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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • national integrity commission bill 2013
      • second reading
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Rice, Sen Janet
    • defence legislation amendment (parliamentary approval of overseas service) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   statements
    • asylum seekers
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • housing affordability
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • australia day
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • division
    • resources industry
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • closing the gap
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   bills
    • corporations amendment (life insurance remuneration arrangements) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • corporations amendment (professional standards of financial advisers) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2016 measures no. 2) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • hazardous waste (regulation of exports and imports) amendment bill 2016, hazardous waste (regulation of exports and imports) levy bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • statute update (a.c.t. self-government (consequential provisions) regulations) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • regulatory powers (standardisation reform) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • migration amendment (character cancellation consequential provisions) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • indigenous affairs (Dodson, Sen Patrick)
    • australia post (Paterson, Sen James)
    • housing affordability (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • energy (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • defence properties (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • queensland: sugar industry (Hanson, Sen Pauline)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • food labelling (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • immigration detention (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • housing affordability (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • regional australia: energy (Back, Sen Chris)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • housing affordability
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • immigration detention
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   condolences
    • bosman, mr leonard lewis
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   budget
    • proposed additional expenditure
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • portfolio additional estimates statements
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   ministerial statements
    • defence industry
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   documents
    • defence procurement
      • order for the production of documents
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • interactive gambling amendment bill 2016, migration amendment (visa revalidation and other measures) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • public transport
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • select committee on wind turbines
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • report
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • western australia: agriculture industry
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • housing affordability
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   documents
    • tabling

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