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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • division
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • division
  •   motions
    • middle east
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Shoebridge, Sen David
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Ayres, Sen Tim
      • Sharma, Sen Dave
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • division
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • division
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   ministerial statements
    • closing the gap
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
  •   statements by senators
    • child care
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt
    • calabria, mr antonio
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • ramadan
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • cost of living
      • McDonald, Sen Susan
    • workplace relations: manufacturing industry
      • Green, Sen Nita
    • migration, defence procurement: submarines
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • national security, australian assyrian community
      • Kovacic, Sen Maria
    • regional economies
      • Cox, Sen Dorinda
    • iran
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • crime
      • Antic, Sen Alex
    • kennedy, ms alyssia
      • Dowling, Sen Richard
    • middle east
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • united nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
    • calabria, mr antonio
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   shadow ministry
    • presentation
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice
    • national security (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • middle east (Ciccone, Sen Raff)
    • middle east (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • middle east (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • medicare (Whiteaker, Sen Ellie)
    • middle east (Shoebridge, Sen David)
    • national security (Paterson, Sen James)
    • housing (Whitten, Sen Tyron)
    • fuel security (Roberts, Sen Malcolm)
    • national security (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • energy (Ghosh, Sen Varun)
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   motions
    • hanson, senator pauline lee
      • censure
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Sheldon, Sen Tony
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
    • racism: islamophobia
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Kovacic, Sen Maria
      • Dowling, Sen Richard
      • McLachlan, Sen Andrew
      • Ghosh, Sen Varun
      • Antic, Sen Alex
    • middle east
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Allman-Payne, Sen Penny
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • education and employment legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • Brockman, Sen Slade (The DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • division
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Bell, Sen Sean
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Bell, Sen Sean
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • state of australian cities report
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
    • australian public service
      • order for the production of documents
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • division
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Pocock, Sen David
  •   documents
    • budget
      • order for the production of documents
        • Pocock, Sen Barbara
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
    • board of peace
      • order for the production of documents
        • Payman, Sen Fatima
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
    • royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
  •   documents
    • housing australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
    • corporate governance
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
    • housing australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
    • minister for communications: senate additional estimates 2025-26
      • order for the production of documents
        • Collins, Sen Jessica
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
  •   ministerial statements
    • closing the gap
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
      • Stewart, Sen Jana
      • Nampijinpa Price, Sen Jacinta
      • Pocock, Sen David
      • Cox, Sen Dorinda
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Shoebridge, Sen David
  •   bills
    • defence amendment (parliamentary joint committee on defence) bill 2025
      • in committee
        • Brockman, Sen Slade (The CHAIR)
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
        • Brockman, Sen Slade (The CHAIR)
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
    • law and justice legislation amendment (new south wales local court) bill 2026
      • first reading
        • Green, Sen Nita
      • second reading
        • Green, Sen Nita
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
        • Green, Sen Nita
      • third reading
        • Cox, Sen Dorinda (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Green, Sen Nita
    • commonwealth parole board bill 2025, commonwealth parole board (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2025
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   adjournment
    • joint policing cybercrime coordination centre
      • Polley, Sen Helen

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