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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • human rights (parliamentary scrutiny) amendment (consideration of undrip) bill 2023
      • second reading
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • Darmanin, Sen Lisa
        • Cox, Sen Dorinda
        • Ciccone, Sen Raff
        • McKim, Sen Nick
        • division
        • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • division
      • McGrath, Sen James (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • division
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • division
      • McGrath, Sen James (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • division
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
      • division
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • division
  •   bills
    • veterans' entitlements, treatment and support (simplification and harmonisation) bill 2024
      • returned from the house of representatives
      • third reading
        • Watt, Sen Murray
    • electricity infrastructure legislation amendment bill 2025
      • first reading
        • Watt, Sen Murray
      • second reading
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Grogan, Sen Karen
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   documents
    • stronger communities program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • division
  •   bills
    • right to protest bill 2025
      • first reading
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
  •   documents
    • department of climate change, energy, the environment and water
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • division
  •   bills
    • higher education support amendment (end dirty university partnerships) bill 2025
      • first reading
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • second reading
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • division
  •   documents
    • indigenous land and sea corporation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
  •   motions
    • parliamentary committee on human rights
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
      • division
  •   business
    • withdrawal
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
      • McKim, Sen Nick
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • division
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (expedited seizure and disposal of engineered stone) bill 2024
      • first reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • electricity infrastructure legislation amendment bill 2025
      • second reading
        • Cadell, Sen Ross
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
    • veterans' entitlements, treatment and support (simplification and harmonisation) bill 2024
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • workplace gender equality amendment (setting gender equality targets) bill 2024
      • second reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   statements by senators
    • ukraine
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • liberal party of australia
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • right to protest bill 2025
      • Shoebridge, Sen David
    • south australia: economy
      • Liddle, Sen Kerrynne
    • aviation industry
      • Sheldon, Sen Tony
    • ukraine
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
    • tasmania: salmon industry
      • Chandler, Sen Claire
    • women's health
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • aukus
      • Pocock, Sen Barbara
    • senate: parliamentary debate
      • Pocock, Sen David
    • victoria: by-elections
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • alcohol excise
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • early childhood education and care (three day guarantee) bill 2025
      • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
    • arthritis australia
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • future made in australia
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
  •   ministry
    • temporary arrangements
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice
    • health care (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • medicare (Smith, Sen Marielle)
    • cost of living (McGrath, Sen James)
    • tasmania: bushfires (McKim, Sen Nick)
    • women's health (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • universities (Tyrrell, Sen Tammy)
    • creative australia (Chandler, Sen Claire)
    • climate change (Van, Sen David)
    • trade with the united states of america (Payman, Sen Fatima)
    • cost of living (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
  •   documents
    • stronger communities program, local content broadcasting, department of climate change, energy, the environment and water
      • order for the production of documents
        • Watt, Sen Murray
    • stronger communities program
      • order for the production of documents
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Davey, Sen Perin
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • early childhood education and care (three day guarantee) bill 2025
      • first reading
        • McLachlan, Sen Andrew (The DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
  •   documents
    • local content broadcasting
      • order for the production of documents
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Davey, Sen Perin
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Bragg, Sen Andrew
  •   documents
    • department of climate change, energy, the environment and water
      • order for the production of documents
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Ayres, Sen Tim
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • tasmania: bushfires
      • McKim, Sen Nick
  •   condolences
    • moore, hon. john colinton, ao
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Green, Sen Nita
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of delegated legislation committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Grogan, Sen Karen
    • corporations and financial services joint committee
      • report
        • Grogan, Sen Karen
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
    • human rights joint committee
      • report
        • Grogan, Sen Karen
    • treaties joint committee
      • report
        • Grogan, Sen Karen
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Kovacic, Sen Maria
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Kovacic, Sen Maria
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Kovacic, Sen Maria
    • job security select committee
      • government response to report
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • consideration
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   adjournment
    • liberal-national coalition
      • Grogan, Sen Karen
    • renewable energy
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • white, ms rebecca, labor government
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • renewable energy, brisbane valley highway
      • Scarr, Sen Paul

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