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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • parliamentary language
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • commonwealth inscribed stock amendment (debt ceiling) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • animal export legislation amendment (ending long-haul live sheep exports) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • higher education support legislation amendment (student loan sustainability) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Anning, Sen Fraser
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Martin, Sen Steve
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
      • in committee
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • taxation (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • employment (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • energy (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • energy (Stoker, Sen Amanda)
    • great barrier reef foundation (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • energy (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • migration (Georgiou, Sen Peter)
    • defence procurement (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • great barrier reef foundation (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • welfare reform (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • yemen (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • great barrier reef foundation (Carr, Sen Kim)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • energy
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   documents
    • national energy guarantee
      • order for the production of documents
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • energy
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Williams, Sen John
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
      • Smith, Sen David
    • great barrier reef foundation
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • bangladesh
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   matters of public importance
    • drought
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 1 of 2018-19
      • consideration
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   documents
    • president's report on government responses to parliamentary committee reports
      • consideration
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   documents
    • consideration
    • order for the production of documents
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (combatting corporate crime) bill 2017
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   committees
    • select committee on electric vehicles
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (powers, offences and other measures) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (australian consumer law review) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • appropriation bill (no. 5) 2017-2018, appropriation bill (no. 6) 2017-2018, appropriation bill (no. 1) 2018-2019, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2018-2019, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2018-2019, water amendment bill 2018, australian research council amendment bill 2018, corporations (fees) amendment (asic fees) bill 2018, national consumer credit protection (fees) amendment (asic fees) bill 2018, superannuation auditor registration imposition amendment (asic fees) bill 2018, superannuation industry (supervision) amendment (asic fees) bill 2018, australian astronomical observatory (transition) bill 2018, commerce (trade descriptions) amendment bill 2018, corporations amendment (asia region funds passport) bill 2018, farm household support amendment bill 2018, foreign influence transparency scheme bill 2018, health legislation amendment (improved medicare compliance and other measures) bill 2018, national housing finance and investment corporation bill 2018, national housing finance and investment corporation (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2018, national security legislation amendment (espionage and foreign interference) bill 2018, social services legislation amendment (payments for carers) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (medicare levy and medicare levy surcharge) bill 2018, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (veteran-centric reforms no. 2) bill 2018, copyright amendment (service providers) bill 2017, corporations (review fees) amendment bill 2018
      • assent
    • interactive gambling amendment (lottery betting) bill 2018
      • assent
    • private health insurance legislation amendment bill 2018, a new tax system (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) amendment (excess levels for private health insurance policies) bill 2018, medicare levy amendment (excess levels for private health insurance policies) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • treasury laws amendment (protecting your superannuation package) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • space activities amendment (launches and returns) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • family law amendment (family violence and cross-examination of parties) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (miscellaneous amendments) bill 2018, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
  •   bills
    • higher education support legislation amendment (student loan sustainability) bill 2018
      • in committee
        • CHAIR, The
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • division
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
    • telecommunications legislation amendment bill 2018
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • family law amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • in committee
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • telecommunications legislation amendment (competition and consumer) bill 2018, telecommunications (regional broadband scheme) charge bill 2018
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   adjournment
    • tasmania: arts
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • queensland: migration, health care
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • employment
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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