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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • south australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
        • Gichuhi, Sen Lucy
  •   bills
    • biosecurity amendment (ballast water and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • social security legislation amendment (youth jobs path: prepare, trial, hire) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • schools (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • schools (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • schools (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • budget (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • automotive industry (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • schools (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • media ownership (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • veterans (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • schools (Kitching, Sen Kimberley)
    • mining industry (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • higher education (Carr, Sen Kim)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • education
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • budget
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • senator georgiou: first speech
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • congress of aboriginal and torres strait islander nurses and midwives
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • world parkinson's day
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • defence procurement
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   matters of public importance
    • mining industry: adani
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   documents
    • closing the gap
      • consideration
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • national wind farm commissioner
      • consideration
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • climate change
      • consideration
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   committees
    • joint committee of public accounts and audit
      • additional information
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Williams, Sen John
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • government response to report
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • resilience of electricity infrastructure in a warming world
      • report
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (corrupting benefits) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • fair work amendment (protecting vulnerable workers) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • racial discrimination amendment bill 2016
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • treasury laws amendment (gst low value goods) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • carbon credits (carbon farming initiative) amendment bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan) bill 2016
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • customs and other legislation amendment bill 2016, customs tariff amendment bill 2016, diverted profits tax bill 2017, family assistance legislation amendment (jobs for families child care package) bill 2016, farm household support amendment bill 2017, social services legislation amendment (simplifying student payments) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016, treasury laws amendment (2017 measures no. 1) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2017, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (digital readiness and other measures) bill 2017, appropriation bill (no. 3) 2016-2017, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2016-2017, education and other legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2017, human rights legislation amendment bill 2017, social services legislation amendment bill 2017
      • assent
  •   documents
    • saudi arabia: human rights
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • proposed expenditure
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • portfolio budget statements
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   adjournment
    • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • her majesty queen elizabeth ii
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • anzac day , broadband
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • williams, ms lou
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • freedom of speech
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • human rights
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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