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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • petitions committee
      • report
        • Vasta, Ross, MP
  •   petitions
    • Vasta, Ross, MP
    • middle east
    • immigration detention
    • middle east
    • immigration detention
    • kentish health centre
    • bass strait ferry
    • national library of australia trove archive
    • falun gong
    • veterans' review board
    • federal commission against corruption
    • death penalty
    • family court
    • racial discrimination act
    • kangaroo island
    • aged care
    • arts in the vet sector
    • cigarettes
    • housing prices
    • firearm violence
    • timor gap
    • refugees
    • refugees
    • medicare
    • federal commission against corruption
    • women-only beach
    • law enforcement
    • human rights commission
    • racial discrimination act
    • racial discrimination act
    • queen's birthday public holiday
    • australian defence force
    • community television
    • humanitarian visas
    • aged care
    • charter of budget honesty
    • asylum seekers
    • health insurance
    • gambling
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Vasta, Ross, MP
    • superannuation complaints tribunal
    • falun gong
    • mobile black spot
    • member for warringah citizenship status
    • ecotourism development
    • dairy industry
    • dairy industry
    • dairy industry
    • dairy industry
    • dairy industry
    • rural and regional roads package
    • asylum seekers
    • asylum seekers
    • ingram, mr clive
    • marriage
    • marriage
    • papua provinces
    • marriage
    • public holiday
    • asylum seekers
    • labour hire casualisation
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Vasta, Ross, MP
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (fair debt recovery) bill 2017
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
    • commonwealth electoral amendment (donation reform and transparency) bill 2017
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • infrastructure australia amendment (social sustainability) bill 2017
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • competition and consumer amendment (exploitation of indigenous culture) bill 2017
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Katter, Bob, MP
  •   private members' business
    • australia day honours
      • Leeser, Julian, MP
      • Husar, Emma, MP
      • Evans, Trevor, MP
      • Swanson, Meryl, MP
      • Wilson, Tim, MP
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • Hammond, Tim, MP
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • Feeney, David, MP
      • Flint, Nicolle, MP
      • Gosling, Luke, MP
      • Hayes, Chris, MP
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
  •   motions
    • housing affordability
      • Bowen, Chris, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • division
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • division
      • division
  •   bills
    • transport security amendment (serious or organised crime) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Wilson, Josh, MP
  •   statements by members
    • western australian state election
      • Hammond, Tim, MP
    • capricornia electorate: floods
      • Landry, Michelle, MP
    • bass electorate: medicare
      • Hart, Ross, MP
    • tangney electorate: education funding
      • Morton, Ben, MP
    • bruce electorate: citizenship
      • Hill, Julian, MP
    • maranoa electorate: chinchilla melon festival
      • Littleproud, David, MP
    • climate change
      • Watts, Tim, MP
    • groom electorate: sports darling downs
      • McVeigh, John, MP
    • australian pesticides and veterinary medicines authority
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • harinath, dr gorur krishna 'harry', oam
      • Leeser, Julian, MP
    • tasmania: employment
      • Keay, Justine, MP
    • flynn electorate: men's shed, flynn electorate: building better regions fund
      • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
    • solomon electorate: infrastructure
      • Gosling, Luke, MP
    • wright electorate: aged care
      • Buchholz, Scott, MP
    • renewable energy
      • Bandt, Adam, MP
    • jake garrett foundation
      • O'Brien, Llew, MP
    • kingsford smith electorate: australia day honours
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • dairy industry
      • Marino, Nola, MP
    • new south wales: bushfires
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • queensland: leslie harrison dam
      • Laming, Andrew, MP
  •   statements on indulgence
    • apology to australia's indigenous peoples
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • western australian state election (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • energy (Coleman, David, MP)
    • pauline hanson's one nation (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • economy (Buchholz, Scott, MP)
    • pauline hanson's one nation (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • medicare (Wilkie, Andrew, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Morton, Ben, MP)
    • western australia state election (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
    • agriculture industry (Drum, Damian, MP)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Macklin, Jenny, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • energy
    • energy (Wilson, Rick, MP)
    • energy (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • small business (Ramsey, Rowan, MP)
    • energy (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme (Henderson, Sarah, MP)
    • energy (Butler, Mark, MP)
    • donations to political parties (McVeigh, John, MP)
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (character cancellation consequential provisions) bill 2016, privacy amendment (notifiable data breaches) bill 2016
      • returned from senate
    • transport security amendment (serious or organised crime) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Chester, Darren, MP
        • division
      • consideration in detail
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Chester, Darren, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Chester, Darren, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • division
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Chester, Darren, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Chester, Darren, MP
        • division
      • third reading
        • Chester, Darren, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
    • transport security legislation amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Chester, Darren, MP
      • third reading
        • Chester, Darren, MP
    • agriculture and water resources legislation amendment bill 2016, excise levies legislation amendment (honey) bill 2016
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
      • McVeigh, John, MP
      • Burke, Tony, MP
      • Swanson, Meryl, MP
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
      • third reading
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
    • excise levies legislation amendment (honey) bill 2016
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
    • treasury laws amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
      • third reading
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
    • superannuation amendment (pssap membership) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
      • third reading
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
    • customs and other legislation amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
      • third reading
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
    • customs tariff amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
      • third reading
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • national affordable housing agreement
      • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
    • petrie electorate: redcliffe peninsula line
      • Howarth, Luke, MP
    • national sorry day
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
    • swan electorate: city of south perth, swan electorate: infrastructure
      • Irons, Steve, MP
    • climate change
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • energy
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • western australian state election
        • King, Madeleine, MP
      • telecommunications
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • moreton electorate: lunar new year
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • durack electorate: infrastructure, durack electorate: aged care, western australian state election
        • Price, Melissa, MP
      • clement, ms tricia
        • Georganas, Steve, MP
      • grey electorate: rail
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • medicare
        • Swan, Wayne, MP
      • forde electorate: broadband
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • higher education
        • Dick, Milton, MP
      • queensland: rail
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
    • private members' business
      • turnbull government
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
        • Keogh, Matt, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
      • centrelink
        • Mitchell, Brian, MP
        • O'Brien, Ted, MP
        • Georganas, Steve, MP
        • Morton, Ben, MP
        • Burney, Linda, MP
        • Coleman, David, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
        • Hill, Julian, MP
        • Littleproud, David, MP
      • australia day honours
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
        • Hill, Julian, MP
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Drum, Damian, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • statements by members
      • burt electorate: broadband
        • Keogh, Matt, MP
      • la trobe electorate: little athletics
        • Wood, Jason, MP
      • western sydney airport
        • Husar, Emma, MP
      • flynn electorate: boyne river
        • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
      • bruce electorate: chinese new year
        • Hill, Julian, MP
      • lavender bay railway line
        • Zimmerman, Trent, MP
      • rugby league all stars
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • durack electorate: mental health
        • Price, Melissa, MP
      • wehbe, ms gabriella
        • Owens, Julie, MP
      • fairfax electorate: bushfires
        • O'Brien, Ted, MP
      • centrelink
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
      • fadden electorate: prawn industry
        • Robert, Stuart, MP
      • boochani, mr behrouz
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
      • gilmore electorate: apprenticeship challenge
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • mckay, mr ross, johnston, mr jon
        • Dick, Milton, MP
    • private members' business
      • northern australia beef roads program
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
        • Price, Melissa, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
      • national swimming and water safety framework
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • procedural text
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
        • Wilson, Josh, MP
      • national stronger regions fund
        • Gee, Andrew, MP
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • schools
        • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
        • Leeser, Julian, MP
        • Swanson, Meryl, MP
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • safe schools declaration
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Zimmerman, Trent, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • centrelink (question no. 629) (Templeman, Susan, MP)

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