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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • speaker's panel
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   bills
    • telecommunications and other legislation amendment (assistance and access) bill 2018, aged care quality and safety commission bill 2018, aged care quality and safety commission (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2018, customs amendment (product specific rule modernisation) bill 2018, foreign influence transparency scheme legislation amendment bill 2018, modern slavery bill 2018, my health records amendment (strengthening privacy) bill 2018, office of national intelligence bill 2018, office of national intelligence (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2018, copyright amendment (online infringement) bill 2018, defence amendment (call out of the australian defence force) bill 2018, family law amendment (family violence and cross-examination of parties) bill 2018, higher education support amendment (vet fee-help student protection) bill 2018, intelligence services amendment bill 2018, migration amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2018, road vehicle standards bill 2018, road vehicle standards (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2018, road vehicle standards charges (imposition—customs) bill 2018, road vehicle standards charges (imposition—excise) bill 2018, road vehicle standards charges (imposition—general) bill 2018
    • social services and other legislation amendment (promoting sustainable welfare) bill 2018, fair work amendment (family and domestic violence leave) bill 2018, fair work amendment (repeal of 4 yearly reviews and other measures) bill 2018
      • assent
    • fair work amendment (family and domestic violence leave) bill 2018, telecommunications and other legislation amendment (assistance and access) bill 2018
      • returned from senate
  •   committees
    • electoral matters committee
      • reference
        • Smith, Tony, MP
    • northern australia committee
      • membership
        • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (2017 enterprise incentives no. 1) bill 2017
      • consideration of senate message
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
    • treasury laws amendment (2018 measures no. 4) bill 2018
      • consideration of senate message
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
    • treasury laws amendment (enhancing whistleblower protections) bill 2018
      • first reading
  •   committees
    • law enforcement committee
      • report
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the 10th asia-europe parliamentary partnership meeting
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
  •   committees
    • national disability insurance scheme committee
      • report
        • Andrews, Kevin, MP
    • environment and energy committee
      • report
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
    • indigenous affairs committee
      • report
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • economics committee
      • report
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • agriculture and water resources committee
      • report
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
        • Swanson, Meryl, MP
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
  •   bills
    • electoral legislation amendment (modernisation and other measures) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
        • Danby, Michael, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
  •   statements by members
    • al-araibi, mr hakeem
      • Giles, Andrew, MP
    • taxation
      • Alexander, John, MP
    • al-araibi, mr hakeem
      • Khalil, Peter, MP
    • menzies electorate: sport
      • Andrews, Kevin, MP
    • beagley, archdeacon william 'bill' alan
      • Watts, Tim, MP
    • mitiamo pipeline
      • Broad, Andrew, MP
    • lalor electorate: medicare
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • queensland: floods
      • Christensen, George, MP
    • climate change
      • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
    • black saturday bushfires: 10th anniversary
      • Broadbent, Russell, MP
    • queensland: floods
      • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
    • dunkley electorate: ballarto road
      • Crewther, Chris, MP
    • canberra electorate: drones
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • cairns: fishing industry
      • Entsch, Warren, MP
    • kingston electorate: adelaide coastal trail
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
    • brisbane electorate: infrastructure
      • Evans, Trevor, MP
    • shipping
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
    • taxation
      • Falinski, Jason, MP
    • employment
      • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
    • veterans
      • Flint, Nicolle, MP
  •   condolences
    • neville, mr paul christopher, cooney, mr bernard cornelius 'barney'
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
    • scholes, hon. gordon glen denton, ao
      • Morrison, Scott, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   statements on indulgence
    • black saturday bushfires: 10th anniversary
      • Morrison, Scott, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
    • australian natural disasters
      • Morrison, Scott, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • Katter, Bob, MP
      • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
      • Christensen, George, MP
      • Katter, Bob, MP
      • Collins, Julie, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Morrison, Scott, MP
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • economy (Crewther, Chris, MP)
    • royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • small business (Evans, Trevor, MP)
    • liberal party leadership (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • cattle industry (Katter, Bob, MP)
    • economy (Wallace, Andrew, MP)
    • royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • employment (Marino, Nola, MP)
    • royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry (O'Neil, Clare, MP)
    • infrastructure
      • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
      • procedural text
    • taxation (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
    • queensland: floods (Entsch, Warren, MP)
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
    • taxation (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
    • australian natural disasters (Christensen, George, MP)
  •   documents
    • commonwealth ombudsman
      • presentation
        • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report nos 8 and 16 to 25 of 2018-19
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   statement by the speaker
    • home affairs legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2018
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   matters of public importance
    • royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • O'Neil, Clare, MP
      • Robert, Stuart, MP
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • Gillespie, David, MP
      • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
      • van Manen, Bert, MP
      • Kearney, Ged, MP
      • Joyce, Barnaby, MP
      • Mitchell, Brian, MP
      • Howarth, Luke, MP
  •   committees
    • intelligence and security committee
      • membership
        • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   statement by the speaker
    • parliamentary computing network
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   bills
    • home affairs legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2018
      • consideration of senate message
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • Porter, Christian, MP
        • Burke, Tony, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
        • Burke, Tony, MP
        • division
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • division
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • division
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
        • Phelps, Kerryn, MP
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • Burke, Tony, MP
        • division
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • division
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • division
  •   committees
    • health, aged care and sport committee
      • report
        • Zimmerman, Trent, MP
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
    • intelligence and security committee
      • Hastie, Andrew, MP
      • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
    • environment and energy committee
      • membership
        • Howarth, Luke (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Chester, Darren, MP
  •   bills
    • electoral legislation amendment (modernisation and other measures) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
        • Dick, Milton, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
      • third reading
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
    • treasury laws amendment (making sure foreign investors pay their fair share of tax in australia and other measures) bill 2018, income tax (managed investment trust withholding tax) amendment bill 2018, income tax rates amendment (sovereign entities) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Vasta, Ross (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • australian parliamentary delegation to kuwait, jordan, palestine and israel
      • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
    • murray-darling basin plan, national security
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
    • racism
      • Phelps, Kerryn, MP
    • wide bay electorate: infrastructure
      • O'Brien, Llew, MP
    • al-araibi, mr hakeem, asylum seekers
      • Watts, Tim, MP
    • federal election
      • O'Brien, Ted, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • fava, mrs grazia (grace), luke, ms julie
        • Stanley, Anne, MP
      • bennelong electorate: australia day awards
        • Alexander, John, MP
      • solomon electorate
        • Gosling, Luke, MP
      • menzies electorate: roads
        • Andrews, Kevin, MP
      • workplace relations
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
      • murray-darling basin
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • chifley electorate: community volunteers, cameron, ms lynette
        • Husic, Ed, MP
      • la trobe electorate: sikh community
        • Wood, Jason, MP
      • tasmania: housing affordability
        • Hart, Ross, MP
      • san remo channel challenge, gordon, mr michael
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
      • wills electorate: australia day awards, wills electorate: stronger communities program
        • Khalil, Peter, MP
      • dividend imputation
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
      • aged care
        • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
      • swan electorate: roads
        • Irons, Steve, MP
      • cunningham electorate: australia day awards
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
      • live animal exports
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
      • good samaritan inn, orange sky
        • Kearney, Ged, MP
      • boothby electorate: australia day awards
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
      • dobell electorate: mining
        • McBride, Emma, MP
    • grievance debate
      • employment
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • western australia: roads
        • Morton, Ben, MP
      • music industry
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
        • Howarth, Luke (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   questions in writing
    • taxation (question no. 1008) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • medicare and pharmaceutical benefits scheme (question no. 1020) (Zappia, Tony, MP)
    • braddon electorate: telecommunications (question no. 1035) (Keay, Justine, MP)
    • department: office space (question no. 1082) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of health: travel (question no. 1112) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • ricketson, mr james (question no. 1129) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • cambodia (question no. 1130) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • shark fishing (question no. 1140) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • fossil fuel (question no. 1145) (Georganas, Steve, MP)
    • fossil fuel (question no. 1147) (Georganas, Steve, MP)
    • australian pesticides and veterinary medicines authority (question no. 1148) (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
    • employment: overseas workers (question no. 1146) (Georganas, Steve, MP)
    • darwin city deal (question no. 1150) (Gosling, Luke, MP)
    • pensions and benefits (question no. 1176) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • national drug strategy (question no. 1178) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • complementary medicines (question no. 1180) (Zappia, Tony, MP)
    • asylum seekers (question no. 1181) (Danby, Michael, MP)
    • sanctions (question no. 1182) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • sanctions (question no. 1183) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • sanctions (question no. 1184) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 1185) (Katter, Bob, MP)
    • water (question no. 1186) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • oxley electorate: australia post (question no. 1187) (Dick, Milton, MP)
    • australian law reform commission (question no. 1188) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • inspiring australia—science engagement program (question no. 1189) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • climate change (question no. 1190) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • environment (question no. 1191) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • energy (question no. 1192) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • transport: emissions (question no. 1193) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • disability support pension (question no. 1194) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • disability support pension (question no. 1195) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • newstart (question no. 1197) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 1199) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • newstart (question no. 1200) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 1202) (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 1203) (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 1204) (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 1205) (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 1206) (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 1207) (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 1208) (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 1209) (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • returned and services league of australia (question no. 1211) (Katter, Bob, MP)
    • future fund (question no. 1212) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • government advertising (question no. 1217) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • veterans' affairs (question no. 1218) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • veterans' affairs (question no. 1219) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • veterans' affairs (question no. 1220) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • murray-darling basin authority (question no. 1221) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • mayo electorate: road safety (question no. 1222) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • mayo electorate: roads (question no. 1223) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • mayo electorate: steamranger heritage railway (question no. 1224) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • mayo electorate: grants (question no. 1226) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • mayo electorate: grants (question no. 1227) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • mayo electorate: yankalilla football club (question no. 1228) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • mayo electorate: aged care (question no. 1229) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • mayo electorate: mental health (question no. 1230) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • mayo electorate: prospect hill (question no. 1231) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs (question no. 1234) (Rishworth, Amanda, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs (question no. 1235) (Rishworth, Amanda, MP)

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