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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • marriage amendment (definition and religious freedoms) bill 2017
      • in committee
        • CHAIR, The
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • division
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • division
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • division
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Anning, Sen Fraser
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Smith, Sen Dean
      • third reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   bills
    • marriage amendment (definition and religious freedoms) bill 2017
      • third reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • division
  •   statements by senators
    • doszpot, mr steve
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • housing affordability
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   questions without notice
    • north korea (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • national security (Bushby, Sen David)
    • donations to political parties (Cameron, Sen Doug)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • sexual harassment (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • child care (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • murray-darling basin plan (Patrick, Sen Rex)
    • health care (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • space activities (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • turnbull government (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • employment (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • queensland election (Watt, Sen Murray)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • turnbull government
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • documents
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • australian information commissioner
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • 85th anniversary of holodomor
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • egypt: al rawdah mosque
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • mental health services funding: lgbtiq community
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • sexual harassment
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • people for the ethical treatment of animals
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • tesla
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • sexual harassment
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • division
    • animal welfare
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • medicare
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • division
  •   documents
    • department of human services
      • order for the production of documents
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
  •   motions
    • asylum seekers
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • south australia: government advertising
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   documents
    • operation manitou
      • tabling
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • membership
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme amendment (quality and safeguards commission and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme amendment (quality and safeguards commission and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • in committee
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • statute update (smaller government) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   adjournment
    • rohingya refugees
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • telecommunications
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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