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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • marriage law survey (additional safeguards) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (broadcasting reform) bill 2017, commercial broadcasting (tax) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Burston, Sen Brian
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   statements by senators
    • smart cities plan
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • workplace relations
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • housing
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • economy
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • democracy
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • freedom of speech
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • beef industry
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • apprenticeships
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • building and construction industry (Paterson, Sen James)
    • australian building and construction commissioner (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • energy (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Williams, Sen John)
    • defence procurement (Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye)
    • higher education (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • taxation (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • energy (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • pacific islands forum (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • aged care, deputy leader of the nationals, newlands civil construction: senator o'sullivan
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • energy, australian building and construction commissioner
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • energy
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   documents
    • defence procurement
      • order for the production of documents
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   petitions
    • asylum seekers
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   documents
    • fair work commission
      • order for the production of documents
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   bills
    • lands acquisition amendment (public purpose) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • second reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • yemen
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   motions
    • deputy prime minster
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
    • homelessness
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • energy
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • management of protected species
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • select committee on the establishment of a national integrity commission
      • report
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (broadcasting reform) bill 2017, commercial broadcasting (tax) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
      • in committee
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • division
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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