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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee, parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • south australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   party office holders
    • the nationals
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   bills
    • social security (administration) amendment (consumer lease exclusion) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • division
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • steel industry
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
    • climate change authority
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • climate change
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • world suicide prevention day, r u ok? day
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
    • migration
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • division
    • indigenous affairs: arts funding
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • qantas
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • division
    • world suicide prevention day
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Smith, Sen Dean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • water amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • aged care amendment (independent complaints arrangements) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • water amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • in committee
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   questions without notice
    • shipping (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • syria (Johnston, Sen David)
    • economy (Bullock, Sen Joseph)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • paid parental leave (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • defence procurement (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • indigenous employment, trade with china (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • trade with china (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • nauru (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • illicit drugs (Seselja, Sen Zed)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • trade with china
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   committees
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   ministerial statements
    • global economic outlook
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   motions
    • syria
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • select committee on the regional processing centre in nauru
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • select committee on the regional processing centre in nauru
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • health care
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • asia pacific tb caucus
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • employment
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files

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