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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
  •   motions
    • aboriginal deaths in custody
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Liddle, Sen Kerrynne
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Pocock, Sen David
      • Shoebridge, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Henderson, Sen Sarah
  •   bills
    • early childhood education and care (strengthening regulation of early education) bill 2025
      • second reading
        • Brockman, Sen Slade (The DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
      • in committee
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • universities accord (cutting student debt by 20 per cent) bill 2025
      • in committee
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • division
      • adoption of report
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • division
      • third reading
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • division
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • customs amendment (australia-united arab emirates comprehensive economic partnership agreement implementation) bill 2025, customs tariff amendment (australia-united arab emirates comprehensive economic partnership agreement implementation) bill 2025
      • first reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Bragg, Sen Andrew
        • Green, Sen Nita
      • third reading
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Green, Sen Nita
    • universities accord (national higher education code to prevent and respond to gender-based violence) (consequential amendments) bill 2025, universities accord (national higher education code to prevent and respond to gender-based violence) bill 2025
      • second reading
        • Dowling, Sen Richard
        • Ananda-Rajah, Sen Michelle
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • division
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • early childhood education and care (strengthening regulation of early education) bill 2025
      • in committee
      • third reading
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Sheldon, Sen Tony
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • leave of absence
      • Sheldon, Sen Tony
    • leave of absence
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • division
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
        • division
      • reference
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • reference
        • Babet, Sen Ralph
        • division
    • public works joint committee
      • reference
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • reference
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • reference
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • productivity in australia select committee
      • appointment
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • division
  •   documents
    • middle east
      • order for the production of documents
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • division
    • national indigenous australians agency
      • order for the production of documents
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • division
  •   bills
    • sex discrimination amendment (restoring biological definitions) bill 2025
      • first reading
        • Antic, Sen Alex
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
        • McKim, Sen Nick
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • division
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McKim, Sen Nick
  •   committees
    • appropriations, staffing and security committee, electoral matters joint committee, implementation of the national redress scheme—joint committee, information integrity on climate change and energy select committee, parliamentary standards joint committee, pfas (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) select committee
      • membership
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt
      • Whiteaker, Sen Ellie
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Dowling, Sen Richard
      • Sharma, Sen Dave
      • Smith, Sen Marielle
  •   statements by senators
    • sex discrimination amendment (restoring biological definitions) bill 2025
      • Antic, Sen Alex
    • universities
      • Stewart, Sen Jana
    • middle east
      • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
    • forestry industry
      • Cadell, Sen Ross
    • community services
      • Cox, Sen Dorinda
    • homelessness
      • Pocock, Sen David
    • metals industry
      • McDonald, Sen Susan
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme
      • Walker, Sen Charlotte
    • middle east
      • Pocock, Sen Barbara
    • education standards, goods and services tax
      • Payman, Sen Fatima
    • economy
      • Sharma, Sen Dave
    • migration
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • asylum seekers
      • Shoebridge, Sen David
    • tasmanian freight equalisation scheme
      • Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
    • housing
      • Dolega, Sen Josh
  •   ministry
    • temporary arrangements
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice
    • defence (Collins, Sen Jessica)
    • cybersafety (Stewart, Sen Jana)
    • closing the gap (Liddle, Sen Kerrynne)
    • south australia: marine environment (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • gender equality (Darmanin, Sen Lisa)
    • russia (Payman, Sen Fatima)
    • aged care (Blyth, Sen Leah)
    • migration (Whitten, Sen Tyron)
    • medicare, cost of living (Ananda-Rajah, Sen Michelle)
    • artificial intelligence (Sharma, Sen Dave)
    • housing (Sheldon, Sen Tony)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • closing the gap
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • construction, forestry and maritime employees union
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Collins, Sen Jessica
      • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt
    • south australia: marine environment
      • Pocock, Sen Barbara
  •   party office holders
    • national party of australia
      • Cadell, Sen Ross
  •   petitions
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the 150th inter-parliamentary union assembly
      • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • additional information
        • Sheldon, Sen Tony
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • report
        • Sheldon, Sen Tony
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • report
        • Sheldon, Sen Tony
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Hume, Sen Jane
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • scrutiny of delegated legislation committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   documents
    • gambling, australian public service commission, albanese government, department of employment and workplace relations, department of climate change, energy, the environment and water
      • order for the production of documents
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   budget
    • proposed expenditure
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   bills
    • aged care and other legislation amendment bill 2025, aged care (accommodation payment security) levy amendment bill 2025
      • first reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • australian security intelligence organisation amendment bill (no. 1) 2025, defence housing australia amendment bill 2025, health insurance (pathology) (fees) (repeal) bill 2025, pacific banking guarantee bill 2025
      • first reading
        • Ayres, Sen Tim
      • second reading
        • Ayres, Sen Tim
  •   committees
    • membership
    • education and employment legislation committee, electoral matters joint committee, information integrity on climate change and energy select committee
      • membership
        • Polley, Sen Helen (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ayres, Sen Tim
  •   motions
    • medicare
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon

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