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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • parliamentary joint committee on law enforcement, national broadband network select committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • banking laws amendment (unclaimed money) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (primary television broadcasting service) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • social services legislation amendment (youth employment and other measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   statements by senators
    • australian defence force
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • workplace relations
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • threatened species day, national bilby day
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • cummings, mr james bartholomew, oam
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • syria, arts
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • parliamentary behaviour
      • Muir, Sen Ricky
    • tasmania: employment
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • australian capital territory
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • students against racism
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   statements
    • queen elizabeth ii
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   statement by the president
    • parliamentary behaviour
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice
    • national disability insurance scheme (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • asylum seekers: europe (Fawcett, Sen David)
  • distinguished visitors
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • syria (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • trade with china (Bushby, Sen David)
    • renewable energy (Wang, Sen Zhenya)
    • trade with china (McGrath, Sen James)
    • taxation (Day, Sen Bob)
    • trade with china (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • trade with china (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • higher education (Carr, Sen Kim)
  •   motions
    • syria
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • economy
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • syria
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • dementia
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • queen elizabeth ii
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • brock, mr peter, am
      • Muir, Sen Ricky
    • electricity costs
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   documents
    • centrepay
      • order for the production of documents
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   motions
    • custodial notification service
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • australian defence force
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • newcastle city council: investment
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • membership
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • water amendment bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • social services legislation amendment (no. 2) bill 2015
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • social services legislation amendment (youth employment and other measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   bills
    • water amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   adjournment
    • queen elizabeth ii
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • canning electorate
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • education funding
      • Wang, Sen Zhenya
    • rural women's award
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency files

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