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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • australian border force amendment (protected information) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
      • in committee
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • competition and consumer amendment (abolition of limited merits review) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • competition and consumer amendment (competition policy review) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • migration amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Moore, Sen Claire)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • energy (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • trade unions (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • energy (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • hadgkiss, mr nigel (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • defence personnel (Hanson, Sen Pauline)
    • trade unions (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • hadgkiss, mr nigel (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • manufacturing (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • immigration detention (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • private health insurance (Brown, Sen Carol)
  •   personal explanations
    • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • energy
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Williams, Sen John
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • immigration detention
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
  •   motions
    • medicare
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • national carers' week
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   matters of public importance
    • voting age
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   committees
    • parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme amendment (quality and safeguards commission and other measures) bill 2017
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (broadcasting reform) bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • education services for overseas students amendment bill 2017, education services for overseas students (tps levies) amendment bill 2017, electoral and other legislation amendment bill 2017, export finance and insurance corporation amendment (support for commonwealth entities) bill 2017, fair work amendment (protecting vulnerable workers) bill 2017, international monetary agreements amendment (new arrangements to borrow) bill 2017, liquid fuel emergency amendment bill 2017, product emissions standards bill 2017, product emissions standards (customs) charges bill 2017, product emissions standards (excise) charges bill 2017, product emissions standards (consequential provisions) bill 2017, safety, rehabilitation and compensation legislation amendment (defence force) bill 2017, australian nuclear science and technology organisation amendment bill 2017, telecommunications and other legislation amendment bill 2017, commercial broadcasting (tax) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2017 enterprise incentives no. 2) bill 2017
      • assent
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (regulation of migration agents) bill 2017, migration agents registration application charge amendment (rates of charge) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing amendment bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • medicare levy amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, fringe benefits tax amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, income tax rates amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, superannuation (excess non-concessional contributions tax) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, superannuation (excess untaxed roll-over amounts tax) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, income tax (tfn withholding tax (ess)) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, family trust distribution tax (primary liability) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, taxation (trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax) (no. 1) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, taxation (trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax) (no. 2) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (untainting tax) (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, nation-building funds repeal (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • crimes legislation amendment (sexual crimes against children and community protection measures) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (2017 measures no. 1) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • third reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • regional investment corporation bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   adjournment
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • trade with japan, inpex ichthys lng project
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • pacific women's parliamentary partnerships forum
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • myanmar
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • schools
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • government response to report
    • report

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