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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan no. 2) bill 2017
      • in committee
        • CHAIR, The
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • division
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • social services legislation amendment (cashless debit card trial expansion) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Georgiou, Sen Peter
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
  •   statements by senators
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • western australia: state budget
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • carmichael, mr laurie
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • energy
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • freedom of speech
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • northern territory: national disability insurance scheme
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • migration
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • regional and remote australia
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • williamson, ms angela: cricket australia
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   statement by the president
    • questions without notice
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • taxation (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • manufacturing (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • energy (Chisholm, Sen Anthony)
    • climate change (Rice, Sen Janet)
    • tasmania: building better regions fund (Martin, Sen Steve)
    • immigration detention (Griff, Sen Stirling)
    • broadband (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • human rights (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • energy, workplace relations (Brown, Sen Carol)
    • child care (Gichuhi, Sen Lucy)
    • health care (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • western sydney airport (Molan, Sen Jim)
    • liberal party leadership (Pratt, Sen Louise)
  •   statements
    • fierravanti-wells, senator concetta
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   documents
    • great barrier reef
      • order for the production of documents
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • taxation, energy
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • climate change
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   petitions
    • food certification
    • food certification
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • withdrawal
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • presentation
  •   motions
    • indonesia: earthquakes
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • broadband
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • australian national flag day
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   bills
    • freedom of information legislation amendment (improving access and transparency) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • second reading
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   committees
    • select committee on charity fundraising in the 21st century
      • reporting date
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (improving the energy efficiency of rental properties) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • second reading
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
  •   motions
    • international overdose awareness day
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • division
    • nuclear waste repository
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   documents
    • future submarine project
      • order for the production of documents
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
  •   motions
    • home care packages
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • wave hill walk-off
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • china
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
  •   documents
    • broadband
      • order for the production of documents
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   motions
    • nuclear waste
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   matters of public importance
    • turnbull government
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   documents
    • australian charities and not-for-profits commission act 2012, australian charities and not-for-profits commission (consequential and transitional) act 2012
      • consideration
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • climate change authority
      • consideration
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Watt, Sen Murray
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • farm household support amendment (temporary measures) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • family law amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2018
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • social services legislation amendment (cashless debit card trial expansion) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   adjournment
    • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • wattle day
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • abortion
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
    • australian antarctic division
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • multiculturalism
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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