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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • tasmania, victoria and new south wales
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   condolences
    • christchurch: attacks
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
  •   bills
    • export finance and insurance corporation amendment (support for infrastructure financing) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fawcett, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   shadow ministerial arrangements
    • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice
    • employment (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • small business (Paterson, Sen James)
    • federal election (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • climate change (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • defence industry (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • federal election (Chisholm, Sen Anthony)
    • indigenous housing (Williams, Sen John)
    • anning, senator fraser (Anning, Sen Fraser)
    • federal election (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • queensland: agriculture industry (McGrath, Sen James)
    • federal election (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • economy (Molan, Sen Jim)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • employment
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • climate change
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   condolences
    • herron, hon. dr john joseph, ao
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • mcintosh, mr gordon douglas
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
  •   petitions
    • national broadband network
    • anning, senator fraser
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • parentsnext program
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • national day of bhutan
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • world tuberculosis day
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • queensland: floods
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • chinchilla melon festival
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
    • australian cotton industry
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   documents
    • department of agriculture and water resources
      • order for the production of documents
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   motions
    • tasmania: bushfires
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   bills
    • aged care amendment (resident welfare and provider disclosure) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • second reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   motions
    • national autism strategy
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • silicosis
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
    • fall of singapore: 77th anniversary
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • social security amendment (a fair go for age pensioners) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • second reading
        • Anning, Sen Fraser
  •   documents
    • seismic testing
      • order for the production of documents
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • mining
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
    • inheritance tax
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • live animal exports
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • homelessness
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • child sexual abuse
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • national security
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • shipping
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
      • division
    • closing the gap
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
    • budget
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
    • turkey: human rights
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • venezuela
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • climate change
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • membership
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   matters of public importance
    • climate change
      • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • proposed expenditure
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • portfolio budget statements
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   committees
    • report
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • report
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   bills
    • lower tax bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   committees
    • select committee on health
      • government response to report
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the 139th inter-parliamentary union assembly, geneva, switzerland and the bilateral visit to romania, australian parliamentary delegation to vietnam, thailand and brunei
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   bills
    • aboriginal land rights (northern territory) amendment bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (enhancing whistleblower protections) bill 2018, wine australia amendment (trade with united kingdom) bill 2019
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • electoral legislation amendment (modernisation and other measures) bill 2018, industrial chemicals bill 2017, industrial chemicals (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2018 measures no. 5) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (protecting your superannuation package) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (strengthening corporate and financial sector penalties) bill 2018
  •   committees
    • royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
      • reporting date
  •   motions
    • disability services
  •   bills
    • industrial chemicals charges (general) bill 2017, industrial chemicals charges (customs) bill 2017, industrial chemicals charges (excise) bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
      • third reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • governor-general amendment (salary) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • treasury laws amendment (making sure foreign investors pay their fair share of tax in australia and other measures) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   bills
    • treatment benefits (special access) bill 2019, treatment benefits (special access) (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • future drought fund bill 2019
      • first reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2018-2019, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2018-2019, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 2) 2018-2019
      • first reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • supply bill (no. 1) 2019-2020, supply bill (no. 2) 2019-2020, supply (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2019-2020
      • first reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • aboriginal land rights (northern territory) amendment (land scheduling) bill 2018
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • defence legislation amendment bill 2018, electoral legislation amendment (modernisation and other measures) bill 2018, home affairs legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2018, parliamentary service amendment (post-election report) bill 2018, social services and other legislation amendment (supporting retirement incomes) bill 2018, telecommunications legislation amendment bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (2017 enterprise incentives no. 1) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2018 measures no. 4) bill 2018, aboriginal land rights (northern territory) amendment bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (enhancing whistleblower protections) bill 2018, wine australia amendment (trade with united kingdom) bill 2019, industrial chemicals bill 2017, industrial chemicals (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2017, industrial chemicals (notification and assessment) amendment bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2018 measures no. 5) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (protecting your superannuation package) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (strengthening corporate and financial sector penalties) bill 2018
      • assent
  •   adjournment
    • Kitching, Sen Kimberley (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • broadband
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • welfare reform
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • early learning
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • aged care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • budget, live animal exports, workplace relations, superannuation
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • malaysia
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • cyclone trevor
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • federal election, independents
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
    • social media
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • health care
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • liberal democrats
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
    • parliament of australia
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • climate change
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency appointments and vacancies
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency grants
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
      • tabling
    • indexed lists of department and agency files
      • tabling
  •   committees
    • government response to report
  •   committees
    • report

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