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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • division
  •   motions
    • hanson, senator pauline
      • censure
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   bills
    • water amendment bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
    • treasury laws amendment (personal income tax plan) bill 2018
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • division
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
      • adoption of report
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • veterans' affairs legislation amendment (veteran-centric reforms no. 2) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • health legislation amendment (improved medicare compliance and other measures) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • income tax (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • tasmania: employment (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • income tax (Chisholm, Sen Anthony)
    • energy (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • energy (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • murray-darling basin (Burston, Sen Brian)
    • child care (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • income tax (Storer, Sen Timothy)
    • great barrier reef (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • welfare reform (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • minister for jobs and innovation (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • rural and regional health services (Williams, Sen John)
  •   questions to the president
    • parliament house: security
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • income tax
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • energy
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Williams, Sen John
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment (lowering voting age and increasing voter participation) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
  •   documents
    • department of health
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • australian building and construction commission
      • consideration
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • department of health
      • order for the production of documents
    • australian building and construction commission
      • consideration
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • australian building and construction commission
      • consideration
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • broadband
      • order for the production of documents
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • australian building and construction commission
      • consideration
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • select committee on red tape
      • report
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • refugee week
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • victoria: queen's birthday honours
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • national library of australia
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   documents
    • tabling

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