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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (protecting penalty and overtime rates) bill 2025
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Stewart, Sen Jana
        • Ananda-Rajah, Sen Michelle
        • Smith, Sen Marielle
        • Ghosh, Sen Varun
        • Dolega, Sen Josh
        • Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
        • Cox, Sen Dorinda
  •   statements by senators
    • western australia: fishing industry
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt
    • fitch, ms rosanne mary
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • great barrier reef, climate change
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • victoria: crime
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • backo, mr samson neale (sam)
      • Green, Sen Nita
    • child care
      • Pocock, Sen David
    • energy
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • wear it purple day
      • Dolega, Sen Josh
    • middle east
      • McKim, Sen Nick
    • artificial intelligence
      • Payman, Sen Fatima
    • wall, dr pamela, ao
      • Blyth, Sen Leah
    • economy
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • mental health
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • cybersafety
      • Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
    • agquip field days
      • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
  •   questions without notice
    • taxation (McGrath, Sen James)
    • national security (Ciccone, Sen Raff)
    • housing (Bragg, Sen Andrew)
    • middle east (Shoebridge, Sen David)
    • housing (Dowling, Sen Richard)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation (Pocock, Sen David)
    • stillborn baby payment (Hanson, Sen Pauline)
    • environmental conservation (Cox, Sen Dorinda)
    • economic reform roundtable (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
  •   statements
    • senate procedure committee
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • McLachlan, Sen Andrew
      • Stewart, Sen Jana
      • Chandler, Sen Claire
      • Walker, Sen Charlotte
      • Henderson, Sen Sarah
    • middle east
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • stillborn baby payment
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
    • withdrawal
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Darmanin, Sen Lisa
  •   party office holders
    • jacqui lambie network
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • senate procedure committee
      • reference
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • appropriations, staffing and security committee
      • reference
        • Payman, Sen Fatima
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
  •   documents
    • department of industry, science and resources
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • department of industry, science and resources, department of finance, national reconstruction fund
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • gambling
      • order for the production of documents
        • Pocock, Sen David
    • construction, forestry and maritime employees union
      • order for the production of documents
        • Payman, Sen Fatima
    • independent national security legislation monitor
      • order for the production of documents
        • Payman, Sen Fatima
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
    • department of infrastructure, transport, regional development, communications, sport and the arts
      • order for the production of documents
        • Payman, Sen Fatima
    • department of the treasury
      • order for the production of documents
        • Payman, Sen Fatima
  •   bills
    • social security and other legislation amendment (responding to robodebt) bill 2025
      • first reading
        • Allman-Payne, Sen Penny
      • second reading
        • Allman-Payne, Sen Penny
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McKim, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • department of climate change, energy, the environment and water
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • order for the production of documents
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • order for the production of documents
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • future fund
      • order for the production of documents
        • Pocock, Sen David
    • department of climate change, energy, the environment and water
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • national climate risk assessment and national adaptation plan
      • order for the production of documents
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
  •   matters of urgency
    • environment
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Cadell, Sen Ross
      • Ananda-Rajah, Sen Michelle
      • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
      • Whiteaker, Sen Ellie
      • Payman, Sen Fatima
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • McKim, Sen Nick
      • division
    • taxation
      • Chandler, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Stewart, Sen Jana
      • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Henderson, Sen Sarah
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Bragg, Sen Andrew
      • division
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Collins, Sen Jessica
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
      • additional information
        • Grogan, Sen Karen
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
    • consideration
  •   documents
    • australian public service commission
      • order for the production of documents
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • department of agriculture, fisheries and forestry
      • order for the production of documents
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
  •   committees
    • national anti-corruption commission joint committee
      • appointment
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
  •   bills
    • 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, early childhood education and care (strengthening regulation of early education) bill 2025, universities accord (cutting student debt by 20 per cent) bill 2025
      • assent
    • universities accord (national higher education code to prevent and respond to gender-based violence) bill 2025, universities accord (national higher education code to prevent and respond to gender-based violence) (consequential amendments) bill 2025
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   regulations and determinations
    • tax assessment (build to rent developments) determination 2024
      • disallowance
        • Bragg, Sen Andrew
  •   first speech
    • dowling, senator richard
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • Dowling, Sen Richard
  •   regulations and determinations
    • tax assessment (build to rent developments) determination 2024
      • disallowance
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Whiteaker, Sen Ellie
        • Ananda-Rajah, Sen Michelle
        • Kovacic, Sen Maria
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (protecting penalty and overtime rates) bill 2025
      • second reading
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
        • Watt, Sen Murray
    • aged care and other legislation amendment bill 2025, aged care (accommodation payment security) levy amendment bill 2025
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   adjournment
    • western australia: manufacturing industry
      • Whiteaker, Sen Ellie
    • freedom of the media
      • Antic, Sen Alex
    • western australia: environment
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • renewable energy
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • national disability insurance agency
      • Payman, Sen Fatima
    • green, sir guy, ac, kbe, cvo
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • artificial intelligence, middle east
      • Shoebridge, Sen David
    • civil contractors federation tasmania earth awards
      • Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
    • national security
      • Sharma, Sen Dave
    • royal commission of inquiry into covid-19 lessons learned
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • westbrook, eden jayde
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • national security, multicultural career and job expo logan 2025, st mary and archangel michael eritrean orthodox tewahdo church, mskaye hizunan tigrayan orthodox tewahedo church
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
    • migration
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline

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