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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015, customs tariff amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015
      • returned from senate
  •   committees
    • communications and the arts committee, infrastructure, transport and cities committee
      • membership
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • Brough, Mal, MP
  •   bills
    • australian crime commission amendment (criminology research) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Feeney, David, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Brough, Mal, MP
      • third reading
        • Brough, Mal, MP
    • student loans (overseas debtors repayment levy) bill 2015, education legislation amendment (overseas debt recovery) bill 2015
      • returned from senate
    • crimes legislation amendment (powers, offences and other measures) bill 2015
      • consideration of senate message
        • Brough, Mal, MP
    • migration amendment (charging for a migration outcome) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Marles, Richard, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
        • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
  •   statements by members
    • goods and services tax
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • sutherland, mr greg
      • Christensen, George, MP
    • goods and services tax
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
    • calare electorate: small towns
      • Cobb, John, MP
    • goods and services tax
      • O'Neil, Clare, MP
    • banks electorate: m5 motorway
      • Coleman, David, MP
    • indi electorate: volunteering
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • recruitment march
      • Coulton, Mark, MP
    • taxation
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • petrie electorate: employment
      • Howarth, Luke, MP
    • mcewen electorate: goods and services tax
      • Mitchell, Rob, MP
    • 2015 queensland tennis awards
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
    • canberra electorate: goods and services tax
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • lyne electorate: national police service medals
      • Gillespie, David, MP
    • goods and services tax
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
    • adoption
      • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
    • taxation
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
    • page electorate: pink halloween
      • Hogan, Kevin, MP
    • taxation
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
    • whitewater rafting world championships
      • Entsch, Warren, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • goods and services tax (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • economy (Whiteley, Brett, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • goods and services tax (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • employment (Howarth, Luke, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • northern australia (Katter, Bob, MP)
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • procedural text
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • trade with china (Prentice, Jane, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • trade with china (Price, Melissa, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • agriculture (Gillespie, David, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • vocational education and training (McNamara, Karen, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Owens, Julie, MP)
    • broadband (Entsch, Warren, MP)
    • pensions and benefits (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • rail infrastructure (Coulton, Mark, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • forde electorate: roads (Van Manen, Bert, MP)
    • goods and services tax (Mitchell, Rob, MP)
    • diabetes (Broad, Andrew, MP)
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • audit report no. 7 of 2015-16
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   matters of public importance
    • household budget
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Macklin, Jenny, MP
      • Porter, Christian, MP
      • Danby, Michael, MP
      • Chester, Darren, MP
      • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
      • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
      • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
  •   committees
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (first principles) bill 2015
      • first reading
    • migration amendment (charging for a migration outcome) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
        • Price, Melissa, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Coleman, David, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
        • Conroy, Pat, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
      • third reading
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Wyatt, Ken, MP
  •   bills
    • migration and maritime powers amendment bill (no. 1) 2015
      • second reading
        • Marles, Richard, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
        • Williams, Matt, MP
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
      • third reading
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
    • health insurance amendment (safety net) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • King, Catherine, MP
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
    • africa
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • fiscal policy
      • Broad, Andrew, MP
    • gellibrand electorate: australia-india relations
      • Watts, Tim, MP
    • mcmillan electorate: darnum war memorial
      • Broadbent, Russell, MP
    • royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
      • Clare, Jason, MP
    • brisbane electorate: small business
      • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
  • notices
  •   questions in writing
    • copenhagen consensus center (question no. 799) (MacTiernan, Alannah, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: office equipment (question no. 1022) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: office equipment (question no. 1024) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of health: office equipment (question no. 1029) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of prime minister and cabinet: legal services and credit cards (question no. 1030) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of agriculture and water resources: legal services and credit cards (question no. 1036 amended) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of social services: legal services and credit cards (question no. 1038) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: legal services and credit cards (question no. 1039) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: legal services and credit cards (question no. 1040) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: legal services and credit cards (question no. 1042) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications: legal services and credit cards (question no. 1043) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of social services: mobile phones and tablets (question no. 1056) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: mobile phones and tablets (question no. 1057) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: mobile phones and tablets (question no. 1058) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: mobile phones and tablets (question no. 1060) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications: mobile phones and tablets (question no. 1061) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of social services: office refurbishment (question no. 1074) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: office refurbishment (question no. 1075) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: office refurbishment (question no. 1076) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: office refurbishment (question no. 1078) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications: office refurbishment (question no. 1079) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs and trade: staff redundancies (question no. 1120) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • attorney-general's department: departmental staff redundancies (question no. 1122) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of social services: departmental staff redundancies (question no. 1126) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: departmental staff redundancies (question no. 1127) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: departmental staff redundancies (question no. 1128) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: departmental staff redundancies (question no. 1130) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: departmental staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1179) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: departmental staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1180) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: departmental staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1182) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications: departmental staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1183) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • attorney-general's department: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1197) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1198) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • minister for justice: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1199) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1208) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1209) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1211) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications: ministerial staff lost and stolen equipment (question no. 1213) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: departmental staff domestic and international travel (question no. 1231) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: departmental staff domestic and international travel (question no. 1232) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: departmental staff domestic and international travel (question no. 1234) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of prime minister and cabinet: departmental staff training (question no. 1274) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs and trade: departmental staff training (question no. 1276) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • attorney-general's department: departmental staff training (question no. 1278) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of social services: departmental staff training (question no. 1282) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: departmental staff training (question no. 1283) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovation and science: departmental staff training (question no. 1284) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: minister and ministerial staff domestic and international travel costs (question no. 1286) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs and trade: ministerial staff training (question no. 1297) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • attorney-general's department: ministerial staff training (question no. 1301) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications and the arts: ministerial staff training (question no. 1302) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • minister for justice: ministerial staff training (question no. 1303) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of human services: ministerial staff training (question no. 1312) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of indusrty, innovation and science: ministerial staff training (question no. 1313) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: ministerial staff training (question no. 1315) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • attorney-general's department: departmental media events (question no. 1330) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of industry, innovatioin and science: departmental media events (question no. 1336) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of veterans' affairs: departmental media events (question no. 1338) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications: departmental media events (question no. 1339) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • attorney-general's department: ministerial media events (question no. 1353) (Conroy, Pat, MP)

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