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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   statements on indulgence
    • tynan, mr michael
      • Morrison, Scott, MP
  •   petitions
    • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • falun gong
    • city of casey and greater dandenong: community radio
    • 2015-16 federal budget: foreign aid
    • asylum seekers: children
    • animal research
    • marriage
    • asylum seekers: children
    • parent visa
    • lifting of visa ban
    • private health insurance: premiums
    • member for warringah: citizenship
    • section 44 of the constitution
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • mobile phone services
    • australian school curriculum: science
    • historic motor vehicles
    • gold coast airport
    • superannuation
    • recognition of the state of palestine
    • sri lanka: human rights
    • access to electoral roll: st georges terrace
    • residency visas
    • section 44 of the australian constitution
    • mental health: fleurieu peninsula south australia
    • manus island and nauru detention centres
    • climate change
    • 2030 agenda on sustainable development
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
  •   committees
    • social policy and legal affairs committee
      • Christensen, George, MP
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
  •   bills
    • renewable fuel bill 2016
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Katter, Bob, MP
  •   private members' business
    • legal system and the environment
      • Christensen, George, MP
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • Gray, Gary, MP
      • Landry, Michelle, MP
      • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
      • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
      • Giles, Andrew, MP
    • temporary work visas
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • Pitt, Keith, MP
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
      • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
      • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
      • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Broadbent, Russell (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (budget repair) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Rowland, Michelle, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Porter, Christian, MP
  •   statements by members
    • marriage
      • Macklin, Jenny, MP
    • west, mr roderick
      • Varvaris, Nickolas, MP
    • greyhound racing
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • television classification
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
    • lunar new year
      • Owens, Julie, MP
    • employment
      • Wicks, Lucy, MP
    • infrastructure
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • lunar new year
      • Williams, Matt, MP
    • asylum seekers
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • australia day honours
      • Wilson, Rick, MP
    • victoria: bushfires
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • la trobe electorate: crossway baptist church
      • Wood, Jason, MP
    • hunter electorate: flying foxes
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
    • dunkley electorate: frankston
      • Billson, Bruce, MP
    • family court
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
    • bonner electorate: yulu-burri-ba health service
      • Vasta, Ross, MP
    • migration
      • Rowland, Michelle, MP
    • anniversary of black saturday bushfires
      • Broadbent, Russell, MP
      • Macklin, Jenny, MP
    • payroll tax
      • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
    • pholeros, prof. paul
      • Alexander, John, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • asylum seekers (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Gambaro, Teresa, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Whiteley, Brett, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • superannuation (Wilkie, Andrew, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Wood, Jason, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • north korea (Laundy, Craig, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • national innovation and science agenda (Sukkar, Michael, MP)
    • prime minister (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • agriculture (Taylor, Angus, MP)
    • turnbull government (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • national heritage strategy (Hutchinson, Eric, MP)
    • turnbull government (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • papua new guinea (Jones, Ewen, MP)
    • ministerial conduct (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
    • great western highway (Markus, Louise, MP)
    • ministerial conduct (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • petrie electorate: energy (Howarth, Luke, MP)
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   questions to the speaker
    • management of the house (Burke, Tony, MP)
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • reference
        • Hendy, Peter, MP
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (budget repair) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • division
      • third reading
        • Porter, Christian, MP
    • tax laws amendment (implementation of the common reporting standard) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
      • consideration in detail
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
        • Burke, Tony, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
        • Burke, Tony, MP
        • division
        • division
      • third reading
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
    • australian crime commission amendment (national policing information) bill 2015, australian crime commission (national policing information charges) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Feeney, David, MP
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
        • Keenan, Michael, MP
      • third reading
        • Keenan, Michael, MP
    • australian crime commission (national policing information charges) bill 2015
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Keenan, Michael, MP
    • social services legislation amendment (family measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Macklin, Jenny, MP
        • Whiteley, Brett, MP
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Porter, Christian, MP
    • social services legislation amendment (family payments structural reform and participation measures) bill (no. 2) 2015
      • second reading
        • Macklin, Jenny, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
    • social services legislation amendment (family measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Goodenough, Ian (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • third reading
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
    • social services legislation amendment (family payments structural reform and participation measures) bill (no. 2) 2015
      • second reading
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • workplace relations
      • Conroy, Pat, MP
    • australia day honours
      • Whiteley, Brett, MP
    • human rights: vietnam
      • Hayes, Chris, MP
    • national broadband network
      • Taylor, Angus, MP
    • calwell electorate: australia day citizenship ceremonies
      • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
    • wannon electorate: employment
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
    • house adjourned at 21:30
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • csiro
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • higgins electorate: australia day honours
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
      • homelessness
        • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
      • leichhardt electorate: cairns airport
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
      • kingsford smith electorate: blak markets, kingsford smith electorate: lunar new year festival
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
      • national servicemen's day
        • Scott, Fiona, MP
      • chifley electorate: men's sheds
        • Husic, Ed, MP
      • lyons electorate: bridges renewal program
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
      • indigenous communities
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
      • mcmillan electorate: coal creek community park and museum
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
    • private members' business
      • domestic and family violence
        • Billson, Bruce, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Williams, Matt, MP
        • Rowland, Michelle, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • dyslexia
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
      • vietnam veterans day
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Feeney, David, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Coleman, David, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • china: organ harvesting
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Danby, Michael, MP
      • marriage legislation amendment bill 2015
        • second reading
          • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
    • statements by members
      • burkina faso: kidnappings
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • gilmore electorate: agricultural shows
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • violence in hospitals
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • hindmarsh electorate: australia day awards
        • Williams, Matt, MP
      • mental health
        • Watts, Tim, MP
      • swan electorate: environmental initiatives
        • Irons, Steve, MP
      • national broadband network
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • grey electorate: australia day honours
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • indi electorate: veterans
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • lyne electorate: citizen of the year awards
        • Gillespie, David, MP
      • lunar new year
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
      • wandering trad
        • Wood, Jason, MP
      • newcastle east public school
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • macarthur electorate: lynwood park opening
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
      • scullin electorate: australia day
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • brisbane electorate: environmental conservation
        • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
      • australian talented youth project
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • marie lowndes charitable foundation
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
      • trans-pacific partnership agreement
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • deakin electorate: lunar new year
        • Sukkar, Michael, MP
      • smith, mr kevin, oam
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • mallee electorate: stronger communities program
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • pizzini wines, king valley mobile phone services
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • riverland and mallee vocational awards
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • asylum seekers
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
      • mcmillan electorate: immunisation
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
    • statements on indulgence
      • natural disasters
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
    • condolences
      • bannon, hon. john charles, ao
        • Ellis, Kate, MP
    • grievance debate
      • Prentice, Jane (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • asylum seekers
        • Burke, Anna, MP
      • maranoa electorate: postcodes
        • Scott, Bruce, MP
      • employment
        • Champion, Nick, MP
      • murray-darling basin plan
        • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
      • vocational education and training
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
      • bushfires
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • department of the environment: departmental hospitality (question no. 1445) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • civil aviation safety authority (question no. 1489) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • australian spaceguard survey (question no. 1582) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: ministerial costs for media events and photo opportunities (question no. 1635) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: catering and hospitality by the former assistant minister for infrastructure and regional development (question no. 1645) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: taxi service expenditure 2014-15 (question no. 1785) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: supply of alcoholic beverages 2014-15 (question no. 1839) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: cost of replenishing minister's drink cabinet 2014-15 (question no. 1867) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: global roaming ministerial staff costs (question no. 1903) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: global roaming ministerial staff costs (question no. 1919) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: global roaming departmental and agency staff costs (question no. 1929) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: global roaming departmental and agency staff costs (question no. 1938) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: departmental and agency venue hire costs 2014-15 (question no. 1943) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: departmental and agency venue hire costs 2014-15 (question no. 1957) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of social services: intercontinental hotels group (australia) pty ltd: tender (question no. 1983) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: hong kong international convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships (question no. 2029) (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: advisory council (question no. 2054) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: advisory council (question no. 2063) (Conroy, Pat, MP)

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