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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • deputy clerk of the senate
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (combating illegal phoenixing) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Bragg, Sen Andrew J
        • Ayres, Sen Timothy
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Hume, Sen Jane
      • in committee
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • division
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane
    • national vocational education and training regulator amendment bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   statements by senators
    • Askew, Sen Wendy (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • paradise dam
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • mckenzie, senator the hon. bridget
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • environment
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • australian bushfires
      • Van, Sen David
    • tasmania: emergency food relief
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • climate change
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • perth: 2019 school awards
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • tuxworth, mr ian lindsay
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • community sport infrastructure grant program (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • morrison government (Molan, Sen Jim)
    • community sport infrastructure grant program (Chisholm, Sen Anthony)
    • coronavirus (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • australian bushfires (Griff, Sen Stirling)
    • australian bushfires (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • climate change (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • australian bushfires (Davey, Sen Perin)
    • community sport infrastructure grant program (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • tourism (Scarr, Sen Paul)
    • community sport infrastructure grant program (Smith, Sen Marielle)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • community sport infrastructure grant program
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Green, Sen Nita
    • climate change
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   condolences
    • tchen, mr tsebin
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • administration of sports grants select committee
      • appointment
        • Wong, Sen Penny
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment (donation reform and other measures) bill 2020
      • first reading
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • second reading
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Davey, Sen Perin
  •   motions
    • pensions and benefits
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • national family violence prevention legal services
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • tasmania: bushfires
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • townsville: floods
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   documents
    • attorney-general's department
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • liberation of auschwitz: 75th anniversary
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • australia day awards
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • tasmania: australia day awards
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • ovarian cancer
      • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   documents
    • community sport infrastructure grant program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • order for the production of documents
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   motions
    • lake illawarra accident: 45th anniversary
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • australian bushfires
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   documents
    • report on ministerial standards and sports grants
      • order for the production of documents
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • community sport infrastructure grant program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • order for the production of documents
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • order for the production of documents
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • economic and social impacts of recreational hunting and shooting
      • order for the production of documents
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   motions
    • new south wales: bushfires
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • western australia: australia day awards
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • moore, rt hon. michael kenneth, onz, oa
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • her majesty queen elizabeth ii: christmas message 2019
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • division
  •   motions
    • climate change
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • division
    • education
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • division
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • division
  •   motions
    • arts
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • division
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   matters of public importance
    • prime minister
      • Brockman, Sen Slade (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
      • Molan, Sen Jim
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 23 of 2019-20
      • consideration
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   documents
    • royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
      • consideration
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • animal welfare
      • consideration
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
    • scrutiny of delegated legislation committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • australian sports anti-doping authority amendment (sport integrity australia) bill 2019
      • report
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • red tape select committee
      • government response to report
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   documents
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • order for the production of documents
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • asylum seekers, migration
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   bills
    • aged care legislation amendment (new commissioner functions) bill 2019
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • higher education support (help tuition protection levy) bill 2019, vet student loans (vsl tuition protection levy) bill 2019
      • returned from the house of representatives
      • third reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • treasury laws amendment (2019-20 bushfire tax assistance) bill 2020
      • first reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • financial sector reform (hayne royal commission response—protecting consumers (2019 measures)) bill 2019, financial sector reform (hayne royal commission response—stronger regulators (2019 measures)) bill 2019, national consumer credit protection amendment (mandatory credit reporting and other measures) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   address by the president of the republic of indonesia
    • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   committees
    • joint committee of public accounts and audit
      • membership
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (repairing medical transfers) bill 2019, education legislation amendment (tuition protection and other measures) bill 2019, defence service homes amendment bill 2019, national disability insurance scheme amendment (streamlined governance) bill 2019, australian crime commission amendment (special operations and special investigations) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (prohibiting energy market misconduct) bill 2019, aged care legislation amendment (new commissioner functions) bill 2019, counter-terrorism legislation amendment (2019 measures no. 1) bill 2019, farm household support amendment (relief measures) bill (no. 2) 2019, special recreational vessels bill 2019, communications legislation amendment (deregulation and other measures) bill 2019, health legislation amendment (data-matching and other matters) bill 2019, military rehabilitation and compensation amendment (single treatment pathway) bill 2019, protection of the sea (prevention of pollution from ships) amendment (air pollution) bill 2019, telecommunications (interception and access) amendment (assistance and access amendments review) bill 2019, family assistance legislation amendment (building on the child care package) bill 2019, foreign acquisitions and takeovers fees imposition amendment (near-new dwelling interests) bill 2019, interactive gambling amendment (national self-exclusion register) bill 2019, national self-exclusion register (cost recovery levy) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (reducing pressure on housing affordability measures) bill 2019
      • assent
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • division
  •   statements
    • mckenzie, senator the hon. bridget
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   adjournment
    • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • china: human rights
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • ceduna: health care
      • Smith, Sen Marielle
    • environmental conservation
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • sugar
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
    • morrison government
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • mann, professor michael
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • royal children's hospital
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • tasmania: health care
      • Polley, Sen Helen

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