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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   petitions
    • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • antique motor vehicles
    • marriage
    • superannuation
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • falun gong
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
  •   bills
    • high speed rail planning authority bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
    • criminal code amendment (private sexual material) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Watts, Tim, MP
    • fair work amendment (recovery of unpaid amounts for franchisee employees) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
    • migration amendment (mandatory reporting) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Marles, Richard, MP
  •   motions
    • broadband
      • Matheson, Russell, MP
      • Champion, Nick, MP
      • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • Hall, Jill, MP
      • Coulton, Mark, MP
      • Butler, Terri, MP
    • migration
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • Champion, Nick, MP
      • Christensen, George, MP
      • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
      • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Broadbent, Russell (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • Chester, Darren, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Keenan, Michael, MP
  •   motions
    • customs (prohibited imports) amendment (firearms and firearm magazines) regulation 2015
      • disallowance
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
  •   bills
    • omnibus repeal day (autumn 2015) bill 2015, amending acts 1980 to 1989 repeal bill 2015, statute law revision bill (no. 2) 2015
      • second reading
        • Chester, Darren, MP
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
        • Billson, Bruce, MP
        • Hendy, Peter, MP
      • third reading
        • Hendy, Peter, MP
    • amending acts 1980 to 1989 repeal bill 2015
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Hendy, Peter, MP
    • statute law revision bill (no. 2) 2015
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Hendy, Peter, MP
    • australian immunisation register bill 2015, australian immunisation register (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2015
      • King, Catherine, MP
  •   statements by members
    • defence procurement
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • bass electorate: australian honey products
      • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
    • australian century farm and station awards
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • deicke, mrs eileen
      • Christensen, George, MP
    • rankin electorate: logan city special school
      • Chalmers, Jim, MP
    • domestic violence
      • Entsch, Warren, MP
    • domestic violence
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • national rugby league: 2015 grand final
      • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
    • throsby electorate: bluescope steel
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
    • petrie electorate: mental health
      • Howarth, Luke, MP
    • maroubra saints afl club
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • adult learners' week
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
    • cultural diversity
      • Burke, Tony, MP
    • infrastructure funding
      • Landry, Michelle, MP
    • afghanistan: kunduz hospital air strikes
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • suicide
      • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
    • multiculturalism
      • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
    • community science forum
      • Pitt, Keith, MP
    • bushfires
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • way in network
      • Varvaris, Nickolas, MP
  •   parliamentary representation
    • members sworn
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   condolences
    • whan, mr robert bruce, am
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   statements on indulgence
    • national security
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • member for warringah (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Taylor, Angus, MP)
    • workplace relations (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • taxation (McNamara, Karen, MP)
    • workplace relations (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • asylum seekers: children (Bandt, Adam, MP)
    • national security (Howarth, Luke, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • workplace relations (O'Connor, Brendan, MP)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Tehan, Dan, MP)
    • workplace relations (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Landry, Michelle, MP)
    • infrastructure (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • innovation (Henderson, Sarah, MP)
    • infrastructure (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • trade with china (Sukkar, Michael, MP)
    • infrastructure (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • infrastructure (Alexander, John, MP)
    • public transport (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • public transport (Van Manen, Bert, MP)
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • speaker's panel
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions to the speaker
    • questions in writing (MacTiernan, Alannah, MP)
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 4 of 2015-16
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   committees
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
  •   bills
    • australian immunisation register bill 2015, australian immunisation register (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
      • third reading
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
    • australian immunisation register (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2015
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
    • shipping legislation amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Whiteley, Brett, MP
        • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Marino, Nola, MP
  •   motions
    • customs (prohibited imports) amendment (firearms and firearm magazines) regulation 2015
      • disallowance
        • Katter, Bob, MP
        • Feeney, David, MP
        • Keenan, Michael, MP
  •   personal explanations
    • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   bills
    • shipping legislation amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Kelly, Craig (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • australian technology park
      • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
    • bass electorate
      • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
    • lalor electorate: water
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • domestic and family violence, illicit drugs, depression and suicide
      • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
    • illicit drugs
      • Hayes, Chris, MP
    • domestic and family violence
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • wakefield electorate: thompson, mr anthony
        • Champion, Nick, MP
      • robertson electorate: central coast storms
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
      • fraser electorate: department of immigration and border protection, liberal party
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • corangamite electorate: carbon revolution
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
      • isaacs electorate: seniors week
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
      • northern australia insurance task force
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
      • macquarie electorate: anzac centenary local grants program
        • Markus, Louise, MP
      • shortland electorate: domestic and family violence
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • bonner electorate: small business
        • Vasta, Ross, MP
      • domestic violence
        • Marles, Richard, MP
    • private members' business
      • national carers week
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
      • papua new guinea
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Markus, Louise, MP
        • Marles, Richard, MP
      • science, technology, engineering and mathematics
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
        • Jensen, Dennis, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Scott, Fiona, MP
      • raf bomber command
        • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
      • steel industry
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Landry, Michelle (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • small business
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • bills
      • marriage legislation amendment bill 2015
        • second reading
          • Bandt, Adam, MP
          • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
    • statements by members
      • singh, mr bharpur
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • bennelong electorate: korean moon festival
        • Alexander, John, MP
      • robson, mr bill and mrs flo
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • dobell electorate: sport
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
      • fraser electorate: amaroo school
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • mallee electorate: nhill airshow 2015
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • shortland electorate: belmont motor registry office
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • mitcham football club
        • Sukkar, Michael, MP
      • scullin electorate: emergency services
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • brisbane electorate: hummingbird house
        • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
      • 2016 act rescue and foster best friends calendar
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • lyne electorate: education
        • Gillespie, David, MP
      • bendigo electorate: protests
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • grey electorate: solar reserve
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • national carers week
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • macarthur electorate: oran park smart work hub
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
      • fearnley, mr kurt, oam
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • la trobe electorate: bullen bullen bush tucker tours
        • Wood, Jason, MP
      • richmond electorate: country labor forum
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • swan electorate: south east regional centre for urban landcare
        • Irons, Steve, MP
      • centenary of catherine hill bay public school
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • hindmarsh electorate: active elders
        • Williams, Matt, MP
      • immunisation
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • mental health
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • diabetes
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • way in network
        • Varvaris, Nickolas, MP
      • bendigo electorate
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • hindmarsh electorate: south australian national football league
        • Williams, Matt, MP
    • grievance debate
      • Conroy, Pat (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • bendigo electorate: multiculturalism
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • mallee electorate: agriculture
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • multiculturalism
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • forrest electorate: tuia lodge
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
      • infrastructure
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • robertson electorate: alcohol and illicit drugs
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
      • international development assistance
        • Watts, Tim, MP
      • grafton jacaranda festival 2015
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • national broadband network
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
    • adjournment
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • western australian roads (question no. 831) (MacTiernan, Alannah, MP)
    • exporter supply chain assurance system (question no. 848) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: casual staff contracts (question no. 869) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: contracted services payments (question no. 887) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: office space (question no. 910) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: offices efficiency upgrades (question no. 923) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: advertising (question no. 995) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: office equipment (question no. 1013) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: office equipment (question no. 1027) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: mobile phones and tablets (question no. 1063) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: departmental staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1171) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1191) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1216) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: departmental staff domestic and international travel (question no. 1237) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: departmental media events (question no. 1342) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: ministerial media events (question no. 1347) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • ministerial costs (question no. 1372) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: ministerial media events (question no. 1373) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: department conferences (question no. 1394) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: ministerial conferences (question no. 1425) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: ministerial hospitality (question no. 1451) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: departmental hospitality (question no. 1476) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • sale of bulimba barracks (question no. 1488) (Butler, Terri, MP)
    • immigration and border protection: discussion paper (question no. 1516) (Rowland, Michelle, MP)
    • immigration and border protection: discussion paper (question no. 1517) (Rowland, Michelle, MP)
    • department of finance: communication devices (question no. 1522) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: training (question no. 1539) (Conroy, Pat, MP)

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