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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
  •   parliamentary representation
    • victoria
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
    • south australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • qualifications of senators
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • plebiscite (same-sex marriage) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   parliamentary representation
    • qualifications of senators
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Culleton, Sen Rodney
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   questions without notice
    • day, mr bob, ao (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • iraq (Back, Sen Chris)
    • day, mr bob, ao (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • asylum seekers (Paterson, Sen James)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • day, mr bob, ao (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • climate change (Roberts, Sen Malcolm)
    • cancer treatment (Bushby, Sen David)
    • day, mr bob, ao (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • research and development (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • housing affordability (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • day, mr bob, ao (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
    • regional assistance mission to solomon islands (Fawcett, Sen David)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • day, mr bob, ao
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   condolences
    • his majesty king bhumibol adulyadej of thailand
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • goodluck, mr bruce john
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   motions
    • national congress of australia's first peoples
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • united nations framework on the convention of climate change
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • photography in the senate
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   matters of public importance
    • turnbull government
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   petitions
    • marriage
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   documents
    • department of human services
      • consideration
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • membership
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   bills
    • appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2016-2017, appropriation bill (no. 1) 2016-2017, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2016-2017
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) bill 2013, building and construction industry (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • income tax rates amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016, treasury laws amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016, superannuation (departing australia superannuation payments tax) amendment bill 2016, passenger movement charge amendment bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • vet student loans bill 2016, vet student loans (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2016, vet student loans (charges) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (television and radio licence fees) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   committees
    • membership
  •   bills
    • industry research and development amendment (innovation and science australia) bill 2016, international tax agreements amendment bill 2016, national cancer screening register bill 2016, national cancer screening register (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2016, statute law revision (spring 2016) bill 2016, treasury laws amendment (income tax relief) bill 2016
      • assent
  •   committees
    • reports
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   parliamentary representation
    • qualifications of senators
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Culleton, Sen Rodney
  •   bills
    • plebiscite (same-sex marriage) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
    • appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2016-2017, appropriation bill (no. 1) 2016-2017, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2016-2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   adjournment
    • election of senators
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • employment
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • community affairs references committee report: palliative care in australia
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • report
    • government response to report

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