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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • australian senate
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   bills
    • safety, rehabilitation and compensation legislation amendment (exit arrangements) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   questions without notice
    • turnbull government (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • national security (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • taxation (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • economy (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • education funding (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • building and construction industry (Back, Sen Chris)
    • medicare (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • education funding (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • national innovation and science agenda (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • member for fisher (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • organ and tissue donation (Seselja, Sen Zed)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • special minister of state
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • education funding
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • cancer screening
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   condolences
    • carlton, hon. james (jim) joseph, ao
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Day, Sen Bob
    • deahm, ms margaret (maggie) joan
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Simms, Sen Robert
  •   motions
    • transport industry
      • Williams, Sen John
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • housing affordability
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • regional australia: tambo teddies
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • family law
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • international day of people with disability
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • commonwealth heads of government meeting
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • telecommunications
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • a-league football
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • select committee on the murray-darling basin plan
      • appointment
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • division
  •   documents
    • defence
      • order for the production of documents
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • division
    • defence housing australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • division
  •   motions
    • shipping
      • Day, Sen Bob
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • division
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   matters of public importance
    • turnbull government
      • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Simms, Sen Robert
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • community affairs references committee
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • auditor-general's reports
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • government response to report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • community affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • community affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to the 61st annual session of the nato parliamentary assembly, stavanger
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • membership
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • aged care amendment (red tape reduction in places management) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • amending acts 1990 to 1999 repeal bill 2015, statute law revision bill (no. 3) 2015
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • crimes legislation amendment (proceeds of crime and other measures) bill 2015, omnibus repeal day (spring 2015) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • higher education support amendment (vet fee-help reform) bill 2015, tax laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2015
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • defence legislation amendment (first principles) bill 2015, aviation transport security amendment (cargo) bill 2015, australian citizenship amendment (allegiance to australia) bill 2015, export control amendment (quotas) bill 2015, higher education support amendment (vet fee-help reform) bill 2015, labor 2013-14 budget savings (measures no. 2) bill 2015, tax laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2015, education services for overseas students amendment (streamlining regulation) bill 2015, education services for overseas students (registration charges) amendment (streamlining regulation) bill 2015, social services legislation amendment (family payments structural reform and participation measures) bill 2015, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (2015 budget measures) bill 2015, aboriginal land rights (northern territory) amendment bill 2015, maritime legislation amendment bill 2015, tax laws amendment (gifts) bill 2015
      • assent
    • courts administration legislation amendment bill 2015
      • report of legislation committee
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   bills
    • safety, rehabilitation and compensation legislation amendment (exit arrangements) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   adjournment
    • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • india: republic day, small business
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • swan electorate: infrastructure
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • taxation
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • western australia: bushfires
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • tasmania: bushfires
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • united states presidential election
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • housing affordability
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • domestic and family violence
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • western australia: bushfires
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • australian broadcasting corporation: heywire
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • flick, mr albert jack
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • nagorno-karabakh
      • Bullock, Sen Joseph
    • centrelink
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • australia day
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • tasmania: world heritage area
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • fair work building and construction
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • member for warringah
      • Simms, Sen Robert
    • orange sky laundry
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • australian defence force
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • henry, ms margaret, new south wales: rail infrastructure, donations to political parties
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
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