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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (more generous means testing for youth payments) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
    • australian immunisation register bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
    • australian immunisation register (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
    • social security legislation amendment (strengthening the job seeker compliance framework) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (standing) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
        • Gray, Gary, MP
        • Baldwin, Bob, MP
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Burke, Tony, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • division
      • third reading
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • division
  •   statements by members
    • abbott government
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
    • hindmarsh electorate: sport
      • Williams, Matt, MP
    • country labor forum
      • Elliot, Justine, MP
    • queen elizabeth ii
      • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
    • australian women in agriculture
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • asylum seekers
      • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • bendigo electorate: manufacturing
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • australian football league
      • Wyatt, Ken, MP
    • rural and regional australia
      • Mitchell, Rob, MP
    • centenary of anzac
      • Taylor, Angus, MP
    • rural and regional australia
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • mallee electorate
      • Broad, Andrew, MP
    • world suicide prevention day
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • dobell electorate: foster carers
      • McNamara, Karen, MP
    • world suicide prevention day, rural and regional australia
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Truss, Warren, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • middle east (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • trade with china (McNamara, Karen, MP)
    • asylum seekers (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • trade with china (Markus, Louise, MP)
    • trade with china (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • asylum seekers (Bandt, Adam, MP)
    • trade with china, japan and south korea (Vasta, Ross, MP)
    • trade with china (Chalmers, Jim, MP)
    • trade with china (Hutchinson, Eric, MP)
    • shipping (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • trade with china (Griggs, Natasha, MP)
    • trade with china (Collins, Julie, MP)
    • trade with china (Varvaris, Nickolas, MP)
    • trade with china (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • trade with china (Coulton, Mark, MP)
    • budget, hope community services (Jones, Stephen, MP)
    • trade with china (Jensen, Dennis, MP)
    • budget, peel community legal services (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
    • great barrier reef, trade with china (Jones, Ewen, MP)
    • infrastructure (Parke, Melissa, MP)
    • trade with china (Roy, Wyatt, MP)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • budget, peel community legal services
      • Bishop, Julie, MP
  •   matters of public importance
    • abbott government: community services
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
      • Tudge, Alan, MP
      • Feeney, David, MP
      • Taylor, Angus, MP
      • Snowdon, Warren, MP
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • Hall, Jill, MP
      • Henderson, Sarah, MP
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Goodenough, Ian (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   bills
    • aged care amendment (independent complaints arrangements) bill 2015
      • first reading
    • social security (administration) amendment (consumer lease exclusion) bill 2015
      • first reading
    • omnibus repeal day (autumn 2015) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Markus, Louise, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Scott, Bruce (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • employment
      • Bird, Sharon, MP
    • small business
      • Hendy, Peter, MP
    • abbott government
      • Rowland, Michelle, MP
    • page electorate
      • Hogan, Kevin, MP
    • shipping
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • petrie electorate: employment
      • Howarth, Luke, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • public transport
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
      • capricornia electorate: mobile phone services
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
      • asylum seekers
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • paterson electorate: 2015 storms
        • Baldwin, Bob, MP
      • fraser electorate: interchange general practice
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • national child protection week
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • petition: international development assistance
        • Griffin, Alan, MP
      • youth allowance
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
      • retirement assistance for farmers scheme
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
      • braddon electorate
        • Whiteley, Brett, MP
      • workplace relations
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • suicide
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • asylum seekers
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • macarthur electorate: mater dei school
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
      • broadband
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
      • higgins electorate: level crossings
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
      • throsby electorate: steel industry
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
      • mental health
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • isaacs electorate: noble park community centre art show
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
      • dobell electorate: foster care
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
    • statements on indulgence
      • queen elizabeth ii
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Scott, Bruce, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
    • adjournment
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • working holiday visas
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • rural industries research and development corporation rural women's award
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • petition: special broadcasting service
        • Rowland, Michelle, MP
      • higher education
        • Gillespie, David, MP
      • economy
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • asylum seekers
        • Williams, Matt, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • department of agriculture: jobs (question no. 808) (Zappia, Tony, MP)
    • department of agriculture: biosecurity positions (question no. 809) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture: biosecurity positions (question no. 810) (Zappia, Tony, MP)
    • infrastructure funding: western australian roads (question no. 830) (MacTiernan, Alannah, MP)
    • department of agriculture: contracted services payments (question no. 892) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture: offices efficiency upgrades (question no. 928) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications: consultants (question no. 953) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture: legal services and credit cards (question no. 1036) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of employment: departmental staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1173) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture: departmental staff domestic and international travel (question no. 1228) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of employment: ministerial staff training (question no. 1299 and 1300) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications: conferences (question no. 1391) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of employment: ministerial conferences (question no. 1403 and 1404) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of education and training: ministerial hospitality (question no. 1465) (Conroy, Pat, MP)

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