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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statements
    • minister for employment
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   motions
    • qualifications of members and senators
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (welfare reform) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (welfare reform) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   questions without notice
    • turnbull government (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • national security (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • donations to political parties (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • israel (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • australian broadcasting corporation, special broadcasting service (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination (Burston, Sen Brian)
    • national security (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • australian charities and not-for-profits commission (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • minister for employment (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • mining (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • high commissioner to the united kingdom (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • health care (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
  •   statements
    • deputy leader of the national party
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • taxation
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • security of critical infrastructure bill 2017, security of critical infrastructure (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • electoral legislation amendment (electoral funding and disclosure reform) bill 2017, export control bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (enhancing whistleblower protections) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   motions
    • her majesty the queen and the duke of edinburgh: 70th anniversary
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • reference
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • electoral matters committee
      • membership
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   motions
    • security services
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • division
    • taxation
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   documents
    • west lorengau haus
      • order for the production of documents
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
  •   motions
    • parliament house passholders
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • division
    • commonwealth bank of australia
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • human rights day
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing amendment bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (welfare reform) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • division
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • marriage amendment (definition and religious freedoms) bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • third reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   committees
    • procedure committee
      • report
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • publications committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   privilege
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   adjournment
    • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   statements
    • valedictories
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   adjournment
    • Fifield, Sen Mitch

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