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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (income tax relief) bill 2016
      • in committee
        • CHAIR, The
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • national cancer screening register bill 2016, national cancer screening register (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   statements by senators
    • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • federation
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • turnbull government
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • multiculturalism
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • western australia: economy
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • attorney-general
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • australian greens
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • gold coast
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • climate change
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • pakistan: christians
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice
    • attorney-general (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • economy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • attorney-general (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • asylum seekers (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • australia-singapore comprehensive strategic partnership (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • water (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • resources industry (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • taxation (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • attorney-general (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • international development assistance (Back, Sen Chris)
    • attorney-general (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • indigenous employment (Williams, Sen John)
    • economy (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • attorney-general
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • asylum seekers
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   petitions
    • defence force retirement and death benefits scheme
    • safe schools coalition australia
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • postponement
  •   bills
    • regulatory powers (standardisation reform) bill 2016, privacy amendment (re-identification offence) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • criminal code amendment (misrepresentation of age to a minor) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
      • second reading
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
  •   motions
    • renewable energy
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • video games industry
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • investor-state dispute settlement
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   committees
    • select committee into the resilience of electricity infrastructure in a warming world
      • appointment
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • division
  •   motions
    • donations to political parties
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • oil exploration
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • foreign investment
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   matters of public importance
    • turnbull government
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Paterson, Sen James
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • Culleton, Sen Rodney
  •   matters of public importance
    • turnbull government
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   petitions
    • circus animals
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • department of the prime minister and cabinet
      • consideration
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • senate procedure committee
      • report
        • Lines, Sen Susan
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   documents
    • order for the production of documents
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • report
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   bills
    • national cancer screening register bill 2016, national cancer screening register (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   adjournment
    • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • gone fishing day
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • australian national audit office
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • zuaiter, mr wael
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • tasmanian tourism
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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