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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
  •   parliamentary representation
    • victoria
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
  •   party office holders
    • australian labor party
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   questions without notice
    • marriage (Farrell, Sen Don)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • national security (Bushby, Sen David)
    • administrative appeals tribunal (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • economy (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • donations to political parties (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • royal commission into the child protection and youth detention systems of the northern territory (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • high court of australia (Culleton, Sen Rodney)
    • telecommunications (Williams, Sen John)
    • defence procurement (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • building and construction industry (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • australian renewable energy agency (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • solicitor-general (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • mining industry (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • australian pesticides and veterinary medicines authority (Cameron, Sen Doug)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • australian renewable energy agency
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • marriage
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • donations to political parties
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • presentation
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • perth freight link
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • mental health
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • australian statistician
      • order for the production of documents
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   motions
    • roads
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
    • gambling
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • census
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   committees
    • economics legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   matters of public importance
    • marriage
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   matters of public importance
    • marriage
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   documents
    • tasmanian regional forest agreement
      • consideration
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Rice, Sen Janet
    • register of foreign ownership of agricultural land
      • consideration
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   petitions
    • live animal exports
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   ministerial statements
    • economy
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • perth freight link
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • appointment
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • membership
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters
      • membership
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • registration of deaths abroad amendment bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • primary industries levies and charges collection amendment bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   adjournment
    • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • donations to political parties
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • broadband
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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