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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • parliament house: building condition
      • presentation
        • Smith, Tony, MP
    • parliament house: media rules
      • presentation
        • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   bills
    • interactive gambling amendment bill 2016
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
    • australian organ and tissue donation and transplantation authority amendment (new governance arrangements) bill 2016
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • reference
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • reference
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • reference
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
    • publications committee
      • report
        • Christensen, George, MP
  •   bills
    • migration legislation amendment (regional processing cohort) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
        • Feeney, David, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Keenan, Michael, MP
        • division
        • division
      • third reading
        • Keenan, Michael, MP
        • division
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (television and radio licence fees) bill 2016
      • returned from senate
    • counter-terrorism legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2016
      • first reading
    • social security legislation amendment (youth jobs path: prepare, trial, hire) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Lamb, Susan, MP
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
        • Burney, Linda, MP
  •   statements by members
    • prime minister's literary awards, city of fremantle tag hungerford award
      • Wilson, Josh, MP
    • remembrance day
      • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • wyong hospital
      • McBride, Emma, MP
    • temporary sponsored parent visas
      • Sukkar, Michael, MP
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • King, Madeleine, MP
    • forde electorate: park ridge state school
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
    • fisher electorate: maleny dairies
      • Wallace, Andrew, MP
    • lyons electorate: beaconsfield mine and heritage centre
      • Mitchell, Brian, MP
    • o'connor electorate: blast youth group
      • Wilson, Rick, MP
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • Gosling, Luke, MP
    • sutcliffe, ms audrey jean
      • Wilson, Tim, MP
    • local council elections: victoria
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • molyneux, mr cyril
      • Wood, Jason, MP
    • western australia: craft beer
      • Keogh, Matt, MP
    • hearing impairment
      • Zimmerman, Trent, MP
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • Swanson, Meryl, MP
    • grey electorate: south australian of the year awards
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • Snowdon, Warren, MP
    • remembrance day
      • Andrews, Kevin, MP
  •   statements on indulgence
    • united states election
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • climate change (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • united states election (Wilson, Tim, MP)
    • climate change (Butler, Mark, MP)
    • foreign affairs (Morton, Ben, MP)
    • trade with united states (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • dairy industry (McGowan, Cathy, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • united states of america (McVeigh, John, MP)
      • Ciobo, Steven, MP
    • united states election (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • defence industry (Zimmerman, Trent, MP)
    • united states presidential election (Butler, Mark, MP)
    • australian defence force (Entsch, Warren, MP)
    • automotive industry (Champion, Nick, MP)
    • united states election (Howarth, Luke, MP)
    • turnbull government (Dick, Milton, MP)
    • united states election (Christensen, George, MP)
    • attorney-general (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
    • global security (Wicks, Lucy, MP)
    • day, mr bob, ao (Ellis, Kate, MP)
    • working holiday maker program (Hogan, Kevin, MP)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • dairy industry
      • Joyce, Barnaby, MP
  •   questions to the speaker
    • minister for agriculture and water resources (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   matters of public importance
    • inequality
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • Laundy, Craig, MP
      • Georganas, Steve, MP
      • Howarth, Luke, MP
      • Khalil, Peter, MP
      • Henderson, Sarah, MP
      • Freelander, Mike, MP
      • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • Bird, Sharon, MP
      • O'Brien, Ted, MP
  •   motions
    • national library of australia: council membership
      • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
  •   committees
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Hill, Julian, MP
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (youth jobs path: prepare, trial, hire) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • animal welfare
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • petition: western new south wales integrated cancer care centre
      • Coulton, Mark, MP
    • infrastructure: public transport
      • Wilson, Josh, MP
    • deakin electorate: infrastructure
      • Sukkar, Michael, MP
    • youth unemployment
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • forde electorate: government funding
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • united states presidential election
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • local council elections: victoria
        • Andrews, Kevin, MP
      • lee, ms mary
        • Gosling, Luke, MP
      • north sydney electorate: remembrance day
        • Zimmerman, Trent, MP
      • fremantle electorate: port school
        • Wilson, Josh, MP
      • cassidy, ms kerri
        • Wood, Jason, MP
      • taxation: bhp billiton
        • Swan, Wayne, MP
      • education, brisbane electorate: schools
        • Evans, Trevor, MP
      • gellibrand electorate: women's circus
        • Watts, Tim, MP
      • remembrance day
        • Banks, Julia, MP
      • millman, mr simon, royal perth hospital
        • Hammond, Tim, MP
      • st stanislaus' college
        • Gee, Andrew, MP
      • brand electorate: hmas stirling
        • King, Madeleine, MP
      • banks electorate: community events
        • Coleman, David, MP
      • lindsay electorate: singing out strong women's choir
        • Husar, Emma, MP
      • arnison, miss mckinley, page electorate: community organisations
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • nuclear disarmament
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • kendall, professor mark, nanopatch
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • deepavali, racial discrimination act 1975
        • Rowland, Michelle, MP
      • murray electorate: ministerial visits
        • Drum, Damian, MP
    • adjournment
      • O'Brien, Llew, MP
      • schools
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • south australia: electricity infrastructure
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
      • global security
        • Aly, Anne, MP
      • calare electorate: small business
        • Gee, Andrew, MP
      • lindsay electorate: national disability insurance scheme
        • Husar, Emma, MP
      • migration
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
      • turnbull government
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
      • child safety
        • Evans, Trevor, MP
      • leyonhjelm, senator david
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • workplace relations
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
      • broadband, dorothea mackellar poetry awards
        • Stanley, Anne, MP
      • see poy, mr herbert 'junior'
        • Entsch, Warren, MP

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