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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   ministerial statements
    • closing the gap
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   ministerial statements
    • closing the gap
      • Katter, Bob, MP
      • Laundy, Craig, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Laundy, Craig, MP
  •   bills
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
  •   statements by members
    • western sydney airport
      • Templeman, Susan, MP
    • riverland and mallee vocational awards
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
    • volunteer firefighters
      • Keogh, Matt, MP
    • pilbara
      • Price, Melissa, MP
    • wills electorate: australia day awards
      • Khalil, Peter, MP
    • port lincoln tunarama festival
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
    • macarthur electorate: climate change
      • Freelander, Mike, MP
    • shellharbour city council
      • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • beyondblue, love your sister
      • Gosling, Luke, MP
    • bonner electorate: volunteers
      • Vasta, Ross, MP
    • indi electorate: writers, readers and poets' weekend
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • agriculture industry
      • Buchholz, Scott, MP
    • turnbull government
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
    • fisher electorate
      • Wallace, Andrew, MP
    • lalor electorate: chinese new year, international mother language day
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • robertson electorate
      • Wicks, Lucy, MP
    • canberra electorate: broadband
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • spirit of anzac centenary experience
      • Wilson, Rick, MP
    • bendigo electorate: workplace relations
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • bennelong electorate: lunar new year
      • Alexander, John, MP
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • national disability insurance scheme (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • energy (Wicks, Lucy, MP)
    • energy (Butler, Mark, MP)
    • economy (Pasin, Tony, MP)
    • energy (Swanson, Meryl, MP)
    • australia post (Katter, Bob, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • dairy industry (O'Dowd, Ken, MP)
    • energy (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • employment (Christensen, George, MP)
    • western australian state election (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • workplace relations (Andrews, Kevin, MP)
    • pensions and benefits (Macklin, Jenny, MP)
    • climate change (Wood, Jason, MP)
    • paid parental leave (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • energy (Vasta, Ross, MP)
    • pensions and benefits (Bowen, Chris, MP)
    • energy (Banks, Julia, MP)
    • education (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • veterans: mental health (Landry, Michelle, MP)
    • defence land acquisition (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
  •   personal explanations
    • Butler, Mark, MP
    • Shorten, Bill, MP
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 38 of 2016-17
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 38 of 2016-17
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   matters of public importance
    • energy
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Butler, Mark, MP
      • Frydenberg, Josh, MP
      • Conroy, Pat, MP
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • Swanson, Meryl, MP
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • Wilson, Josh, MP
      • Flint, Nicolle, MP
      • Aly, Anne, MP
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
  •   bills
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
        • Leeser, Julian, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Hammond, Tim, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • division
        • division
      • third reading
        • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
        • division
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
        • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
        • division
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • division
    • parliamentary entitlements legislation amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Bowen, Chris, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Coulton, Mark (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • pensions and benefits
      • Husar, Emma, MP
    • berowra electorate: infrastructure
      • Leeser, Julian, MP
    • south australia: energy
      • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
    • capricornia electorate: telecommunications
      • Landry, Michelle, MP
    • pensions and benefits
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • bowman electorate: road infrastructure
      • Laming, Andrew, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • calwell electorate: monmia primary school
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • mcpherson electorate: apprenticeships
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
      • bass electorate: mental health
        • Hart, Ross, MP
      • bonner electorate: infrastructure
        • Vasta, Ross, MP
      • thai pongal
        • Owens, Julie, MP
      • hume electorate: science, technology, engineering and mathematics, digital transformation
        • Taylor, Angus, MP
      • newcastle electorate: science, technology, engineering and mathematics
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • deakin electorate: pink stumps day
        • Sukkar, Michael, MP
      • australia day
        • Keogh, Matt, MP
      • flynn electorate: small business
        • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
      • fowler electorate: assyrian resource centre
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • henty machinery field days
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
      • scullin electorate: citizenship
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • o'connor electorate: flooding
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
      • western australian state election
        • Hammond, Tim, MP
      • goldstein electorate: community events
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
      • volunteers
        • Aly, Anne, MP
      • petrie electorate: bounty boulevard state school
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
      • building better regions fund
        • Templeman, Susan, MP
      • prostate cancer
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
    • ministerial statements
      • closing the gap
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
        • King, Catherine, MP
        • Price, Melissa, MP
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • grievance debate
      • centrelink
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
      • bangka day 75th memorial service 2017
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
        • Collins, Julie, MP

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