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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   petitions
    • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • west new guinea
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • fuel prices
    • islam in australia
    • melville amnesty group
    • maleny: nbn
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
  •   committees
    • law enforcement committee
      • report
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
    • australian commission for law enforcement integrity committee
      • report
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
    • economics committee
      • report
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
        • Broadbent, Russell (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Broadbent, Russell (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Alexander, John, MP
    • standing committee on tax and revenue
      • report
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
    • infrastructure and communications committee
      • report
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
    • agricultural and related industries committee
      • report
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
  •   bills
    • foreign death penalty offences (preventing information disclosure) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Palmer, Clive, MP
    • marriage amendment (marriage equality) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • iron ore supply and demand (commission of inquiry) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Katter, Bob, MP
  •   private members' business
    • small business
      • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • Brough, Mal, MP
      • Owens, Julie, MP
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
      • Gillespie, David, MP
      • Chalmers, Jim, MP
  •   bills
    • governance of australian government superannuation schemes legislation amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
        • Coulton, Mark, MP
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • third reading
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
    • safety, rehabilitation and compensation amendment (improving the comcare scheme) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
  •   statements by members
    • same-sex relationships
      • Macklin, Jenny, MP
    • garvan institute of medical research: connie johnson fellowship
      • Irons, Steve, MP
    • richmond electorate: murwillumbah district hospital
      • Elliot, Justine, MP
    • tangney electorate: pets of older persons wa
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • rankin electorate: struggle street
      • Chalmers, Jim, MP
    • queensland government
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
    • migration
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • mcnamara, air vice marshal francis hubert (frank), vc
      • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
    • lalor electorate: regional rail link
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • secondary education
      • Laming, Andrew, MP
    • indi electorate: manufacturing forum
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • hinkler electorate: wide bay whirly birds
      • Pitt, Keith, MP
    • university of newcastle: 50th anniversary
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
    • foreign investment
      • Laundy, Craig, MP
    • budget
      • Owens, Julie, MP
    • macquarie electorate: light years ahead project
      • Markus, Louise, MP
    • canberra electorate: economy
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • budget
      • Matheson, Russell, MP
    • kingsford smith electorate: aboriginal health college
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • western australian bushfires
      • Marino, Nola, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abbott, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • cabinet (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • budget (Jones, Ewen, MP)
    • cabinet (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • infrastructure (Stone, Dr Sharman, MP)
    • superannuation (Macklin, Jenny, MP)
    • food labelling (McGowan, Cathy, MP)
    • small business (Pasin, Tony, MP)
    • housing affordability (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • budget (Jensen, Dennis, MP)
    • small business (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • border protection (Markus, Louise, MP)
    • economy (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • national security (Gambaro, Teresa, MP)
    • budget (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • education (O'Dowd, Ken, MP)
    • budget (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • environment (Entsch, Warren, MP)
    • budget (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • home insulation program (Van Manen, Bert, MP)
    • minister for agriculture (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
    • victoria: infrastructure (Smith, Tony, MP)
  •   motions
    • dissent from ruling
      • Burke, Tony, MP
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • division
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   personal explanations
    • Bowen, Chris, MP
    • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
  •   bills
    • safety, rehabilitation and compensation amendment (improving the comcare scheme) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Marles, Richard, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
        • Randall, Don (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • division
      • third reading
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
    • labor 2013-14 budget savings (measures no. 1) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Randall, Don (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Hendy, Peter, MP
        • Roy, Wyatt, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
        • Coleman, David, MP
        • Markus, Louise, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
        • Sukkar, Michael, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
  •   adjournment
    • powerhouse museum
      • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
    • mining
      • Howarth, Luke, MP
    • social cohesion
      • Giles, Andrew, MP
    • australian defence force
      • Goodenough, Ian, MP
    • south china sea
      • Danby, Michael, MP
    • lyne electorate: surf lifesaving
      • Gillespie, David, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • charlton electorate: centenary of anzac
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
      • hasluck electorate: women's powder room
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
      • chisholm electorate: budget
        • Burke, Anna, MP
      • economy
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • lilley electorate: centenary of anzac
        • Swan, Wayne, MP
      • crime
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • griffith electorate: bulimba barracks
        • Butler, Terri, MP
      • barker electorate: river communities
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • live animal exports
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • gilmore electorate
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • private members' business
      • national security
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
        • Byrne, Anthony, MP
        • Ruddock, Philip, MP
        • Danby, Michael, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • inborn error of metabolism program
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Henderson, Sarah (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
        • King, Catherine, MP
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
      • tasmania: fruit and vegetable industries
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
        • Collins, Julie, MP
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
        • Whiteley, Brett, MP
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • shipping
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Prentice, Jane (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
    • statements by members
      • asylum seekers
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • solomon electorate: the safety house program
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • rankin electorate: daisy hill koala centre
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
      • south australian government
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • brisbane valley highway
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
      • wigg, mr athol, jp
        • Randall, Don, MP
      • hunt, mr ian
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
      • robertson electorate: erina community men's shed
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
      • health care
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • migration
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • budget
        • Swan, Wayne, MP
      • boothby electorate: roads
        • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
      • canberra electorate: cercol construction services
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • eden-monaro electorate: fling physical theatre
        • Hendy, Peter, MP
      • makin electorate: armenian community
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • banks electorate: beverly hills parking
        • Coleman, David, MP
      • parramatta electorate: schools
        • Owens, Julie, MP
      • national security
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • dearing, mr paul
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • nobbs, mr eric
        • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
      • sheikh-eldin, dr melika
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • tourism
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
      • indi electorate: australian manufacturing and farming program
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • calare electorate: national stronger regions fund
        • Cobb, John, MP
      • inborn errors of metabolism
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
      • dawson electorate: illicit drugs
        • Christensen, George, MP
      • western australia day
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
      • forde electorate: beenleigh police-citizens youth club
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
    • bills
      • appropriation bill (no. 1) 2015-2016, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2015-2016, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2015-2016, appropriation bill (no. 5) 2014-2015, appropriation bill (no. 6) 2014-2015
        • second reading
          • Van Manen, Bert, MP
          • Butler, Terri, MP
          • Pasin, Tony, MP
          • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
          • Whiteley, Brett, MP
          • McGowan, Cathy, MP
          • Markus, Louise, MP
          • Gray, Gary, MP
          • Wood, Jason, MP
          • Danby, Michael, MP
          • Tudge, Alan, MP
          • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
          • Howarth, Luke, MP
    • business
      • rearrangement
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
    • grievance debate
      • budget
        • Champion, Nick, MP
      • western australia: property rights
        • Randall, Don, MP
      • lingiari electorate: budget
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
      • grains research and development corporation, goods and services tax, youth allowance
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
      • indigenous affairs
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
      • city of south perth
        • Irons, Steve, MP
    • adjournment
      • Irons, Steve, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • wellard rural exports pty ltd (question no. 729) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • food imports (question no. 739) (Zappia, Tony, MP)
    • australian beef exports (question no. 748) (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)

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