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  • start of business
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee, law enforcement committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • criminal code amendment (misrepresentation of age to a minor) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • division
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • environment
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • perinatal depression and anxiety awareness week
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
    • live animal exports
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • division
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   bills
    • narcotic drugs legislation amendment bill 2016, narcotic drugs (licence charges) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • higher education support legislation amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • customs tariff amendment (2017 harmonized system changes) bill 2016, customs amendment (2017 harmonized system changes) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   questions without notice
    • day, mr bob, ao (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • national security (Bushby, Sen David)
    • culleton, senator rodney (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • united states election (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
  •   motions
    • suspension of standing and sessional orders
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   questions without notice
    • solicitor-general (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • high court of australia (Culleton, Sen Rodney)
    • indigenous suicide (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • paid parental leave (Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye)
    • day, mr bob, ao (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • registered organisations (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • united states election (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • united states election (Back, Sen Chris)
    • north east vocational college (Moore, Sen Claire)
  •   documents
    • qualifications of senators, media rules
      • tabling
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   documents
    • parliament house
      • tabling
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • migration legislation amendment (regional processing cohort) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   committees
    • publications joint committee
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • public accounts and audit committee, rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • government response to report
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • north east vocational college
      • order for the production of documents
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   regulations and determinations
    • legal services amendment (solicitor-general opinions) direction 2016
      • disallowance
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • reference
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   bills
    • national integrity commission bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
  •   motions
    • national library of australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   committees
    • membership
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   documents
    • estimates committees
      • consideration
        • Polley, Sen Helen
      • consideration
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • government response to report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • government response to report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • select committee on health
      • report
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • taxation
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • housing affordability
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • qualifications of senators
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • goodluck, mr bruce john
      • Bushby, Sen David

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