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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • new south wales
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
    • new south wales
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   parliamentary representation
    • Anning, Sen Fraser
    • Gichuhi, Sen Lucy
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • productivity commission amendment (addressing inequality) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Williams, Sen John
    • therapeutic goods amendment (2017 measures no. 1) bill 2017, therapeutic goods (charges) amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • statute update (smaller government) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • civil law and justice legislation amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice
    • medicare (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • economy (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • employment (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • education (Gichuhi, Sen Lucy)
    • climate change (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • economy (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • aquaculture industry (Hanson, Sen Pauline)
    • mining (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • energy (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • mental health (Williams, Sen John)
    • defence industry (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • medicare
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • climate change
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • mental health
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   condolences
    • bjelke-petersen, lady florence 'flo' isabel
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • millar, mr percival clarence 'clarrie', am, conquest, mr bryan joseph
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reporting date
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   matters of public importance
    • budget
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to india
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   documents
    • master facility arrangements
      • consideration
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • disability services
      • consideration
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • environment
      • consideration
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (reducing pressure on housing affordability measures no. 1) bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
      • membership
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters
      • membership
  •   bills
    • marriage amendment (definition and religious freedoms) bill 2017, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing amendment bill 2017, national disability insurance scheme amendment (quality and safeguards commission and other measures) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (reducing pressure on housing affordability measures no. 1) bill 2017, first home super saver tax bill 2017
      • assent
  •   committees
    • select committee on the future of public interest journalism
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • statute update (smaller government) bill 2017
      • in committee
        • CHAIR, The
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
    • civil law and justice legislation amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • export control bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   adjournment
    • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • molan, senator jim
      • Molan, Sen Jim
    • tasmanian state election
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • queensland: indigenous affairs
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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