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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   petitions
    • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • climate change
    • marriage
    • multiple sclerosis: sativex
    • native fauna and flora
    • asylum seekers
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • asylum seekers
    • lombok treaty
    • akamin: mandatory warning labels
    • intercountry adoption programs
    • marriage
    • myxomatosis vaccine
    • marriage
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
  •   bills
    • social security (administration) amendment (consumer lease exclusion) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Macklin, Jenny, MP
    • fair work amendment (prohibiting discrimination based on location) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
  •   private members' business
    • iraq and syria
      • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
      • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
      • Danby, Michael, MP
      • Hastie, Andrew, MP
    • industry innovation and competitiveness agenda
      • Marino, Nola, MP
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • Watts, Tim, MP
      • Taylor, Angus, MP
      • Conroy, Pat, MP
      • Williams, Matt, MP
      • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
    • payday lending and consumer leases
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • Henderson, Sarah, MP
      • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters
      • reference
        • Kelly, Craig (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   bills
    • customs depot licensing charges amendment bill 2015, customs amendment (fees and charges) bill 2015, import processing charges amendment bill 2015, australian immunisation register bill 2015, australian immunisation register (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2015, social services legislation amendment (cost of living concession) bill 2015, amending acts 1980 to 1989 repeal bill 2015, statute law revision bill (no. 2) 2015, tax and superannuation laws amendment (better targeting the income tax transparency laws) bill 2015, social services legislation amendment (low income supplement) bill 2015
      • returned from senate
    • education services for overseas students amendment (streamlining regulation) bill 2015, education services for overseas students (registration charges) amendment (streamlining regulation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
      • third reading
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
    • education services for overseas students (registration charges) amendment (streamlining regulation) bill 2015
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
    • tax laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Whiteley, Brett, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
  •   statements by members
    • live animal exports
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • western australia: local government elections
      • Irons, Steve, MP
    • indi electorate: broadband
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • tangney electorate: mchappy day 2015
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • lalor electorate: broadband
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • moorebank intermodal
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
    • great australian bight: oil drilling
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • broadband
      • Laming, Andrew, MP
    • telstra women in business awards
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • capricornia electorate: exercise wallaby
      • Landry, Michelle, MP
    • parliamentary friends of aussie fashion
      • Owens, Julie, MP
    • reid electorate: adult migrant english program
      • Laundy, Craig, MP
    • folvig, mrs wendy, oam
      • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
    • mental health
      • Matheson, Russell, MP
    • broadband
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • vitale barberis canonico wool excellence award
      • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
    • hunter manufacturing awards
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
    • women in sport
      • McNamara, Karen, MP
    • domestic and family violence
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • asylum seekers (Marles, Richard, MP)
    • new zealand (Gillespie, David, MP)
    • taxation (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • innovation (Hastie, Andrew, MP)
    • higher education (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • business (Palmer, Clive, MP)
    • economy (Scott, Fiona, MP)
    • higher education (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • economy (Hutchinson, Eric, MP)
    • budget (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • trade (Henderson, Sarah, MP)
    • health (King, Catherine, MP)
    • infrastructure (Matheson, Russell, MP)
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme (Vamvakinou, Maria, MP)
    • trade (Coulton, Mark, MP)
    • budget (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • economy (Griggs, Natasha, MP)
    • climate change (Butler, Mark, MP)
    • medicinal cannabis (Laming, Andrew, MP)
    • economy (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • higher education (Prentice, Jane, MP)
    • infrastructure (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • illicit drugs (Howarth, Luke, MP)
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   committees
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Taylor, Angus, MP
        • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Taylor, Angus, MP
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Price, Melissa, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • Sukkar, Michael, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Cobb, John, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Williams, Matt, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • Gillespie, David, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • Irons, Steve (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • third reading
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Irons, Steve (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • McCormack, Michael, MP
    • membership
      • McCormack, Michael, MP
  •   bills
    • superannuation legislation amendment (trustee governance) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Bowen, Chris, MP
        • Cobb, John, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Sukkar, Michael, MP
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • mobile black spot program
      • Mitchell, Rob, MP
    • israel: terrorist attacks
      • Sukkar, Michael, MP
    • building community resilience
      • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
    • hume electorate: broadband
      • Taylor, Angus, MP
    • australian public service
      • Giles, Andrew, MP
    • broadband
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • petition: medicare benefits schedule
        • Burke, Anna, MP
      • gilmore electorate: cancer
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • deafblindness
        • Rowland, Michelle, MP
      • dunkley electorate: mornington peninsula youth hub
        • Billson, Bruce, MP
      • federal circuit court of australia
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • housing affordability
        • Alexander, John, MP
      • family court
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • petrie electorate: roads
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
      • childhood cancer, griffin, miss erin
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • carmichael mine
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
    • private members' business
      • national week of deaf people
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Laundy, Craig, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
    • bills
      • marriage legislation amendment bill 2015
        • second reading
          • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
    • private members' business
      • breast cancer
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
        • Burke, Anna, MP
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • australian defence force
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • domestic and family violence
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
    • statements by members
      • live animal exports
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • hindmarsh electorate: sport
        • Williams, Matt, MP
      • calwell electorate: stepping stones program
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • marine pollution: tangaroa blue foundation
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
      • petition: asylum seekers
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • petition: infrastructure
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • solomon electorate: national carers week
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • richmond electorate: ballina
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • hughes electorate: diwali
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • environment: tibet
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • bushfire action week
        • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
      • shortland electorate: nords wharf public school
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • domestic and family violence
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • asylum seekers
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
      • eye health
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • act australian of the year awards
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • herbert electorate
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • micah challenge
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • calare electorate: orange wine festival
        • Cobb, John, MP
      • noble park community art show
        • Griffin, Alan, MP
      • lindsay electorate: breast cancer
        • Scott, Fiona, MP
      • fraser electorate: braddon studio and capital angels
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • lyons electorate: ouse and highlands festival
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
      • indi electorate: friends of lacluta
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • robertson electorate: higher education
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
      • richmond electorate: stone & wood brewing company
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • energy
        • Christensen, George, MP
      • shortland electorate: valentine hydrotherapy pools
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • dobell electorate: koala publishing
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
      • middle east
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
    • committees
      • joint select committee on trade and investment growth
        • report
          • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
          • Alexander, John, MP
    • grievance debate
      • child labour
        • Griffin, Alan, MP
      • moore electorate: infrastructure
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
      • environment
        • Butler, Mark, MP
      • page electorate: community activities
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • arts
        • Burke, Tony, MP
      • forde electorate
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • education funding
        • Ellis, Kate, MP
      • china-australia free trade agreement, palmerston regional hospital
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • tasmania: economy
        • Collins, Julie, MP
      • banks electorate
        • Coleman, David, MP
      • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption
        • Danby, Michael, MP
      • national broadband network
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • murwillumbah: medical practitioners (question no. 826) (Elliot, Justine, MP)
    • greenhouse gas emissions (question no. 836) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • live animal exports (question no. 846) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs and trade: staff contracts (question no. 870) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: casual staff contracts (question no. 874) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: casual staff contracts (question no. 883) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: contracted services payments (question no. 901) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of education and training: office space (question no. 911) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: office space (question no. 920) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: consultants (question no. 955) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: advertising (question no. 1000) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: legal services and credit cards (question no. 1045) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: departmental staff redundancies (question no. 1124) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of trade and investment: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1194) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1203) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: departmental staff domestic and international travel (question no. 1237 (amended)) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of trade and investment: ministerial staff training (question no. 1298) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: ministerial staff training (question no. 1307) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs and trade: ministerial media events (question no. 1350) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of education and training: ministerial media events (question no. 1360) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs and trade: ministerial conferences (question no. 1402) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: ministerial hospitality (question no. 1463) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of education and training: learning potential app (question no. 1535) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • australian electoral commission (question no. 1547) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • personally controlled electronic health record: review (question no. 1552) (King, Catherine, MP)

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