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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme amendment (streamlined governance) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Smith, Sen Marielle
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   statements by senators
    • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • employment
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew
    • north atlantic treaty organization
      • Carr, Sen Kim
    • climate change
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • regional australia
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
    • economics legislation committee
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • climate change
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • nuclear waste
      • Antic, Sen Alexander
    • household and personal debt
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • drought (McMahon, Sen Sam)
    • economy (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • australian bushfires (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • education (Hughes, Sen Hollie)
    • dairy industry, minister for agriculture (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • small business (Bragg, Sen Andrew J)
    • south australia: employment (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • sport australia (Farrell, Sen Don)
  •   documents
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • order for the production of documents
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • economy
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
      • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   regulations and determinations
    • gene technology amendment (2019 measures no. 1) regulations 2019
      • disallowance
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • division
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • presentation
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • presentation
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   documents
    • regional jobs and investment packages
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • regional jobs and investment packages
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   motions
    • women in sport
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   documents
    • independent health advice panel
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   bills
    • public governance, performance and accountability amendment (tax transparency in procurement and grants) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • second reading
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   motions
    • thalidomide
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • newstart allowance
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • household and personal debt
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • first flight from england to australia: 100th anniversary
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   documents
    • dairy industry
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   motions
    • industrial relations
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • domestic and family violence, energy retail code
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • australian bushfires
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   bills
    • governor-general amendment (cessation of allowances in the public interest) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • transgender awareness week
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • division
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • division
  •   motions
    • forestry
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   documents
    • census: gender and sexuality questions
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   motions
    • australian bushfires
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • division
    • oil exploration
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
    • horseracing
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
    • climate change: liquefied natural gas
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • division
    • muecke, dr james, am, eye health
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • newstart allowance, youth allowance
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • road safety
      • order for the production of documents
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   motions
    • employment
      • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • division
    • water infrastructure
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • division
    • kashmir
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   matters of public importance
    • rural and regional australia
      • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Chandler, Sen Claire
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Davey, Sen Perin
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Smith, Sen Marielle
      • Henderson, Sen Sarah
      • McDonald, Sen Susan
      • Van, Sen David
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   committees
    • australia's family law system joint select committee
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   petitions
    • assange, mr julian
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • intelligence and security joint committee
      • report
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, education and employment references committee
      • consideration
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • department of health, hospitals
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • financial technology and regulatory technology select committee, joint select committee on implementation of the national redress scheme
      • membership
        • Brown, Sen Carol (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • appropriation bill (no. 1) 2019-2020, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2019-2020, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2019-2020
      • assent
    • national disability insurance scheme amendment (streamlined governance) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • victoria: forestry
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • china
      • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
    • uluru
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • dams
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • child sexual abuse
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • infrastructure
      • Henderson, Sen Sarah

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