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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • western australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • transport security legislation amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • in committee
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • TEMPORARY CHAIR, The
      • third reading
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • corporations amendment (crowd-sourced funding) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • TEMPORARY CHAIR, The
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • veterans' affairs legislation amendment (digital readiness and other measures) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Paterson, Sen James
  •   questions without notice
    • workplace relations (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • united states of america (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • workplace relations (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • workplace relations (Paterson, Sen James)
    • marriage (Rice, Sen Janet)
    • western australian state election (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • climate change (Roberts, Sen Malcolm)
    • energy (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • child care (Bushby, Sen David)
    • energy (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • employment (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • defence (Back, Sen Chris)
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question no. 308
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • workplace relations
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
    • energy
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • migration committee
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   motions
    • ticket scalping
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • freedom of religion
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 41 of 2016-17
      • consideration
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • report no. 39 of 2016-17
      • consideration
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   committees
    • murray-darling basin plan committee
      • government response to report
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   documents
    • department of the environment and energy
      • consideration
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   ministerial statements
    • trade with singapore
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • farm household support amendment bill 2017, national disability insurance scheme savings fund special account bill 2016, treasury laws amendment (2017 measures no. 1) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • social services legislation amendment (omnibus savings and child care reform) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) amendment bill 2017, independent parliamentary expenses authority bill 2017, independent parliamentary expenses authority (consequential amendments) bill 2017, parliamentary entitlements legislation amendment bill 2017, competition and consumer amendment (country of origin) bill 2016, corporations amendment (life insurance remuneration arrangements) bill 2016, corporations amendment (professional standards of financial advisers) bill 2016, hazardous waste (regulation of exports and imports) amendment bill 2016, hazardous waste (regulation of exports and imports) levy bill 2016, migration amendment (character cancellation consequential provisions) bill 2016, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (petroleum pools and other measures) bill 2016, privacy amendment (notifiable data breaches) bill 2016, statute update (a.c.t. self-government (consequential provisions) regulations) bill 2016, treasury laws amendment (bourke street fund) bill 2017, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2016 measures no. 2) bill 2016
      • assent
  •   committees
    • report
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • rearrangement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • interactive gambling amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Burston, Sen Brian
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   bills
    • interactive gambling amendment bill 2016
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • division
  •   adjournment
    • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • morris, dr john, ao, mbe
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • prostheses list framework
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • film and video game classification
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • leak, mr desmond robert 'bill'
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files
      • tabling
      • tabling
  •   committees
    • report
    • government response to report

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