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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • division
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • division
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   statements by senators
    • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • western australian state election
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • western australian state election
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • tasmania: tourism
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • workplace relations
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • druery, mr glenn
      • Burston, Sen Brian
    • aurora disability services
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • gold coast community legal centre
      • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   questions without notice
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • child care (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Kitching, Sen Kimberley)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • mining (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • defence equipment (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • radioactive waste (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • mining (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • medicinal marijuana (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • workplace relations (Chisholm, Sen Anthony)
    • global security (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • capital gains tax
    • negative gearing (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • workplace relations (Hume, Sen Jane)
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • procedural text
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question no. 341
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • question nos 346 to 350
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • question nos 374 to 379
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • capital gains tax, negative gearing
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
      • Brandis, Sen George
    • postponement
  •   bills
    • human rights legislation amendment bill 2017, civil law and justice legislation amendment bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   motions
    • science meets parliament
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • park-fing, mr josh
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   condolences
    • beesley, mr nathaniel
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • banking and financial services commission of inquiry bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • second reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   motions
    • world water day
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   committees
    • select committee into the resilience of electricity infrastructure in a warming world
      • reporting date
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   motions
    • syria
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • housing affordability
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • defence procurement
      • order for the production of documents
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • energy
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • defence equipment
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
      • Burston, Sen Brian
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • housing affordability
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 43 of 2016-17
      • consideration
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   committees
    • report
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • environment and communications legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters
      • report
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • economics references committee
      • government response to report
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
      • in committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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