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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • meeting
  •   bills
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (petroleum pools and other measures) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • division
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • division
        • TEMPORARY CHAIR, The
      • third reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • division
  •   committees
    • select committee on the exposure draft of the marriage amendment (same-sex marriage) bill
      • membership
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   bills
    • competition and consumer amendment (country of origin) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   statements by senators
    • judiciary
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • ovarian cancer
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • centrelink
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • beef industry
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • medicare
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • melbourne: attacks, law enforcement
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • western australian economy
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • medicare
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • marriage
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   questions without notice
    • indigenous advancement strategy (Dodson, Sen Patrick)
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • procedural text
    • child care (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • abc shortwave radio service (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
    • asylum seekers (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • procedural text
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • procedural text
    • national broadband network (Bushby, Sen David)
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme (Griff, Sen Stirling)
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • procedural text
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • procedural text
    • economy (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • procedural text
    • economy (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • procedural text
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • procedural text
    • automotive industry (Carr, Sen Kim)
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • procedural text
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • procedural text
    • international development assistance: volunteers (Fawcett, Sen David)
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • procedural text
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • procedural text
    • western australia: employment (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • procedural text
    • ovarian cancer (Hume, Sen Jane)
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • procedural text
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • procedural text
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • indigenous advancement strategy, abc shortwave radio service
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • asylum seekers
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   privilege
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   bills
    • fisheries legislation amendment (representation) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • women in sport
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • ovarian cancer
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • melbourne: attacks
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • black tuesday bushfires
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   bills
    • criminal code amendment (prohibition of full face coverings in public places) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • second reading
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   committees
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • meeting
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   motions
    • dental benefits
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • her majesty queen elizabeth ii: sapphire jubilee
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • child sexual abuse
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • select committee on the establishment of a national integrity commission
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   documents
    • resettlement of refugees
      • order for the production of documents
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
    • defence procurement
      • order for the production of documents
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
  •   motions
    • federal anti-corruption commission
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
    • migration
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • australia day
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • president of the united states
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   matters of public importance
    • turnbull government
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Paterson, Sen James
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   bills
    • corporations amendment (professional standards of financial advisers) bill 2016, statute update (a.c.t. self-government (consequential provisions) regulations) bill 2016, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2016 measures no. 2) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • hazardous waste (regulation of exports and imports) amendment bill 2016, hazardous waste (regulation of exports and imports) levy bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • privacy amendment (notifiable data breaches) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • corporations amendment (crowd-sourced funding) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • vet student loans bill 2016
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • criminal code amendment (high risk terrorist offenders) bill 2016
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • australian organ and tissue donation and transplantation authority amendment (new governance arrangements) bill 2016, building and construction industry (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2013, building and construction industry (improving productivity) bill 2013, customs tariff amendment (expanded information technology agreement implementation and other measures) bill 2016, criminal code amendment (high risk terrorist offenders) bill 2016, income tax rates amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016, civil nuclear transfers to india bill 2016, law enforcement legislation amendment (state bodies and other measures) bill 2016, passenger movement charge amendment bill 2016, passenger movement charge amendment bill (no. 2) 2016, register of foreign ownership of agricultural land amendment (water) bill 2016, social services legislation amendment (family assistance alignment and other measures) bill 2016, superannuation (departing australia superannuation payments tax) amendment bill 2016, superannuation (departing australia superannuation payments tax) amendment bill (no. 2) 2016, treasury laws amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016, vet student loans bill 2016, vet student loans (charges) bill 2016, vet student loans (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2016, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (budget and other measures) bill 2016, criminal code amendment (war crimes) bill 2016
      • assent
  •   regulations and determinations
    • dental benefits amendment rule 2016 (no. 2)
      • disallowance
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • competition and consumer amendment (country of origin) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • TEMPORARY CHAIR, The
        • division
      • third reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   adjournment
    • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • renewable energy
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • telecommunications
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
  •   documents
    • tabling

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