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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   condolences
    • adams, senator judith anne
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • western australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • senators sworn
  •   condolences
    • adams, senator judith anne
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Parry, Sen Stephen
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Johnston, Sen David
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • bowen, hon. lionel frost, ac
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Carr, Sen Bob
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   condolences
    • adams, senator judith anne
      • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   questions on notice
    • australia network (question no. 543) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • passports (question no. 929) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 932) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 933) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 934) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 935) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 936) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 937) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 938) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 939) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 940) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 941) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 942) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 943) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 944) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 945) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 946) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 947) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australia network (question no. 948) (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • foreign affairs and trade (question no. 1231) (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • australian communications and media authority (question no. 1255) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • broadband, communications and the digital economy (question no. 1258) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • immigration and citizenship (question no. 1295) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • future fund (question no. 1516) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • pontville detention centre (question no. 1524) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • health (question no. 1531) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • asylum seekers (question no. 1533) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • seasonal worker program (question no. 1535) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • national resources sector employment taskforce (question nos 1537 and 1538) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • immigration and citizenship (question no. 1540) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • pontville detention centre (question no. 1547) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • foreign affairs and trade (question no. 1551) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • climate change (question no. 1552) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • australian customs and border protection service (question no. 1556) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • radiocommunications (question no. 1557) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • australian taxation office (question no. 1559) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • attorney-general's (question no. 1560) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • world heritage areas (question no. 1561) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • australia post (question no. 1562) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • employment and workplace relations (question no. 1564) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • world heritage areas (question no. 1568) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • coal seam gas (question no. 1569) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • health services union (question no. 1570) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • world heritage areas (question no. 1571) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1572) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1573) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1575) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1576) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1577) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1578) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1579) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1580) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1585) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1586) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1587) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1588) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1589) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1590) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1591) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1592) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1593) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 1596) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 1597) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 1598) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 1599) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 1600) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: network centric warfare (question no. 1602) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence (question nos 1603 to 1605) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: communications (question nos 1606 to 1608) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: freedom of information (question nos 1615 to 1617) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: reviews (question nos 1618 to 1620) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 1622) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: strategic reform program (question no. 1624) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: inventory holdings (question no. 1629) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1632) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1633) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1664) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1665) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1666) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1667) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1668) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1669) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1670) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1671) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1672) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1673) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1674) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1675) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1676) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1677) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1678) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1679) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1680) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1681) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1682) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1683) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence (question no. 1684) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: helicopters (question no. 1685) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • fair work australia (question no. 1687) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • treasury (question no. 1689) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • finance and deregulation (question no. 1690) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • finance and deregulation (question no. 1692) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 1693) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • immigration and citizenship (question no. 1694) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • prime minister and cabinet (question no. 1696) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • school education, early childhood and youth (question no. 1697) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • community services and status of women (question nos 1699, 1700 and 1701) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • marriage celebrants program (question no. 1702) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • defence honours and awards tribunal (question no. 1715) (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • solar energy (question no. 1718) (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 1720) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • native forests: timber exports (question no. 1721) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • families, housing, community services and indigenous affairs, and disability reform: program funding (question no. 1725) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • infrastructure and transport (question no. 1727) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • christmas island (question no. 1730) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • australian federal police (question no. 1731) (Back, Sen Chris)
    • cyber white paper (question no. 1732) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • defence (question no. 1734) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • defence: air travel (question no. 1735) (Ryan, Sen Scott)

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