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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • superannuation legislation amendment (tackling the gender super gap) bill 2025
      • second reading
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt
        • Kovacic, Sen Maria
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Liddle, Sen Kerrynne
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Ayres, Sen Tim
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Ayres, Sen Tim
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • division
  •   bills
    • competition and consumer amendment (responding to exceptional circumstances) bill 2026
      • first reading
        • Ayres, Sen Tim
      • second reading
        • Ayres, Sen Tim
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • McKim, Sen Nick
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • McDonald, Sen Susan
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Blyth, Sen Leah
        • Sharma, Sen Dave
        • Brockman, Sen Slade (The DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cadell, Sen Ross
  •   statements by senators
    • taxation
      • Bragg, Sen Andrew
    • budget
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • economy, grayden, hon. william leonard (bill), am
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • tasmania: community events
      • Dolega, Sen Josh
    • health care, budget
      • Pocock, Sen David
    • budget
      • McKim, Sen Nick
    • budget
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • budget
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • budget
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • budget
      • Whiteaker, Sen Ellie
    • budget
      • Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
    • budget
      • Green, Sen Nita
  •   statements by senators
    • budget
      • Antic, Sen Alex
    • domestic and family violence
      • Walker, Sen Charlotte
    • middle east
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • gun control
      • Cadell, Sen Ross
    • budget
      • Mulholland, Sen Corinne
    • budget
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • budget
      • Liddle, Sen Kerrynne
    • budget: housing
      • Smith, Sen Marielle
    • budget
      • Allman-Payne, Sen Penny
    • australian society
      • Babet, Sen Ralph
    • nicholls electorate
      • Stewart, Sen Jana
    • gynaecological cancers
      • Pocock, Sen David
    • national walk for truth
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
    • budget
      • Collins, Sen Jessica
    • budget
      • Sheldon, Sen Tony
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Chandler, Sen Claire)
    • budget (Polley, Sen Helen)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • acknowledgement
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • budget (Steele-John, Sen Jordon)
    • housing (Brown, Sen Carol)
    • indigenous australians (Thorpe, Sen Lidia)
    • taxation (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • data centres (Pocock, Sen David)
    • fuel security (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • housing (Bragg, Sen Andrew)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Liddle, Sen Kerrynne
      • Ananda-Rajah, Sen Michelle
      • Blyth, Sen Leah
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • budget
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • indigenous australians
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
    • data centres
      • Pocock, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • public works joint committee
      • reference
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • legislation committees
      • reference
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   documents
    • aged care
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
  •   bills
    • extended producer responsibility scheme for packaging (no time to waste) bill 2026
      • first reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • second reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
  •   documents
    • taxation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • festival tower two
      • order for the production of documents
        • McKim, Sen Nick
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   documents
    • housing australia future fund
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • Allman-Payne, Sen Penny
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Bell, Sen Sean
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
  •   documents
    • housing
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • division
    • youth justice
      • order for the production of documents
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
    • northern territory remote aboriginal investment agreement
      • order for the production of documents
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • budget
      • Polley, Sen Helen (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Henderson, Sen Sarah
      • Mulholland, Sen Corinne
      • Bell, Sen Sean
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Stewart, Sen Jana
      • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
  •   matters of urgency
    • budget
      • Brockman, Sen Slade (The DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Pocock, Sen David
      • Bragg, Sen Andrew
      • Ghosh, Sen Varun
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Grogan, Sen Karen
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • division
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of delegated legislation committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
    • public accounts and audit joint committee
      • report
        • Grogan, Sen Karen
    • intelligence and security joint committee
      • report
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the mikta speakers' consultation 2025, australian parliamentary delegation to the 68th commonwealth parliamentary conference
      • Sheldon, Sen Tony
    • australian parliamentary delegation to singapore and japan
      • Cox, Sen Dorinda
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the united kingdom and poland
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • consideration
  •   ministerial statements
    • regional budget statement
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   documents
    • department of infrastructure, transport, regional development, communications, sport and the arts, housing, department of climate change, energy, the environment and water, energy, cybersafety, defence personnel, royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion, fuel security, social policy and legal affairs committee, accenture australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   committees
    • productivity in australia select committee
      • membership
        • Ghosh, Sen Varun (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   bills
    • customs legislation amendment (false trade marks infringement notices) bill 2026
      • first reading
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • second reading
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • commonwealth parole board bill 2025
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • parliamentary joint committee on defence
      • membership
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (fairer fuel) bill 2026, export finance and insurance corporation amendment (strategic reserve) bill 2026, treasury laws amendment (fuel excise relief) bill 2026, appropriation (fuel security response) bill (no. 1) 2025-2026, appropriation (fuel security response) bill (no. 2) 2025-2026, universities accord (australian tertiary education commission) bill 2025, universities accord (australian tertiary education commission) (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2025, defence and veterans' service commissioner bill 2025, defence and veterans' service commissioner (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2025, copyright amendment bill 2026, social security and other legislation amendment (technical changes no. 1) bill 2026, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures no. 2) bill 2026, commonwealth parole board bill 2025, commonwealth parole board (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2025, national health amendment (passive immunological products) bill 2026, treasury laws amendment (genetic testing protections in life insurance and other measures) bill 2025, excise tariff amendment (draught beer) bill 2025
      • assent
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Cadell, Sen Ross
        • Collins, Sen Jessica
        • division
      • reference
        • Bragg, Sen Andrew
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • reference
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • competition and consumer amendment (responding to exceptional circumstances) bill 2026
      • second reading
        • Cadell, Sen Ross
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Grogan, Sen Karen (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   adjournment
    • morris, mr peter frederick
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • defence facilities
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • palestine
      • Shoebridge, Sen David
    • fuel security, defence industry
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • budget
      • Sharma, Sen Dave

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