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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (character cancellation consequential provisions) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • division
      • in committee
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • privacy amendment (notifiable data breaches) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • division
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • in committee
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Wong, Sen Penny
      • third reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
    • criminal code amendment (firearms trafficking) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
  •   questions without notice
    • pauline hanson's one nation
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • procedural text
    • economy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • western australian state election (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • native title (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • climate change (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • defence land acquisition (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • climate change (Roberts, Sen Malcolm)
    • dairy industry (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • banking and financial services (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • child care (Paterson, Sen James)
    • renewable energy (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
  •   questions to the president
    • photography in the chamber
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • pauline hanson's one nation
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • presentation
    • postponement
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • bowel cancer australia
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • grandparents
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   bills
    • australian broadcasting corporation amendment (restoring shortwave radio) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • palliative care tasmania
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • myanmar
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   motions
    • afl women's league
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • exposure draft of the marriage amendment (same-sex marriage) bill select committee
      • reporting date
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   motions
    • indigenous incarceration
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   documents
    • perth freight link
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
  •   motions
    • illicit drugs
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
  •   documents
    • roe highway
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • homelessness
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • president of the united states of america
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • schools
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • energy
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • schools
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • western australian state election
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   documents
    • consideration
    • roe highway
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • transport security amendment (serious or organised crime) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • transport security legislation amendment bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • membership
  •   bills
    • corporations amendment (crowd-sourced funding) bill 2016
      • report of legislation committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • criminal code amendment (firearms trafficking) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • in committee
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
      • third reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
    • social security legislation amendment (youth jobs path: prepare, trial, hire) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   adjournment
    • Reynolds, Sen Linda (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • bombing of darwin
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • homelessness
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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