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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • aged care bill 2024, aged care legislation amendment bill 2024
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Kovacic, Sen Maria
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Smith, Sen Marielle
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   statements by senators
    • paterson electorate: parliamentary representation
      • Kovacic, Sen Maria
    • south australia: black by-election
      • Grogan, Sen Karen
    • gaza
      • McKim, Sen Nick
    • first nations australians
      • Liddle, Sen Kerrynne
    • specialised container transport
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • ashley youth detention centre
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • western australia: roads
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt
    • renewable energy
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • housing
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • building and construction industry
      • Pocock, Sen David
    • gordon, mr paul
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie
    • foreign investment
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • youth voice in parliament
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • communications legislation amendment (combatting misinformation and disinformation) bill 2024
      • Van, Sen David
    • leader of the opposition
      • Sheldon, Sen Tony
  •   questions without notice
    • nuclear energy (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • medicare (Smith, Sen Marielle)
    • housing australia future fund (O'Sullivan, Sen Matt)
    • funding of political parties (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • national reconstruction fund (Green, Sen Nita)
    • electoral legislation amendment (electoral reform) bill 2024 (Pocock, Sen David)
    • regional security (Van, Sen David)
    • comcare (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • international students (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • makarrata commission (Nampijinpa Price, Sen Jacinta)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
      • Chandler, Sen Claire
    • funding of political parties
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   documents
    • department of education
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • department of education
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
  •   committees
    • impact of climate risk on insurance select committee
      • reporting date
        • McKim, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • independent review of commonwealth funding for strategic policy work
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • department of the treasury
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • report on outstanding orders for the production of documents
      • Pocock, Sen David
    • gambling
      • order for the production of documents
        • Pocock, Sen David
    • department of infrastructure, transport, regional development, communications and the arts
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rennick, Sen Gerard
    • electoral legislation amendment (electoral reform) bill 2024
      • order for the production of documents
        • Pocock, Sen David
  •   bills
    • national organic standard bill 2024
      • first reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • McKim, Sen Nick
        • division
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Payman, Sen Fatima
  •   parliamentary zone
    • proposed works
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
  •   documents
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rennick, Sen Gerard
        • division
  •   bills
    • electoral legislation amendment (electoral reform) bill 2024, electoral legislation amendment (electoral communications) bill 2024
      • reference to committee
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • division
  •   documents
    • australian prudential regulation authority
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • division
    • national housing accord
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • division
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • hong kong
      • Walsh, Sen Jess (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Sharma, Sen Dave
      • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • Chandler, Sen Claire
      • Sheldon, Sen Tony
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   matters of urgency
    • aukus
      • Bragg, Sen Andrew (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Shoebridge, Sen David
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
      • Babet, Sen Ralph
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Van, Sen David
      • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
      • Pocock, Sen Barbara
      • division
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • human rights joint committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • public accounts and audit joint committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • public works joint committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • treaties joint committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • environment and communications references committee
      • additional information
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • finance and public administration legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • perth mint and commonwealth regulatory compliance select committee
      • additional information
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • additional information
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • cost of living select committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • corporations and financial services joint committee
      • report
        • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
        • Pocock, Sen Barbara
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to vietnam
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   ministerial statements
    • annual statement to parliament on northern australia
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • McDonald, Sen Susan
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
        • Babet, Sen Ralph
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Grogan, Sen Karen
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • aged care bill 2024, aged care legislation amendment bill 2024
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   adjournment
    • medicare
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • united states of america: presidential election
      • Antic, Sen Alex
    • cost of living
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • vocational education and training
      • Green, Sen Nita
    • small business
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • tasmanian freight equalisation scheme select committee
      • Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
    • taxation
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • youth voice in parliament
      • Payman, Sen Fatima
    • communications legislation amendment (combatting misinformation and disinformation) bill 2024
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • education
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • queensland state election, thomson, dr warren
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
    • westbrook, eden jayde
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • gerrard rennick people first
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard

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