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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, environment and communications references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • tasmania
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
    • tasmania
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (safer cladding) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • social services legislation amendment (cashless debit card) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • division
      • in committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   questions without notice
    • indigenous affairs (Dodson, Sen Patrick)
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • indigenous affairs (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • indigenous affairs (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
    • taxation (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • ministerial staff (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • veterans (Burston, Sen Brian)
    • child care (Gichuhi, Sen Lucy)
    • small amount credit contracts (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • broadband (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • child care (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • science (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • work for the dole (Molan, Sen Jim)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • indigenous affairs
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Williams, Sen John
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • murray-darling basin
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • procedural text
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • procedural text
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • cambodia
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   documents
    • naval group australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • indigenous affairs
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • allocation of departments and agencies
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   matters of public importance
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Burston, Sen Brian
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   ministerial statements
    • closing the gap
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   documents
    • murray-darling basin, future frigate program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   bills
    • national health amendment (pharmaceutical benefits—budget and other measures) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan base rate entities) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan no. 2) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • communications legislation amendment (online content services and other measures) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Williams, Sen John
    • communications legislation amendment (regional and small publishers innovation fund) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   documents
    • closing the gap
      • consideration
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (cashless debit card) bill 2017
      • in committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • division
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • division
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • division
      • third reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • division
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • small amount credit contracts
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • australia day honours
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • middle east: human rights
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • drought
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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