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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (housing tax integrity) bill 2017, foreign acquisitions and takeovers fees imposition amendment (vacancy fees) bill 2017
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • qualifications of senators
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Gichuhi, Sen Lucy
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (housing tax integrity) bill 2017, foreign acquisitions and takeovers fees imposition amendment (vacancy fees) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   parliamentary representation
    • tasmania
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • parry, hon. stephen (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • national security (Smith, Sen Dean)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • parry, hon. stephen (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • australian constitution (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • philippines, global security (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • minister for employment (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • mining (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • marriage (Hinch, Sen Derryn)
    • minister for employment (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • energy (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • prime minister (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • innovation week (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • parry, hon. stephen (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • minister for employment
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • australian constitution
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   petitions
    • welfare reform
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, environment and communications references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • division
  •   motions
    • asylum seekers
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   documents
    • registered organisations
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • registered organisations
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • division
  •   motions
    • asylum seekers
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   documents
    • mining
      • order for the production of documents
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • australian greens
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • communism
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • higher education: student services amenities fee
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • reformation: 500th anniversary
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • siege of vienna
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • australian electoral commission
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • world diabetes day
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   committees
    • select committee on the future of public interest journalism
      • reporting date
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • nuclear fuel cycle (facilitation) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • second reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   matters of public importance
    • immigration detention
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • additional information
        • Williams, Sen John
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
    • treaties committee
      • government response to report
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • government response to report
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • joint select committee on government procurement
      • government response to report
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • economics references committee
      • government response to report
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • community affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   committees
    • consideration
    • membership
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (housing tax integrity) bill 2017, foreign acquisitions and takeovers fees imposition amendment (vacancy fees) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   adjournment
    • Kitching, Sen Kimberley (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • diabetes
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • parliament
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Kitching, Sen Kimberley (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   adjournment
    • suicide prevention
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • queensland state election
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • mcphee, mrs anna
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • davis street kindergarten, olivia newton-john cancer wellness and research centre
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • australian constitution
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • tasmania: aquaculture industry
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • williams, mr hughie
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • queensland state election
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • queensland state election
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • western australia: mining
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
    • palestine
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • yemen, palestine, kurdish people
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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