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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • banking laws amendment (unclaimed money) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   questions without notice
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • trade with china (Back, Sen Chris)
    • royal commission on trade union governance and corruption (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • asylum seekers: europe (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • trade with china (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • employment: foreign workers (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • trade with china (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • illicit drugs (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • environment (Singh, Sen Lisa)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • employment: foreign workers
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • royal commission on trade union governance and corruption
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • illicit drugs
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   personal explanations
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   petitions
    • drought
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   motions
    • clarke, mr michael john
      • Williams, Sen John
    • national asthma week
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • cummings, mr james bartholomew 'bart', am
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   committees
    • select committee on the murray-darling basin plan
      • meeting
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   motions
    • royal commission on trade union governance and corruption
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • division
    • coal industry
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • australian republic
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   matters of public importance
    • abbott government
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • select committee on the regional processing centre in nauru
      • corrigenda to report
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • select committee on the regional processing centre in nauru
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • law enforcement committee: joint
      • report
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • intelligence and security committee: joint
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • public works committee: joint
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • recent allegations relating to conditions and circumstances at the regional processing centre in nauru select committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (no. 2) bill 2015
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee, rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters, joint standing committee on corporations and financial services committee
      • membership
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   bills
    • banking laws amendment (unclaimed money) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   adjournment
    • sugar industry
      • Williams, Sen John
    • superannuation
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • australian border force
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • o'shea, mr pat
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • wunungmurra, mr
      • Peris, Sen Nova
    • mciver, mr bruce, bruce highway
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • milby, mr bill
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • national child protection week
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption
      • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
    • ukraine independence day
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • marine environment
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • human rights: morocco
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • workplace relations: 7-eleven
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • domestic violence
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • trade with china
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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