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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • queensland and western australia
    • western australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • qualifications of senators
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • asylum seekers
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (corrupting benefits) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • queensland: united states marine corps aircraft accident (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • murray-darling basin (Farrell, Sen Don)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • asylum seekers
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • procedural text
    • workplace relations (Bushby, Sen David)
    • energy (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • building better regions fund (Williams, Sen John)
    • marriage (Hinch, Sen Derryn)
    • housing affordability (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • literacy and numeracy (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • child care (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • economy
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • asylum seekers
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   petitions
    • plebiscite on marriage
    • defence force retirement and death benefits scheme
    • australian embassy
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   party office holders
    • australian greens
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   parliamentary representation
    • qualifications of senators
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   motions
    • indigenous incarceration
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • indigenous incarceration
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   matters of public importance
    • economy
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • law enforcement committee
      • report
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • government response to report
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • joint select committee on government procurement
      • report
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • report
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • export finance and insurance corporation amendment (support for commonwealth entities) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • excise tariff amendment (tobacco duty harmonisation) bill 2017, customs tariff amendment (tobacco duty harmonisation) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • australian education amendment bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • comcare and seacare legislation amendment (pension age and catastrophic injury) bill 2017, copyright amendment (disability access and other measures) bill 2017, criminal code amendment (protecting minors online) bill 2017, enhancing online safety for children amendment bill 2017, international monetary agreements amendment bill 2017, native title amendment (indigenous land use agreements) bill 2017, social services legislation amendment (seasonal worker incentives for jobseekers) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2017 measures no. 2) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (accelerated depreciation for small business entities) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (foreign resident capital gains withholding payments) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (medicare levy and medicare levy surcharge) bill 2017, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (budget measures) bill 2017, appropriation bill (no. 1) 2017-2018, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2017-2018, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2017-2018, major bank levy bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (major bank levy) bill 2017, national vocational education and training regulator amendment (annual registration charge) bill 2017, national vocational education and training regulator (charges) amendment (annual registration charge) bill 2017, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas management legislation amendment bill 2017, superannuation amendment (pssap membership) bill 2016, foreign acquisitions and takeovers fees imposition amendment (fee streamlining and other measures) bill 2017, health insurance amendment (national rural health commissioner) bill 2017, medicare guarantee bill 2017, medicare guarantee (consequential amendments) bill 2017, passports legislation amendment (overseas travel by child sex offenders) bill 2017, social services legislation amendment (queensland commission income management regime) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2017 measures no. 3) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (gst integrity) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (gst low value goods) bill 2017, australian education amendment bill 2017
      • assent
  •   committees
    • report
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (corrupting benefits) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • division
      • in committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • economics references committee
      • membership
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • australian institute of tropical health and medicine
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • asylum seekers
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • homelessness
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
    • medicinal marijuana
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • homelessness
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • cyclone debbie
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • lester , mr kunmanara, oam, yunupingu, dr g
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • employment
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • wangaratta turf club
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • aged care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • aged care
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • refugees
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • nuclear weapons, ludlam, mr scott
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • immigration detention
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • tasmania
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • middle east
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • middle east
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • government response to report

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