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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • division
  •   statement by the president
    • powers of the senate
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • anning, senator fraser
      • censure
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Spender, Sen Duncan
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Georgiou, Sen Peter
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Anning, Sen Fraser
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • gun control
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   parliamentary representation
    • qualifications of senators
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   motions
    • electoral preferences
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
    • parliamentary transparency charter
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
    • anning, senator fraser
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • universal service obligation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • australian institute of health and welfare amendment (assisted reproductive treatment statistics) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • second reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   motions
    • australian football league women's competition
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • murray-darling basin
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
  •   bills
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2018-2019, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2018-2019, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 2) 2018-2019
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   budget
    • advance to the finance minister
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   bills
    • supply bill (no. 1) 2019-2020, supply bill (no. 2) 2019-2020, supply (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2019-2020
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • social services legislation amendment (energy assistance payment) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • budget (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • budget (Brown, Sen Carol)
    • climate change (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • budget
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • procedural text
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • procedural text
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • procedural text
    • defence procurement (Patrick, Sen Rex)
    • regional australia (Williams, Sen John)
    • united nations (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • budget (Ciccone, Sen Raff)
    • budget (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • budget (Cameron, Sen Doug)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • budget
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • climate change
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (energy assistance payment) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Spender, Sen Duncan
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • third reading
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • treasury laws amendment (medicare levy and medicare levy surcharge) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • third reading
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • treasury laws amendment (increasing the instant asset write-off for small business entities) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • in committee
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • third reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • treasury laws amendment (north queensland flood recovery) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Askew, Sen Wendy
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Spender, Sen Duncan
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • treasury laws amendment (north queensland flood recovery) bill 2019
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • governor-general amendment (salary) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • division
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • foreign influence transparency scheme amendment bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • export finance and insurance corporation amendment (support for infrastructure financing) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • treasury laws amendment (mutual reforms) bill 2019
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • treasury laws amendment (making sure foreign investors pay their fair share of tax in australia and other measures) bill 2019, income tax (managed investment trust withholding tax) amendment bill 2018, income tax rates amendment (sovereign entities) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • corporations amendment (strengthening protections for employee entitlements) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • treatment benefits (special access) bill 2019, treatment benefits (special access) (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2019
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • criminal code amendment (sharing of abhorrent violent material) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • social security (administration) amendment (income management and cashless welfare) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
    • treasury laws amendment (design and distribution obligations and product intervention powers) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • treasury laws amendment (2019 petroleum resource rent tax reforms no. 1) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • customs tariff amendment (craft beer) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • treasury laws amendment (2019 measures no. 1) bill 2019, excise tariff amendment (supporting craft brewers) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • australian business securitisation fund bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   regulations and determinations
    • parliamentary business resources amendment (2019 measures no. 1) regulations 2019
      • disallowance
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • division
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Spender, Sen Duncan
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   committees
    • report
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   budget
    • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • counter-terrorism (temporary exclusion orders) bill 2019
      • report from committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • parliamentary joint committee on the australia fund bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   adjournment
    • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   adjournment
    • federal election (PRESIDENT, The)
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
    • storer, senator tim
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency appointments and vacancies
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency grants
      • tabling
  •   documents
    • tabling

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