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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (youth jobs path: prepare, trial, hire) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
      • in committee
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
    • native title amendment (indigenous land use agreements) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   statements by senators
    • holocaust remembrance day
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • schools
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • budget
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • turnbull government
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • milbourne, mr ben and ms sally
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • immigration detention
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • brain cancer
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • budget
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • budget (Bushby, Sen David)
    • budget (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • budget (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • budget (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • budget (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • family law (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • pensions and benefits (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • budget (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • budget (Williams, Sen John)
    • budget (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • employment (Fawcett, Sen David)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • veterans
      • Brandis, Sen George
    • budget
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question nos 408 and 410
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • budget
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • budget
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   condolences
    • jones, mr gerry norman francis
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   petitions
    • falun gong
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • presentation
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • reference
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • world multiple sclerosis day
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   documents
    • parallel imports
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • international myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome awareness week
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • brain cancer action month
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • adani carmichael coalmine
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • journalism
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • food allergy week
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander children
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on government procurement
      • appointment
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • select committee on the future of public interest journalism
      • appointment
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
  •   motions
    • immigration detention
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • saudi arabia: human rights
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
  •   motions
    • food labelling
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Burston, Sen Brian
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • chechnya: human rights
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • oakden older persons mental health service
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • national reconciliation week
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   matters of public importance
    • budget
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   documents
    • australian livestock export corporation
      • consideration
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   committees
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, finance and public administration legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • joint committee of public accounts and audit
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • government response to report
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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