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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • petitions committee
      • report
        • O'Brien, Llew, MP
  •   petitions
    • O'Brien, Llew, MP
    • human rights
    • advertising
    • environment
    • uluru
    • breast cancer
    • minister for home affairs
    • banking and financial services
    • workplace relations
    • banking and financial services
    • banking and financial services
    • climate change
    • organ and tissue donation
    • hong kong
    • economy
    • parliament
    • child support scheme
    • workplace relations
    • hong kong
    • hong kong
    • religion
    • religion
    • parents
    • asylum seekers
    • falun gong
    • newstart allowance, youth allowance
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • O'Brien, Llew, MP
    • superannuation
    • climate change, energy
    • telecommunications
    • endangered species
    • live animal exports
    • environment
  •   bills
    • coal prohibition (quit coal) bill 2019
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
    • crimes legislation amendment (age of criminal responsibility) bill 2019
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
        • Steggall, Zali, MP
  •   private members' business
    • migration, citizenship
      • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • Simmonds, Julian, MP
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • Alexander, John, MP
      • Owens, Julie, MP
      • McVeigh, John, MP
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • Leeser, Julian, MP
      • Khalil, Peter, MP
      • Conaghan, Patrick, MP
    • world suicide prevention day
      • Martin, Fiona, MP
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • Falinski, Jason, MP
      • McBride, Emma, MP
      • Thompson, Phillip, MP
      • Haines, Helen, MP
      • van Manen, Bert, MP
      • Freelander, Mike, MP
  •   bills
    • criminal code amendment (agricultural protection) bill 2019, national sports tribunal bill 2019, national sports tribunal (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2019, health insurance amendment (bonded medical programs reform) bill 2019, aged care amendment (movement of provisionally allocated places) bill 2019, combatting child sexual exploitation legislation amendment bill 2019, family assistance legislation amendment (extend family assistance to abstudy secondary school boarding students aged 16 and over) bill 2019, social services legislation amendment (overseas welfare recipients integrity program) bill 2019, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (partner service pension and other measures) bill 2019, customs amendment (immediate destruction of illicit tobacco) bill 2019, national health amendment (pharmaceutical benefits) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (2018 superannuation measures no. 1) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (putting members' interests first) bill 2019, water amendment (indigenous authority member) bill 2019, inspector-general of live animal exports bill 2019, national disability insurance scheme amendment (worker screening database) bill 2019
      • assent
    • customs amendment (immediate destruction of illicit tobacco) bill 2019
      • returned from senate
  •   committees
    • australia's family law system joint select committee, road safety joint select committee
      • membership
        • Vamvakinou, Maria (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • australia's family law system joint select committee
      • membership
        • Vamvakinou, Maria (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
  •   bills
    • counter-terrorism legislation amendment (2019 measures no. 1) bill 2019
      • report from committee
        • Hastie, Andrew, MP
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
    • new skilled regional visas (consequential amendments) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
        • Stevens, James, MP
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Drum, Damian, MP
  •   statements by members
    • girls takeover parliament program, international day of the girl child
      • Gorman, Patrick, MP
    • new south wales: bushfires
      • Hogan, Kevin, MP
    • anti-poverty week
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • lester, ms evelyn, esm
      • Leeser, Julian, MP
    • girls takeover parliament program
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
    • men's shed week
      • Liu, Gladys, MP
    • solomon electorate: community events
      • Gosling, Luke, MP
    • reid electorate: st joseph's maronite catholic church
      • Martin, Fiona, MP
    • girls takeover parliament program
      • Burney, Linda, MP
    • lindsay electorate: health
      • McIntosh, Melissa, MP
    • workplace relations
      • Khalil, Peter, MP
    • groom electorate: business excellence awards
      • McVeigh, John, MP
    • disability services
      • Conroy, Pat, MP
    • wide bay electorate: australian army cadets gympie
      • O'Brien, Llew, MP
    • virtual war memorial
      • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
    • fairfax electorate: stuffit student film festival
      • O'Brien, Ted, MP
    • girls takeover parliament program
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
    • prostate cancer
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
    • climate change
      • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
    • braddon electorate: ulverstone red cross
      • Pearce, Gavin, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Morrison, Scott, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • drought (Ramsey, Rowan, MP)
    • banking and financial services (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • dams (Joyce, Barnaby, MP)
    • household and personal debt (Chalmers, Jim, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • drought (Haines, Helen, MP)
    • drought (O'Dowd, Ken, MP)
    • household and personal debt (Wells, Anika, MP)
    • housing affordability (Sharma, Dave, MP)
    • employment (Murphy, Peta, MP)
    • vocational education and training (Young, Terry, MP)
    • vocational education and training (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • space industry (Flint, Nicolle, MP)
    • australia: international relations (Marles, Richard, MP)
    • welfare reform (Pearce, Gavin, MP)
    • prime minister (Marles, Richard, MP)
    • trade unions (Simmonds, Julian, MP)
    • prime minister (Marles, Richard, MP)
    • national security (Connelly, Vince, MP)
    • economy (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • new south wales: bushfires (Hogan, Kevin, MP)
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
    • drought (Chesters, Lisa, MP)
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme (Martin, Fiona, MP)
  •   documents
    • department of parliamentary services, parliamentary budget office
      • presentation
        • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • reports nos 9 and 10 of 2019-20
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Porter, Christian, MP
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • report
        • McVeigh, John, MP
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Sharma, Dave, MP
        • Khalil, Peter, MP
        • Sharma, Dave, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Sharma, Dave, MP
  •   bills
    • new skilled regional visas (consequential amendments) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Coleman, David, MP
        • division
      • third reading
        • Coleman, David, MP
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
    • national health amendment (safety net thresholds) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • McBride, Emma, MP
        • Simmonds, Julian, MP
        • Aly, Anne, MP
        • Allen, Katrina, MP
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
        • Gillespie, David, MP
        • Freelander, Mike, MP
        • Burns, Josh, MP
        • Martin, Fiona, MP
        • Stanley, Anne, MP
        • Mulino, Daniel, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • national disability insurance agency
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • science, technology, engineering and maths
      • Thompson, Phillip, MP
    • trade
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • trade
      • Stevens, James, MP
    • kingston electorate: national disability insurance scheme
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
    • ryan electorate: safety
      • Simmonds, Julian, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • werriwa electorate: volunteers
        • Stanley, Anne, MP
      • veterans
        • O'Brien, Ted, MP
      • turner, senior constable mark, farrand, senior constable linda
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
      • braddon electorate: vincent industries
        • Pearce, Gavin, MP
      • poverty
        • Payne, Alicia, MP
      • australian broadcasting corporation
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • national disability insurance scheme
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • veterans' health week
        • Sharma, Dave, MP
      • lalor electorate: infrastructure
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • grey electorate: agricultural shows
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
    • private members' business
      • pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day
        • Stanley, Anne, MP
        • Webster, Elizabeth, MP
        • Wells, Anika, MP
        • Archer, Bridget, MP
        • Gosling, Luke, MP
        • Allen, Katrina, MP
      • australian servicewomen
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
        • Gosling, Luke, MP
        • Connelly, Vince, MP
        • Phillips, Fiona, MP
        • Simmonds, Julian, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Gee, Andrew, MP
      • climate change: coastal erosion
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
        • Gosling, Luke, MP
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Coker, Elizabeth, MP
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
      • infrastructure
        • Conaghan, Patrick, MP
        • Payne, Alicia, MP
        • Allen, Katrina, MP
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
        • Mitchell, Brian, MP
    • statements by members
      • housing
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
      • winzar, mr bruce
        • Drum, Damian, MP
      • paul keating lecture
        • Clare, Jason, MP
      • curtin electorate: rotary
        • Hammond, Celia, MP
      • captel
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • canning electorate: community events
        • Hastie, Andrew, MP
      • girls takeover parliament program
        • Coker, Elizabeth, MP
      • we help ourselves
        • O'Brien, Ted, MP
      • aged care
        • Collins, Julie, MP
      • dams
        • Joyce, Barnaby, MP
      • parramatta electorate: 2019 deaf festival
        • Owens, Julie, MP
      • hughes electorate: southern electorate spectacular
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • telecommunications
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
      • building and construction industry
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • canberra electorate: national rugby league grand final
        • Payne, Alicia, MP
      • berowra electorate: berowra public school
        • Leeser, Julian, MP
      • moreton electorate: southside muslim communities drought appeal
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • chisholm electorate: greek orthodox community
        • Liu, Gladys, MP
      • gilmore electorate: hope house
        • Phillips, Fiona, MP
      • girls takeover parliament program
        • Martin, Fiona, MP
      • girls takeover parliament program
        • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
      • lindsay electorate: emergency services
        • McIntosh, Melissa, MP
      • anti-poverty week
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • young ambassador program
        • O'Brien, Llew, MP
      • blue mountains conservation society
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
      • australian bushfires
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • child care
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • unley mercedes jets football club
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
      • endeavour hills police: attacks
        • Byrne, Anthony, MP
      • barker electorate: agricultural shows
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
    • private members' business
      • international day of the girl child
        • Thwaites, Kate, MP
        • Allen, Katrina, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Martin, Fiona, MP
        • Murphy, Peta, MP
        • McIntosh, Melissa, MP
      • vocational education and training
        • Pearce, Gavin, MP
        • Kearney, Ged, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
        • Steggall, Zali, MP
        • Leeser, Julian, MP
        • Phillips, Fiona, MP
        • Bell, Angie, MP
        • Coker, Elizabeth, MP
        • Young, Terry, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • Joyce, Barnaby, MP
      • agriculture: climate change
        • Haines, Helen, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
        • Webster, Elizabeth, MP
        • Phillips, Fiona, MP
        • Archer, Bridget, MP
        • Steggall, Zali, MP
        • Mitchell, Brian, MP
        • Gillespie, David, MP
      • western australia: economy
        • Gorman, Patrick, MP
        • Hammond, Celia, MP
        • Wilson, Josh, MP
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • export finance and insurance corporation (question no. 74) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • australian infrastructure financing facility for the pacific (question no. 75) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • australian infrastructure financing facility for the pacific (question no. 76) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs and trade's 2019 annual aid evaluation plan (question no. 78) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • new colombo plan scholars and mobility students (question no. 79) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • mayo electorate: threatened species list (question no. 80) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • climate change (question no. 81) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs and trade: tender process (question no. 84) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • food donations (question no. 85) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • temporary work (international relations) visa, pacific labour scheme (question no. 86) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • temporary work (international relations) visa, seasonal worker program (question no. 87) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of defence (question no. 88) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • benefits and payments applications (question no. 92) (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • bulk-billing (question no. 94) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • bulk-billing (question no. 95) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • home care (question no. 97) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • vehicle emissions testing (question no. 99) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • security vetting (question no. 103) (Hill, Julian, MP)
    • disability support pension (question no. 109) (Zappia, Tony, MP)
    • imports (question no. 113) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • indo-pacific countries: short-wave radio licences (question no. 114) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • pacific labour scheme (question no. 123) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • roads (question no. 127) (Gosling, Luke, MP)
    • homelessness (question no. 129) (Gosling, Luke, MP)
    • disability support pension (question no. 139) (Gosling, Luke, MP)
    • welfare reform (question no. 140) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • department of the environment and energy: tender process (question no. 146) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment and energy: tender process (question no. 147) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • australian national audit office report (question no. 154) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • glamorgan spring bay council (question no. 178) (Mitchell, Brian, MP)
    • incarceration rates (question no. 189 and 190) (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)

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