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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • selection committee
      • report
        • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   bills
    • health insurance amendment (safety net) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
    • social services legislation amendment (family payments structural reform and participation measures) bill 2015
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Porter, Christian, MP
    • social services legislation amendment (more generous means testing for youth payments) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
        • Price, Melissa, MP
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015, customs tariff amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
        • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • Hockey, Joe, MP
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • Truss, Warren, MP
      • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
      • Morrison, Scott, MP
      • Bowen, Chris, MP
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
    • reference to federation chamber
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015, customs tariff amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
        • Taylor, Angus, MP
        • Chalmers, Jim, MP
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
  •   statements by members
    • broadband
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • gilmore electorate: waminda
      • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • asylum seekers
      • Burke, Anna, MP
    • deakin electorate: centre for regional knowledge and innovation
      • Sukkar, Michael, MP
    • united nations day
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • motor neurone disease
      • Alexander, John, MP
    • climate change
      • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
    • mchappy day
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
    • muslim community radio
      • Hayes, Chris, MP
    • australian search dog framework
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
    • george warfe elementary school, papua new guinea
      • Feeney, David, MP
    • barton electorate: nsw grandparents day
      • Varvaris, Nickolas, MP
    • national week of deaf people
      • Owens, Julie, MP
    • bonner electorate: broadband
      • Vasta, Ross, MP
    • newcastle electorate: meet the mob interviews
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
    • broadband
      • Billson, Bruce, MP
    • kingsford smith electorate: international students beach soccer tournament
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • campaign for australian aid
      • Williams, Matt, MP
    • bolton, professor geoffrey
      • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
    • central coast chamber of commerce and industry awards
      • Whiteley, Brett, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • family payments (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • economy (Varvaris, Nickolas, MP)
    • family payments (Macklin, Jenny, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • trade with china (Coleman, David, MP)
    • family payments (Macklin, Jenny, MP)
    • government advertising (McGowan, Cathy, MP)
    • trade (Marino, Nola, MP)
    • national broadband network (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • trade (Hogan, Kevin, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • broadband (Clare, Jason, MP)
    • child care: jobs for families package (McNamara, Karen, MP)
    • broadband (Clare, Jason, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • family payments (Wicks, Lucy, MP)
    • innovation (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • superannuation (Williams, Matt, MP)
    • research and development: nicta (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • infrastructure (Hutchinson, Eric, MP)
    • marriage (O'Neil, Clare, MP)
    • defence procurement (Griggs, Natasha, MP)
    • budget (Bowen, Chris, MP)
  •   documents
    • department of the house of representatives
      • presentation
        • Smith, Tony, MP
      • presentation
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   committees
    • reference
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   matters of public importance
    • broadband
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Clare, Jason, MP
      • Fletcher, Paul, MP
      • Husic, Ed, MP
      • Broad, Andrew, MP
      • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
      • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • O'Neil, Clare, MP
      • Wilson, Rick, MP
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015, customs tariff amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
        • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
        • Hendy, Peter, MP
        • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
        • Roy, Wyatt, MP
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Gillespie, David, MP
        • Katter, Bob, MP
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Marles, Richard, MP
        • Price, Melissa, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
        • Gray, Gary, MP
        • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Hendy, Peter, MP
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015, customs tariff amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Jensen, Dennis, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • sydney electorate: barangaroo reserve
        • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
      • lindsay electorate: small business awards
        • Scott, Fiona, MP
      • fowler electorate: mingyue lay temple
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • page electorate: coal seam gas
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • gambling
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • hinkler electorate: infrastructure
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
      • australia-new zealand relationship
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
      • cowper electorate: broadband
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
      • domestic and family violence
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
      • homelessness
        • Alexander, John, MP
      • broadband
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • cowan electorate
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
      • perth electorate: broadband
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
      • dobell electorate: national science week
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
      • workplace relations
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • australian paper
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
      • wakefield electorate: 7th battalion royal australian regiment
        • Champion, Nick, MP
      • moore electorate: west coast institute
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
      • diabetes
        • Burke, Anna, MP
      • solomon electorate: mr kevin kadirgamar
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: departmental staff training (question no. 1275) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: departmental media events (question no. 1327) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of infrastructure and regional development: department conferences (question no. 1379) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of employment: departmental hospitality (question no. 1433) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of education and training: parent engagement campaign (question no. 1536) (Conroy, Pat, MP)

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