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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files
      • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • regional processing centre in nauru committee
      • membership
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • medical research future fund bill 2015, medical research future fund (consequential amendments) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   questions without notice
    • employment (Lines, Sen Susan)
    • economy (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • abbott government (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • climate change (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • manufacturing (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • workplace relations (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • building and construction industry (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • building and construction industry (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • defence procurement (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • indigenous affairs (McGrath, Sen James)
  •   documents
    • perth freight link
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • employment, workplace relations
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Bullock, Sen Joesph
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • climate change
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   condolences
    • sim, mr john peter, cbe
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   petitions
    • shark culling
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, education and employment references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • workplace relations
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • northern australia
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • abbott government's budget cuts select committee
      • appointment
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   motions
    • workplace relations
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • national capital and external territories committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • shipbuilding industry
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • wishart, ms felicity
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   documents
    • perth freight link
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • victory in the pacific day
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   regulations and determinations
    • amendment to list of cites species
      • disallowance
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • consideration
    • murray-darling basin plan committee
      • membership
        • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   regulations and determinations
    • family law (fees) amendment (2015 measures no. 1) regulation 2015
      • disallowance
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • division
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
  •   bills
    • corporations amendment (financial advice) bill 2014
      • report of legislation committee
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   committees
    • report
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   bills
    • regulator of medicinal cannabis bill 2014
      • report of legislation committee
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • medical research future fund bill 2015, medical research future fund (consequential amendments) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   adjournment
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • indigenous youth
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • randall, mr donald james, schultz, mr albert (alby) john
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • workplace relations
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • perth freight link
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • workplace relations
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • environment
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • aged care, dementia
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption, health funding
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • infrastructure
      • Madigan, Sen John
    • gun control
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • malaysia
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • employment
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
    • ali, mr john harold
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • workplace relations
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files
      • tabling

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