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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • petitions committee
      • report
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
  •   petitions
    • Wicks, Lucy, MP
    • cost of living
    • carer visa
    • immigration detention
    • mining
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Wicks, Lucy, MP
    • sleep apnoea
    • treasury laws amendment (housing tax integrity) bill 2017
    • higher education
    • west papua
    • voting
    • commonwealth constitution
    • asylum seekers
    • citizenship
    • health
    • marriage
    • commonwealth constitution
    • south africa
    • child sexual abuse
    • ivory trade
    • migration
    • national security
    • migration
    • migration
    • climate change
    • asylum seekers
    • foreign affairs
    • tasmania highway
  •   bills
    • aged care amendment (staffing ratio disclosure) bill 2018
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • social security commission bill 2018
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
    • family law amendment (review of government support for single parents) bill 2018
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
    • restoring territory rights bill 2018
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Gosling, Luke, MP
  •   motions
    • australian indigenous mentoring experience
      • Chalmers, Jim, MP
      • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
      • Burney, Linda, MP
      • Elliot, Justine, MP
    • thailand: cave rescue
      • Marino, Nola, MP
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
  •   bills
    • counter-terrorism legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2018, treasury laws amendment (oecd multilateral instrument) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (tax integrity and other measures no. 2) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (apra governance) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (illicit tobacco offences) bill 2018, crimes legislation amendment (powers, offences and other measures) bill 2018, underwater cultural heritage bill 2018, underwater cultural heritage (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2018, intellectual property laws amendment (productivity commission response part 1 and other measures) bill 2018, legislation amendment (sunsetting review and other measures) bill 2018, primary industries research and development amendment bill 2017, public sector superannuation legislation amendment bill 2018
      • returned from senate
  •   committees
    • select committee on intergenerational welfare dependence
      • report
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
  •   bills
    • therapeutic goods amendment (2018 measures no. 1) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Freelander, Mike, MP
        • McBride, Emma, MP
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
      • third reading
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
  •   bills
    • home affairs legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
      • third reading
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (foreign media ownership and community radio) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
        • Rowland, Michelle, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
        • Mitchell, Brian, MP
        • Swanson, Meryl, MP
  •   statements by members
    • bass electorate: basketball
      • Hart, Ross, MP
    • energy
      • Joyce, Barnaby, MP
    • australian hearing
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • berowra electorate: maroota muster
      • Leeser, Julian, MP
    • drought
      • Templeman, Susan, MP
    • turnbull government
      • Robert, Stuart, MP
    • afl women's
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • cinefestoz
      • Marino, Nola, MP
    • centrelink
      • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
    • remembrance day
      • Morton, Ben, MP
    • victoria
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • battle of long tan: 52nd anniversary, vietnam veterans day
      • Andrews, Kevin, MP
    • palmerston regional hospital
      • Gosling, Luke, MP
    • energy
      • O'Brien, Ted, MP
    • prime minister, cambodia: opposition leader
      • Hill, Julian, MP
    • vinnies corporate and community sleepout 2018
      • O'Brien, Llew, MP
    • herbert electorate: townsville naidoc dinner
      • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
    • vietnam veterans day
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
    • turnbull government
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
    • abraham, lieutenant richard john
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • economy (Wicks, Lucy, MP)
    • energy (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • energy (Evans, Trevor, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • pensions and benefits (McGowan, Cathy, MP)
    • energy (Hogan, Kevin, MP)
    • turnbull government (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • energy (Crewther, Chris, MP)
    • energy (Butler, Mark, MP)
    • economy (Banks, Julia, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • turnbull government (Kearney, Ged, MP)
    • defence industry (Hartsuyker, Luke, MP)
    • energy (Butler, Mark, MP)
    • national security (Irons, Steve, MP)
    • energy (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • economy (Zimmerman, Trent, MP)
    • energy (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • drought (Drum, Damian, MP)
    • energy (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • drought (O'Dowd, Ken, MP)
    • energy (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • drought (Wallace, Andrew, MP)
    • turnbull government (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • trade (Joyce, Barnaby, MP)
    • turnbull government (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • battle of long tan: 52nd anniversary (O'Brien, Ted, MP)
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   personal explanations
    • Neumann, Shayne, MP
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters
      • membership
        • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   ministerial statements
    • investment statement 2018
      • Ciobo, Steven, MP
      • Clare, Jason, MP
      • Chester, Darren, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Chester, Darren, MP
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • drought
      • McVeigh, John, MP
  •   bills
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (foreign media ownership and community radio) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Swanson, Meryl, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Laundy, Craig, MP
      • consideration in detail
        • Laundy, Craig, MP
      • third reading
        • Laundy, Craig, MP
    • space activities amendment (launches and returns) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Marles, Richard, MP
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
        • King, Madeleine, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Coulton, Mark, MP
      • third reading
        • Coulton, Mark, MP
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • membership
        • Vasta, Ross (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Coulton, Mark, MP
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (financial sector regulation) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
        • Keogh, Matt, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Robert, Stuart, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • higher education
      • O'Neil, Clare, MP
    • dooley, ms jan
      • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
    • education
      • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
    • barker electorate: mount gambier airport
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
    • coniston massacre
      • Snowdon, Warren, MP
    • energy
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • whitlam electorate: centrelink
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
      • page electorate: constituents
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • chifley electorate: chifley college, stem in schools
        • Husic, Ed, MP
      • drought
        • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
      • turnbull government
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • balnaves, mrs annette
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • minister for home affairs
        • Hill, Julian, MP
      • robertson electorate: telecommunications
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
      • fowler electorate: australian vietnamese aged care service
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • ryan electorate: 7th brigade
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
    • private members' business
      • rohingya people
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Kearney, Ged, MP
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
        • Swanson, Meryl, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • tuberculosis
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Freelander, Mike, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Gosling, Luke, MP
    • bills
      • fair work amendment (restoring penalty rates) bill 2018
        • second reading
          • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
          • Broadbent, Russell, MP
          • Lamb, Susan, MP
          • Freelander, Mike, MP
    • private members' business
      • income tax
        • Evans, Trevor, MP
        • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Keay, Justine, MP
        • O'Brien, Ted, MP
        • Dick, Milton, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
    • statements by members
      • melbourne electorate: multiculturalism
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
      • visas
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • watson electorate: eid al-adha
        • Burke, Tony, MP
      • capricornia electorate: national rowing team
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
      • live animal exports
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • new south wales state emergency service: hornsby unit
        • Leeser, Julian, MP
      • calwell electorate: craigieburn war memorial
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • tyrrell, mr bill
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • central coast mariners
        • McBride, Emma, MP
      • tangney electorate: indian society of western australia
        • Morton, Ben, MP
      • oxley electorate: environment
        • Dick, Milton, MP
      • wide bay electorate: community pharmacies
        • O'Brien, Llew, MP
      • diabetes
        • Husic, Ed, MP
      • vietnam veterans day
        • O'Brien, Ted, MP
      • kelly, hon. lawrence 'laurie' borthwick, am, cobbin, mr allan william
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
      • queensland seniors week
        • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
      • wills electorate: public parkland
        • Khalil, Peter, MP
      • robe to recovery
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • centrelink
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • grey electorate: clontarf foundation
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • scullin electorate: stem in schools
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • gilmore electorate: bushfires
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • asylum seekers
        • Hill, Julian, MP
      • coomera anglican college
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • aged care
        • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
      • brown, senior sergeant tony
        • Vasta, Ross, MP
      • exercise pitch black
        • Gosling, Luke, MP
      • drought
        • Robert, Stuart, MP
      • moreton electorate: banks
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
    • private members' business
      • australian broadcasting corporation
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
      • australian securities and investments commission
        • Robert, Stuart, MP
        • Hart, Ross, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Keogh, Matt, MP
      • home care packages program
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
        • Keay, Justine, MP
        • Stanley, Anne, MP
        • McBride, Emma, MP
    • bills
      • live sheep long haul export prohibition bill 2018
        • second reading
          • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
          • Wood, Jason, MP
          • Butler, Mark, MP
          • Goodenough, Ian, MP
          • Stanley, Anne, MP
          • Drum, Damian, MP
          • Georganas, Steve, MP

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