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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   parliamentary representation
    • gallagher, senator katy
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • qualifications of senators
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (putting consumers first—establishment of the australian financial complaints authority) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Anning, Sen Fraser
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Anning, Sen Fraser
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
  •   statements by senators
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • harper, mr robert malcolm 'bob'
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • nuclear weapons
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • donations to political parties
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • harper, mr robert malcolm 'bob', queensland state election
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • aboriginal deaths in custody
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
    • private health insurance
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • marriage
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • tasmanian government
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   shadow ministerial arrangements
    • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice
    • national security (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • foreign donations (Bushby, Sen David)
    • foreign donations (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • royal commission into the protection and detention of children in the northern territory (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • economy (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • family law review (Griff, Sen Stirling)
    • medical research (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • telecommunications (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • workplace relations (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • australia council for the arts: 50th anniversary, national gallery of australia: 50th anniversary (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • foreign donations (Kitching, Sen Kimberley)
    • vocational education and training (Fawcett, Sen David)
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   parliamentary representation
    • sinodinos, senator arthur
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • citizenship
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • transvaginal mesh
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • national security, foreign donations, workplace relations
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   statements
    • royal commission into the protection and detention of children in the northern territory
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • presentation
      • Williams, Sen John
    • withdrawal
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • aboriginal land rights (northern territory) amendment bill 2017, australian capital territory (planning and land management) amendment bill 2017, broadcasting legislation amendment (digital radio) bill 2017, broadcasting legislation amendment (foreign media ownership and community radio) bill 2017, communications legislation amendment (online content services and other measures) bill 2017, communications legislation amendment (regional and small publishers innovation fund) bill 2017, copyright amendment (service providers) bill 2017, crimes legislation amendment (combatting corporate crime) bill 2017, enhancing online safety (non-consensual sharing of intimate images) bill 2017, family law amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2017, family law amendment (parenting management hearings) bill 2017, great barrier reef marine park amendment (authority governance and other matters) bill 2017, national broadcasters legislation amendment (enhanced transparency) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • arnhem space centre
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • dementia
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • cardiovascular disease
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • raaf williamtown
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • zou, ms sally
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   motions
    • international volunteer day
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • australia day
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • division
    • human rights day
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   documents
    • environment
      • order for the production of documents
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • division
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   motions
    • taxation
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • minister for employment
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • budget
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • burke, mr donald william
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   delegation reports
    • 137th inter-parliamentary union conference
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Williams, Sen John
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • select committee on lending to primary production customers
      • report
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Williams, Sen John
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • environment and communications references committee, joint standing committee on migration
      • government response to report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   documents
    • environment and communications references committee: government response, zou, ms sally
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • select committee on the future of public interest journalism
      • membership
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • environment and communications references committee: government response
      • order for the production of documents
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (2017 measures no. 9) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (putting consumers first—establishment of the australian financial complaints authority) bill 2017
      • in committee
        • TEMPORARY CHAIR, The
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • regional investment corporation bill 2017
      • in committee
        • TEMPORARY CHAIR, The
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   adjournment
    • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • turnbull government
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • workplace relations
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • defence personnel
      • Burston, Sen Brian
    • regional airports
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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