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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Smith, Tony, MP
    • appointment
      • Brough, Mal, MP
    • joint select committee on trade and investment growth
      • appointment
        • Brough, Mal, MP
  •   bills
    • shipping legislation amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
  •   statements by members
    • workplace relations
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • death penalty
      • Ruddock, Philip, MP
    • chambers, councillor don, oam
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • schools: music
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
    • workplace relations
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
    • national carers week
      • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
    • workplace relations
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • asian forum of parliamentarians on population and development
      • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
    • workplace relations
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
    • national carers week
      • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • workplace relations
      • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
    • victoria: traffic congestion
      • Sukkar, Michael, MP
    • workplace relations
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • hume electorate: spyfest goulburn
      • Taylor, Angus, MP
    • workplace relations
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
    • road infrastructure
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
    • workplace relations
      • Champion, Nick, MP
    • north queensland cowboys
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
    • workplace relations
      • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
    • uganda: yotkom medical centre
      • Vasta, Ross, MP
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   shadow ministerial arrangements
    • Shorten, Bill, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • trade with china (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • national security (Wood, Jason, MP)
    • trade with china (Chalmers, Jim, MP)
    • trade (Wicks, Lucy, MP)
    • budget (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • health (McGowan, Cathy, MP)
  • distinguished visitors
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Whiteley, Brett, MP)
    • economy (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Varvaris, Nickolas, MP)
    • economy (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Griggs, Natasha, MP)
    • superannuation (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Pitt, Keith, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • water (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Williams, Matt, MP)
    • economy (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • infrastructure: pacific highway (Hogan, Kevin, MP)
    • workplace relations (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • taxation (McNamara, Karen, MP)
    • workplace relations (O'Connor, Brendan, MP)
    • mental health (Jones, Ewen, MP)
    • paid parental leave (Macklin, Jenny, MP)
    • telecommunications (Marino, Nola, MP)
  •   personal explanations
    • Burke, Tony, MP
    • Shorten, Bill, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   matters of public importance
    • higher education
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
      • Burke, Anna, MP
      • Tudge, Alan, MP
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
      • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • McNamara, Karen, MP
  •   committees
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Ruddock, Philip, MP
  •   bills
    • shipping legislation amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Katter, Bob, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • Hastie, Andrew, MP
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Ciobo, Steven, MP
  •   bills
    • shipping legislation amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Marles, Richard, MP
        • Collins, Julie, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on trade and investment growth
      • appointment
        • Vasta, Ross (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (further strengthening job seeker compliance) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Collins, Julie, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • mcewen electorate: solar energy, mcewen electorate: road safety
      • Mitchell, Rob, MP
    • queensland: electricity prices
      • Pitt, Keith, MP
    • iraq and syria
      • Danby, Michael, MP
    • life sciences queensland: globally engaging network event
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
    • mental health
      • Conroy, Pat, MP
    • northern australia
      • Price, Melissa, MP
  • notices
  •   questions in writing
    • wildlife conservation: swift parrot (question no. 829) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: staff contracts (question no. 856) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: staff contracts (question no. 866) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: casual staff contracts (question no. 884) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: contracted services payments (question no. 902) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: market research (question no. 991) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: office equipment (question no. 1028) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: legal services and credit cards (question no. 1046) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: mobiles phones and tablets (question no. 1054) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: mobile phones and tablets (question no. 1064) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: departmental staff redundancies (question no. 1134) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: departmental staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1186) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1217) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: departmental staff training (question no. 1280) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: departmental staff training (question no. 1290) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of the environment: departmental media events (question no. 1320) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: ministerial staff training (question no. 1321) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: ministerial media events (question no. 1359) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: ministerial conferences (question no. 1411) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: departmental hospitality (question no. 1446) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of finance: ministerial hospitality (question no. 1477) (Conroy, Pat, MP)

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