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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • racial discrimination law amendment (free speech) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • landholders' right to refuse (gas and coal) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • disability services
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • australian federal police funding
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • organ procurement in foreign countries
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • ellerton drive extension, queanbeyan
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • white ribbon day
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
    • disaster risk reduction
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • criminal code amendment (war crimes) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • social security legislation amendment (youth jobs path: prepare, trial, hire) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • water legislation amendment (sustainable diversion limit adjustment) bill 2016, broadcasting legislation amendment (television and radio licence fees) bill 2016, higher education support legislation amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016, narcotic drugs (licence charges) bill 2016, narcotic drugs legislation amendment bill 2016, customs amendment (2017 harmonized system changes) bill 2016, customs tariff amendment (2017 harmonized system changes) bill 2016
      • assent
    • civil nuclear transfers to india bill 2016
      • report of legislation committee
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • social services legislation amendment (transition mobility allowance to the national disability insurance scheme) bill 2016
      • report of legislation committee
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • income tax rates amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016, treasury laws amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016, superannuation (departing australia superannuation payments tax) amendment bill 2016
      • in committee
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • passenger movement charge amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Burston, Sen Brian
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
  •   questions without notice
    • broadband (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • building and construction industry (Bushby, Sen David)
    • budget (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • minister for immigration and border protection (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • skilled migration program (Chisholm, Sen Anthony)
    • federal courts (Hanson, Sen Pauline)
    • education (Paterson, Sen James)
    • murray-darling basin (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • day, mr bob, ao (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • economy (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • prime minister (Polley, Sen Helen)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • broadband
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   ministerial statements
    • infrastructure
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (family assistance alignment and other measures) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • law enforcement legislation amendment (state bodies and other measures) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • third reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • australian organ and tissue donation and transplantation authority amendment (new governance arrangements) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • customs tariff amendment (expanded information technology agreement implementation and other measures) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • vet student loans bill 2016, vet student loans (charges) bill 2016, vet student loans (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • national archives
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • groome, mr doug, western australian of the year awards
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • coalition government
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   documents
    • tabling

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