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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • parliament house: security, parliament house: dress standards
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • qualifications of senators
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • qualifications of senators
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Brandis, Sen George
    • qualifications of senators
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • qualifications of senators
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • qualifications of senators
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • qualifications of senators
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • division
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (protecting vulnerable workers) bill 2017
      • in committee
        • TEMPORARY CHAIR, The
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   questions without notice
    • north korea (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • national security (Fawcett, Sen David)
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • deputy leader of the nationals (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • energy (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • north korea (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • deputy leader of the nationals (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • indigenous affairs (Roberts, Sen Malcolm)
    • workplace relations (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • deputy leader of the nationals (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • national innovation and science agenda (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • australian constitution (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • attorney-general (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • education (Paterson, Sen James)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • national security
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • deputy leader of the nationals
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • north korea
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   condolences
    • everingham, hon. dr douglas nixon
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   petitions
    • marriage
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   bills
    • high speed rail planning authority bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   documents
    • asc pty ltd
      • order for the production of documents
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • international childhood cancer awareness month
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • dementia awareness month
      • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   documents
    • cashless debit card
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
  •   motions
    • schools
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   matters of public importance
    • family court
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Burston, Sen Brian
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   parliamentary zone
    • proposal for works
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • government response to report
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   documents
    • regional forest agreements
      • consideration
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee, environment and communications references committee, select committee into the political influence of donations
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • regional investment corporation bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • liquid fuel emergency amendment bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • competition and consumer amendment (misuse of market power) bill 2017, education and training legislation repeal bill 2017, great barrier reef marine park amendment bill 2017, petroleum and other fuels reporting bill 2017, petroleum and other fuels reporting (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2017, public governance and resources legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2017, statute update (winter 2017) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2017 measures no. 4) bill 2017
      • assent
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (validation of decisions) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
      • third reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • fair work amendment (protecting vulnerable workers) bill 2017
      • in committee
        • CHAIR, The
        • division
        • procedural text
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • fair work amendment (repeal of 4 yearly reviews and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Burston, Sen Brian
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • tasmanian headstone project
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • international childhood cancer awareness month
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • migration
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • government response to report
    • report

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