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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   bills
    • official development assistance multilateral replenishment obligations (special appropriation) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Van, Sen David
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Molan, Sen Jim
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • division
    • paid parental leave amendment (flexibility measures) bill 2020
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   questions without notice
    • aboriginal deaths in custody (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • covid-19: small business (McLachlan, Sen Andrew)
    • sheean, ordinary seaman edward (teddy) (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • child care (Faruqi, Sen Mehreen)
    • australian defence force (O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew)
    • jobkeeper payment (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • live animal exports (McMahon, Sen Sam)
    • child care (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • covid-19: employment (Paterson, Sen James)
    • aboriginal deaths in custody (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • pensions and benefits (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • aboriginal deaths in custody, jobkeeper payment, child care
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • aboriginal deaths in custody
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • child care
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • postponement
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • australian bravery decorations
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • community television
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • science
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   documents
    • water for fodder program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   motions
    • covid-19
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • covid-19
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • covid-19
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Chandler, Sen Claire
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Ayres, Sen Timothy
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 37 of 2019-20
      • consideration
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • consideration
  •   committees
    • standing committee for the scrutiny of delegated legislation
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Davey, Sen Perin
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
    • electoral matters committee
      • report
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • covid-19: freedom of information
      • Hume, Sen Jane
  •   bills
    • export control legislation amendment (certification of narcotic exports) bill 2020
      • first reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane
      • second reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane
    • aged care legislation amendment (emergency leave) bill 2020, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2019, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (cross-boundary greenhouse gas titles and other measures) bill 2019, privacy amendment (public health contact information) bill 2020, defence legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2020, student identifiers amendment (enhanced student permissions) bill 2019, telecommunications legislation amendment (competition and consumer) bill 2019, telecommunications (regional broadband scheme) charge bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (2020 measures no. 1) bill 2020
      • assent
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • membership
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • division
  •   regulations and determinations
    • coronavirus economic response package (payments and benefits) amendment rules (no. 2) 2020
      • disallowance
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • division
  •   bills
    • paid parental leave amendment (flexibility measures) bill 2020
      • second reading
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Rennick, Sen Gerard
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
  •   adjournment
    • Chandler, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • covid-19: superannuation
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • indigenous australians
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • covid-19: black lives matter demonstrations
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • dismissal of the whitlam government
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • broadband
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • pennicott, mrs edna florence, oam
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • illicit drugs
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • covid-19: western australia
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew
    • pensions and benefits
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • tasmania: forestry industry
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • queensland government
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • nichols, mr denis
      • Ayres, Sen Timothy
    • covid-19: gold coast
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • covid-19: overseas students
      • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
    • china
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • hong kong
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • pensions and benefits
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • queen's birthday honours
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
    • workplace relations
      • Green, Sen Nita
    • lendlease
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • international cooperation
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
    • live animal exports
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • live animal exports
      • Brockman, Sen Slade

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