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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • covid-19: parliamentary procedure
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   statement by the president
    • covid-19: parliamentary procedure
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   party office holders
    • independents
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (covid-19) bill 2020
      • second reading
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • commonwealth electoral amendment (ensuring fair representation of the northern territory) bill 2020
      • second reading
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McMahon, Sen Sam
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • national vocational education and training regulator amendment (governance and other matters) bill 2020
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Chandler, Sen Claire
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Rennick, Sen Gerard
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  • shadow ministerial arrangements
  •   questions without notice
    • covid-19: aged care (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • covid-19: victoria (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • covid-19: aged care (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • covid-19: defence (Paterson, Sen James)
    • covid-19: aged care (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • covid-19: aged care (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • renewable energy (Roberts, Sen Malcolm)
    • beirut: explosion (Molan, Sen Jim)
    • aged care (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • live animal exports (McMahon, Sen Sam)
    • covid-19: royal commission into aged care quality and safety (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • covid-19: domestic and family violence (Henderson, Sen Sarah)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • covid-19: aged care
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • aged care
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • covid-19: aged care
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   condolences
    • foreman, mr dominic john
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • withdrawal
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • presentation
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • postponement
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • leave of absence
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • jobkeeper payment
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • international cooperation
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   matters of urgency
    • covid-19: aged care
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
      • McLachlan, Sen Andrew
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 48 of 2019-20
      • consideration
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   bills
    • national integrity (parliamentary standards) bill 2019
      • report from committee
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   documents
    • water for fodder program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   committees
    • foreign interference through social media - select committee
      • membership
        • Brockman, Sen Slade (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (2020 measures no. 2) bill 2020
      • consideration of house of representatives message
    • national skills commissioner bill 2020
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   regulations and determinations
    • australian postal corporation (performance standards) amendment (2020 measures no. 1) regulations 2020
      • disallowance
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • division
  •   bills
    • banking amendment (deposits) bill 2020
      • report from committee
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • national vocational education and training regulator amendment (governance and other matters) bill 2020
      • second reading
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • in committee
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • transport security amendment (testing and training) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Rennick, Sen Gerard
        • Van, Sen David
        • Molan, Sen Jim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • in committee
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   bills
    • tertiary education quality and standards agency amendment (prohibiting academic cheating services) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Molan, Sen Jim
        • Ayres, Sen Timothy
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Rennick, Sen Gerard
        • Antic, Sen Alexander
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Chandler, Sen Claire
        • Henderson, Sen Sarah
  •   adjournment
    • Askew, Sen Wendy (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • paradise dam
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • covid-19: workplace relations
      • Ayres, Sen Timothy

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