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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   personal explanations
    • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   bills
    • banking and financial services commission of inquiry bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • environment and infrastructure legislation amendment (stop adani) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee, education and employment legislation committee
      • reporting date
  •   motions
    • national volunteering strategy
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   motions
    • interference by foreign powers
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
      • division
    • live animal exports
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   bills
    • corporations amendment (modernisation of members registration) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • chechnya
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • homelessness
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • national cycling strategy
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • reference
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   bills
    • native title amendment (indigenous land use agreements) bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • treasury laws amendment (gst low value goods) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • copyright amendment (disability access and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • social services legislation amendment (energy assistance payment and pensioner concession card) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • international monetary agreements amendment bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • asic supervisory cost recovery levy bill 2017, asic supervisory cost recovery levy (collection) bill 2017, asic supervisory cost recovery levy (consequential amendments) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • treasury laws amendment (accelerated depreciation for small business entities) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • criminal code amendment (protecting minors online) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • veterans' affairs legislation amendment (budget measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • comcare and seacare legislation amendment (pension age and catastrophic injury) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • treasury laws amendment (medicare levy and medicare levy surcharge) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • treasury laws amendment (foreign resident capital gains withholding payments) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • treasury laws amendment (2017 measures no. 2) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • leader of the opposition (Paterson, Sen James)
    • energy (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • donations to political parties (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • energy (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • media
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
      • procedural text
    • combined maritime forces (Back, Sen Chris)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye)
    • economy (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • science (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • broadband (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • northern australia: employment (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • assistant minister to the treasurer, minister for health and minister for sport, minister for human services (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • indigenous rangers (Bushby, Sen David)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • broadband
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   statements
    • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • energy
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • donations to political parties
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, environment and communications references committee
      • membership
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • energy
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • mining
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • litchfield, mr frederick, road safety
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   documents
    • tabling

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