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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   parliamentary representation
    • members sworn
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   committees
    • petitions committee
      • report
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
  •   petitions
    • Wicks, Lucy, MP
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • gambling
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • climate change
    • inland rail
    • medical workforce
    • workplace relations
    • mining: infrastructure
    • taxation
    • llandilo post office
    • recreational vehicles
    • commonwealth parliament
    • executive powers
    • executive powers
    • executive powers
    • aged care
    • ombudsman
    • national anthem
    • sex education
    • citizenship
    • citizenship
    • marriage
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme
    • child protection
    • climate
    • mental health
    • executive powers
    • executive powers
    • australia act 1986
    • executive powers
    • executive powers
    • marriage
    • marriage
    • residential rezoning
    • influenza
    • energy companies
    • safe school programs
    • pesticides
    • refugees
    • treasury laws amendment (housing tax integrity) bill 2017
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Wicks, Lucy, MP
    • infrastructure
    • advertising
    • wildlife
    • national corruption watchdog
    • sharia law
    • military pension
    • military pension
    • age pension
    • islam
    • gambling
    • refugees
    • immigration
    • consumer affairs
    • islam
    • islam
    • afghanistan
    • cancer
    • pensions and benefits
    • pensions and benefits
    • water
    • australia post
  •   committees
    • standing committee on environment and energy
      • report
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (improving national employment standards) bill 2018
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
  •   private members' business
    • japan-australia economic partnership agreement
      • van Manen, Bert, MP
      • Gosling, Luke, MP
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • Wilson, Josh, MP
      • King, Madeleine, MP
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
    • domestic and family violence
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • Henderson, Sen Sarah
      • Husar, Emma, MP
      • Banks, Julia, MP
      • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • McBride, Emma, MP
  •   business
    • suspension of standing and sessional orders
      • Tudge, Alan, MP
  •   committees
    • electoral matters committee
      • membership
        • Goodenough, Ian (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   bills
    • anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing amendment bill 2017
      • returned from senate
    • marriage amendment (definition and religious freedoms) bill 2017, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing amendment bill 2017, national disability insurance scheme amendment (quality and safeguards commission and other measures) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (reducing pressure on housing affordability measures no. 1) bill 2017, first home super saver tax bill 2017
      • assent
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
      • membership
        • Goodenough, Ian (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
    • standing committee on indigenous affairs
      • report
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • standing committee on agriculture and water resources
      • report
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
        • Keay, Justine, MP
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
    • migration committee
      • report
        • Wood, Jason, MP
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
        • Wood, Jason, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Wood, Jason, MP
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (banking executive accountability and related measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Bowen, Chris, MP
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Leeser, Julian, MP
        • Mitchell, Brian, MP
  •   statements by members
    • national basketball association
      • Watts, Tim, MP
    • robertson electorate: australia day awards
      • Wicks, Lucy, MP
    • tasmania: biosecurity
      • Keay, Justine, MP
    • o'connor electorate: employment
      • Wilson, Rick, MP
    • tasmania: biosecurity
      • Mitchell, Brian, MP
    • higher education
      • Wilson, Tim, MP
    • tasmania: biosecurity
      • Hart, Ross, MP
    • la trobe electorate: australia day awards
      • Wood, Jason, MP
    • kangaroo island: heart disease
      • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
    • australian men's shed association
      • Zimmerman, Trent, MP
    • morris, ms narelle
      • Owens, Julie, MP
    • bennelong by-election
      • Alexander, John, MP
    • canberra electorate: broadband
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • bougias, mr lou
      • Andrews, Kevin, MP
    • centrelink
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • chisholm electorate: australia day awards
      • Banks, Julia, MP
    • biosecurity
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
    • mallee electorate: air ambulance transfer station
      • Broad, Andrew, MP
    • rural and regional australia
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
    • gordon, mr michael
      • Broadbent, Russell, MP
  •   condolences
    • conquest, mr bryan joseph, bjelke-petersen, lady florence isabel 'flo'
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
    • cohen, hon. barry, am
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
    • gordon, mr michael
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • taxation (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • employment, economy (Wicks, Lucy, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • taxation (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • economy (O'Brien, Ted, MP)
    • mining (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • batman by-election (Bandt, Adam, MP)
    • inland rail (Coulton, Mark, MP)
    • private health insurance (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Landry, Michelle, MP)
    • private health insurance (King, Catherine, MP)
    • defence industry (Buchholz, Scott, MP)
    • housing affordability (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • trade (Henderson, Sen Sarah)
    • national integrity commission (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • national security (van Manen, Bert, MP)
    • housing affordability (Husar, Emma, MP)
    • small business (Evans, Trevor, MP)
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
  •   questions to the speaker
    • questions in writing (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
  •   personal explanations
    • Marles, Richard, MP
  •   parliamentary representation
    • qualifications of members
      • Smith, Tony, MP
    • member for batman
      • resignation
        • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • speaker's panel
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no 18 of 2017-18, reports nos 20 to 26 of 2017-18
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to india
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   committees
    • select committee on regional development and decentralisation
      • report
        • Swanson, Meryl, MP
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
        • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
        • Swanson, Meryl, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Swanson, Meryl, MP
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (banking executive accountability and related measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Mitchell, Brian, MP
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
        • Keogh, Matt, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
      • consideration in detail
        • Bowen, Chris, MP
      • third reading
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
    • criminal code amendment (impersonating a commonwealth body) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
        • O'Brien, Ted, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Morton, Ben, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fletcher, Paul, MP
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (cashless debit card) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
        • Burney, Linda, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
        • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
        • Abbott, Tony, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Morton, Ben, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • australia day
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
    • solomon islands: international development assistance
      • Evans, Trevor, MP
    • cowan electorate: health care
      • Aly, Anne, MP
    • mackellar electorate: schools
      • Falinski, Jason, MP
    • south australian state election: nick xenophon team
      • Champion, Nick, MP
    • canning electorate
      • Hastie, Andrew, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • private health insurance
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • norman, mr robert john
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
      • australian broadcasting corporation
        • Wilson, Josh, MP
      • defence industry
        • Evans, Trevor, MP
      • energy
        • Watts, Tim, MP
      • mackellar electorate: australia day awards
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
      • calwell electorate: roxburgh park football club
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • bradfield electorate: edgeworth david community garden
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
      • wenham, professor stuart
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
      • boothby electorate: australia day awards
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
    • private members' business
      • myanmar: rakhine state
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Swan, Wayne, MP
      • city deals
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
        • Husar, Emma, MP
        • O'Brien, Ted, MP
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
        • Hart, Ross, MP
      • aviation rescue and firefighting services
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
        • Georganas, Steve, MP
      • export finance and insurance corporation
        • Coulton, Mark, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
        • procedural text
    • statements by members
      • new south wales: roads
        • Gee, Andrew, MP
      • tasmania: schools
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
      • menzies electorate: australia day awards
        • Andrews, Kevin, MP
      • brand electorate: schools
        • King, Madeleine, MP
      • chisholm electorate: blessing of the waters
        • Banks, Julia, MP
      • workplace relations
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • mallee electorate: infrastructure
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • parramatta electorate: australia day
        • Owens, Julie, MP
      • national integrity commission
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
      • whitlam electorate: australia day awards
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
      • annual health check
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
      • payday loans
        • Dick, Milton, MP
      • dunkley electorate: australia day
        • Crewther, Chris, MP
      • infrastructure
        • Freelander, Mike, MP
      • dunkley electorate: australia day awards
        • Crewther, Chris, MP
      • afghanistan
        • Hill, Julian, MP
      • dawson electorate: cyclone debbie
        • Christensen, George, MP
      • herbert electorate: jcu townsville fire
        • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
      • brisbane electorate: spirit of life boutique
        • Evans, Trevor, MP
      • wills electorate: australia day awards
        • Khalil, Peter, MP
      • daley, mr patrick john oam
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
      • central victoria: general practice
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • leichhardt electorate: daintree river ferry
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
      • western australia: infrastructure
        • Wilson, Josh, MP
      • boothby electorate: brighton jetty sculptures
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
      • barton electorate: 1st hurstville scout group
        • Burney, Linda, MP
      • bennelong electorate: australia day awards
        • Alexander, John, MP
      • argy, dr fred
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • moore electorate: roads
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
    • private members' business
      • plastic bags
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
        • Vasta, Ross, MP
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
        • Evans, Trevor, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
      • thinkuknow
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
        • Hastie, Andrew, MP
        • Dick, Milton, MP
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
      • cambodia: general election
        • Butler, Mark, MP
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Bowen, Chris, MP
      • superannuation, taxation
        • van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Lamb, Susan, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
        • Dick, Milton, MP
        • Leeser, Julian, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • broadband (question no. 810 - amended) (Elliot, Justine, MP)
    • insurance premiums (question no. 814) (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • media release, monday, 18 december 2017, government responds to northern australia insurance, premiums taskforce and general insurance senate inquiry
    • australian taxation office (question no. 820) (Leigh, Andrew, MP)
    • employment (question no. 828) (Katter, Bob, MP)
    • australian prudential regulation authority (question no. 829) (Katter, Bob, MP)
    • medicare (question no. 830) (Katter, Bob, MP)
    • migration program (question no. 831) (Danby, Michael, MP)
    • national forest industries plan (question no. 832) (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
    • national injury insurance scheme (question no. 833) (Leigh, Andrew, MP)
    • seasonal work incentives trial (question no. 834) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • human rights (question no. 835) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • banking and financial services (question no. 836) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (employee share schemes) act 2015 (question no. 837) (Leigh, Andrew, MP)
    • cider (question no. 842) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • national security (question no. 845) (Georganas, Steve, MP)
    • aviation (question no. 847) (Georganas, Steve, MP)
    • national security (question no. 848) (Georganas, Steve, MP)
    • asbestos (question no. 865) (Zappia, Tony, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (question no. 866) (Zappia, Tony, MP)
    • jerusalem (question no. 868) (Danby, Michael, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 869) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • minister for social services (question no. 870) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 871) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 872) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 873) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 874) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 875) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 876) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 877) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 878) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 879) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 880) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 881) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 882) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 883) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 884) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 885) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 886) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 887) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 889) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 890) (Keogh, Matt, MP)
    • department of social services (question no. 891) (Keogh, Matt, MP)

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