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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   parliamentary representation
    • deputy prime minister
      • qualifications of members
        • Joyce, Barnaby, MP
  •   committees
    • petitions committee
      • report
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
  •   petitions
    • Wicks, Lucy, MP
    • defence force retirement and death scheme
    • falun gong
    • foreign aid
    • adani coalmine
    • adani coalmine
    • immigration detention
    • asylum seekers: manus island
    • bass strait
    • citizenship
    • advertising
    • flying fox colony
    • medicare
    • falun gong
    • drug testing
    • citizenship
    • foreign aid
    • higher education
    • australian electoral commission
    • compliance audit
    • corruption watchdog
    • assange, mr julian
    • islam
    • equality
    • citizenship
    • plastic bags
    • compliance audit
    • cashless debit card
    • veterans
    • aged care
    • national broadband network
    • medication costs
    • sanctions
    • national memorial
    • mandatory drug testing
    • islam
    • register of members' interests
    • paris agreement
    • code of conduct
    • housing: solar panels and battery technology
    • video games
    • gold card
    • refugees
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Wicks, Lucy, MP
    • palestine
    • nbn
    • syria
    • online compliance system
    • kingsford legal centre
    • commonwealth electoral act
    • non-discriminatory language
    • image based sexual assault
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Wicks, Lucy, MP
  •   committees
    • standing committee on agriculture and water resources
      • Wilson, Rick, MP
      • Keay, Justine, MP
  •   private members' business
    • renewable energy (electricity) amendment (continuing the energy transition) bill 2017
      • Bandt, Adam, MP
    • religious certification (non-discrimination) bill 2017
      • Katter, Bob, MP
    • commission of inquiry (coal seam gas) bill 2017
      • Katter, Bob, MP
  •   bills
    • electoral amendment (banning foreign political donations) bill 2017
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Katter, Bob, MP
    • australian bill of rights bill 2017
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
  •   private members' business
    • north korea
      • Leeser, Julian, MP
      • Byrne, Anthony, MP
      • Alexander, John, MP
      • Kelly, Mike, MP
    • murray-darling basin plan
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • Drum, Damian, MP
      • Champion, Nick, MP
      • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • Georganas, Steve, MP
      • Coulton, Mark, MP
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • membership
        • Goodenough, Ian (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   bills
    • education legislation amendment (provider integrity and other measures) bill 2017, customs tariff amendment (incorporation of proposal and other measures) bill 2017, australian immunisation register and other legislation amendment bill 2017, safe work australia amendment (role and functions) bill 2017, excise tariff amendment (tobacco duty harmonisation) bill 2017, customs tariff amendment (tobacco duty harmonisation) bill 2017
      • returned from senate
    • fisheries legislation amendment (representation) bill 2017
      • first reading
    • australian citizenship legislation amendment (strengthening the requirements for australian citizenship and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
  •   ministerial statements
    • solomon islands
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   parliamentary representation
    • qualifications of members
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • Burke, Tony, MP
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
  •   bills
    • australian citizenship legislation amendment (strengthening the requirements for australian citizenship and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Marles, Richard, MP
        • King, Madeleine, MP
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Burke, Tony, MP
  •   bills
    • australian citizenship legislation amendment (strengthening the requirements for australian citizenship and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
  •   statements by members
    • endometriosis
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • goods and sevices tax
      • Morton, Ben, MP
    • mervyn, mr alfred leslie
      • Burney, Linda, MP
    • wide bay electorate: bruce highway
      • O'Brien, Llew, MP
    • charlottesville: attacks
      • Aly, Anne, MP
    • national science week, myanmar mentoring program
      • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • veterans
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • harms, sergeant owen, creed, ms leonie
      • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
    • tasmania: health care
      • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
    • castec rural pioneers
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
    • care leavers australasia network
      • Hill, Julian, MP
    • durack electorate: prime minister's visit
      • Price, Melissa, MP
    • connors, mrs robyn
      • Husar, Emma, MP
    • grey electorate
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
    • marriage
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • fadden electorate: lutheran ormeau rivers district school
      • Robert, Stuart, MP
    • prime minister
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
    • queensland: schools
      • O'Brien, Ted, MP
    • kingsford smith electorate: south sydney high school
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • volunteers
      • Flint, Nicolle, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • qualifications of members (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • taxation (Price, Melissa, MP)
    • deputy prime minister (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • taxation (McVeigh, John, MP)
    • deputy prime minister (Burke, Tony, MP)
  • distinguished visitors
  •   questions without notice
    • telecommunications (Sharkie, Rebekha, MP)
    • agriculture industry (Landry, Michelle, MP)
      • division
      • Joyce, Barnaby, MP
    • deputy prime minister
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • procedural text
    • taxation (Banks, Julia, MP)
    • deputy prime minister (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
    • trade unions (Wilson, Tim, MP)
    • deputy prime minister (Burke, Tony, MP)
  •   motions
    • deputy prime minister
      • Burke, Tony, MP
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • division
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   personal explanations
    • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
    • Keogh, Matt, MP
  •   ministerial statements
    • veterans and their families
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
      • Laundy, Craig, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Laundy, Craig, MP
  •   bills
    • australian citizenship legislation amendment (strengthening the requirements for australian citizenship and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Katter, Bob, MP
        • Clare, Jason, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Husar, Emma, MP
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
        • Dutton, Peter, MP
        • division
      • third reading
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • Dutton, Peter, MP
        • division
        • Dutton, Peter, MP
        • division
    • great barrier reef marine park amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Burke, Tony, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
  •   adjournment
    • broadband
      • Georganas, Steve, MP
    • barker electorate: building better regions fund
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
    • tasmania: infrastructure
      • Keay, Justine, MP
    • durack electorate: infrastructure
      • Price, Melissa, MP
    • marriage
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
    • renewable energy
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • holt electorate: national security
        • Byrne, Anthony, MP
      • blazeaid
        • Coulton, Mark, MP
      • safety bay senior high school, marriage equality
        • King, Madeleine, MP
      • mental health
        • Banks, Julia, MP
      • kingston electorate: small business
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
    • distinguished visitors
      • Buchholz, Scott (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • constituency statements
      • corangamite electorate: building better regions fund
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
      • herbert electorate: energy, townsville fashion festival
        • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
      • bunyip & district soccer club
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
      • kingsford smith electorate: australian surfing walk of fame
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
      • lester, mr kunmanara, oam
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
    • private members' business
      • aged care
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
        • McVeigh, John, MP
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
        • Stanley, Anne, MP
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
        • Lamb, Susan, MP
        • Feeney, David, MP
        • Bird, Sharon (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • queensland: trade
        • Evans, Trevor, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Littleproud, David, MP
        • Dick, Milton, MP
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
        • Lamb, Susan, MP
      • renewable energy
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • O'Brien, Ted, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Kelly, Mike, MP
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
      • north korea
        • O'Brien, Ted, MP
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
    • statements by members
      • indi electorate: philanthropy
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • fisher electorate: sunshine coast business women's network awards
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
      • battle of long tan: 51st anniversary
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
      • robertson electorate: stronger communities program
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
      • moreton electorate: national liberation day of korea
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • o'connor electorate: esperance ocean safety and support group
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
      • marriage
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • star of the sea college
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
      • lemnos square
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • barker electorate: primary industry
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • petition: health care
        • Mitchell, Brian, MP
      • restoration of preventative health funding in tasmania
      • canning electorate: small business
        • Hastie, Andrew, MP
      • montgomery, mr bob
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
      • bennelong electorate: education
        • Alexander, John, MP
      • chifley electorate: roads
        • Husic, Ed, MP
      • leichhardt electorate: vocational education and training
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
      • ballarat electorate: australian football league
        • King, Catherine, MP
      • menzies electorate: north east link
        • Andrews, Kevin, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • health care
        • Banks, Julia, MP
      • energy, roads
        • Husar, Emma, MP
      • operation christmas child
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • murray-darling basin plan, crime
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
      • wright electorate: springbrook men's shed association
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
      • bruce electorate: south korean migrants
        • Hill, Julian, MP
      • banks electorate: football
        • Coleman, David, MP
      • rossiter, mr dean
        • Georganas, Steve, MP
      • mining industry
        • Christensen, George, MP
      • deputy prime minister
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • vietnam veterans motorcycle club, gippsland chapter
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
    • private members' business
      • ocean conservation
        • Burke, Tony, MP
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
      • western australia: infrastructure
        • Aly, Anne, MP
        • Price, Melissa, MP
        • Hammond, Tim, MP
        • Morton, Ben, MP
        • Wilson, Josh, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
      • 50th anniversary of asean
        • Hill, Julian, MP
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
        • Wilson, Josh, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • King, Madeleine, MP
      • workplace relations
        • Keay, Justine, MP
        • Hart, Ross, MP
        • Dick, Milton, MP
        • Husar, Emma, MP
        • Burney, Linda, MP
        • Lamb, Susan, MP
        • Khalil, Peter, MP
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • legal services: funding (question no. 727) (Elliot, Justine, MP)

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