches
192. Reply
193. Rules of debate
194. Relevance and anticipation
195. Question may be read
196. Tedious repetition
197. Interruption of speaker: points of order or privilege
198. Objection to ruling
199. Closure of debate
200. Putting of question ends debate
201. Adjournment of debate
202. Interruption by adjournment of Senate
203. Infringement of order
204. Suspension of senator
205. Quarrels between senators
206. Disobedience of orders
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Chapter 32 - Disputed Returns
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207. Petitions disputing elections
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Chapter 33 - Effect and suspension of standing orders
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208. Powers, privileges and immunities not affected
209. Motion for suspension
210. Effect of suspension
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Appendices
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Appendix 1—Chronology of Procedural Developments in the Senate
Appendix 2—Presidents of the Senate (1901–2009)
Appendix 3—Deputy Presidents and Chairmen of Committees (1901-2009)
Appendix 4―Clerks of the Senate and other senior officers
Appendix 5―Membership of the Standing Orders and Procedure Committees
Appendix 6―Printed editions of standing orders (1903–2009)
Appendix 7―Printed editions of rulings of the President of the Senate
Appendix 8―Editions of Australian Senate Practice
Appendix 9―Chronological list of Standing Orders Committee and Procedure Committee reports (with subjects covered)
Appendix 10―Amendments to standing orders (1903 – 2009)
Appendix 11―Major numbering changes affecting the standing orders
Appendix 12―The 1938 MS
Appendix 13―1903 debates—Responses to Blackmore’s queries on ss.17 and 23 of the Constitution
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