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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • petitions committee
      • report
        • Vasta, Ross, MP
  •   petitions
    • Vasta, Ross, MP
    • asylum seekers
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme: keytruda
    • falun gong
    • tamborine mountain's escarpment protection precinct development
    • health insurance premiums
    • andrology australia funding
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Vasta, Ross, MP
    • fern bay and fullerton cove: mobile phone reception
    • kevington: mobile phone reception
    • thowgla valley and nariel valley: mobile phone reception
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Vasta, Ross, MP
  •   bills
    • criminal code amendment (private sexual material) bill 2016
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Watts, Tim, MP
    • australian postal corporation (unsolicited political communications) bill 2016
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Katter, Bob, MP
  •   motions
    • death penalty
      • Zimmerman, Trent, MP
      • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
      • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
      • Feeney, David, MP
    • national week of deaf people
      • Owens, Julie, MP
      • Evans, Trevor, MP
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • Gillespie, David, MP
      • Georganas, Steve, MP
      • Laundy, Craig, MP
    • breast cancer awareness month
      • Broadbent, Russell, MP
      • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
      • Alexander, John, MP
      • Lamb, Susan, MP
      • Laundy, Craig, MP
      • Khalil, Peter, MP
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Georganas, Steve (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • Laundy, Craig, MP
  •   bills
    • income tax rates amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016, treasury laws amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016, superannuation (departing australia superannuation payments tax) amendment bill 2016, passenger movement charge amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Bowen, Chris, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
        • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
        • Broad, Andrew, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Price, Melissa, MP
        • Goodenough, Ian (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   statements by members
    • kamban tamil literary festival
      • Owens, Julie, MP
    • manly warringah women's resource centre
      • Falinski, Jason, MP
    • albury wodonga aboriginal health service
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • netball
      • Flint, Nicolle, MP
    • cub scouts centenary
      • Elliot, Justine, MP
    • charles sturt university: new colombo plan
      • Gee, Andrew, MP
    • nepean hospital
      • Husar, Emma, MP
    • padbury catholic primary school
      • Goodenough, Ian, MP
    • catherine mcauley centre
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • citizenship
      • Hastie, Andrew, MP
    • australian red cross
      • Keogh, Matt, MP
    • grey electorate: national stronger regions fund
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
    • canberra electorate: tuggeranong netball association
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • capricornia electorate: australian broadcasting corporation
      • Landry, Michelle, MP
    • scullin electorate: roads
      • Giles, Andrew, MP
    • petrie electorate: school chaplains
      • Howarth, Luke, MP
    • new south wales: hospitals
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
    • swan electorate: retirement village
      • Irons, Steve, MP
    • mcewen electorate: tennis club funding
      • Mitchell, Rob, MP
    • moorebank logistics park
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
    • northern territory: veterans
      • Gosling, Luke, MP
  •   condolences
    • his majesty king bhumibol adulyadej of thailand
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   condolences
    • his majesty king bhumibol adulyadej of thailand
  •   questions without notice
    • medicare (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • workplace relations (Banks, Julia, MP)
    • medicare (Mitchell, Brian, MP)
    • building and construction industry (Evans, Trevor, MP)
    • welfare reform (Burney, Linda, MP)
    • executive remuneration (Katter, Bob, MP)
    • infrastructure: water (Landry, Michelle, MP)
    • disability support pension (Hill, Julian, MP)
    • building and construction industry (Broadbent, Russell, MP)
    • donations to political parties (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
    • building and construction industry (Howarth, Luke, MP)
    • donations to political parties (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
    • joint police taskforce into industrial criminality and corruption (Leeser, Julian, MP)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • financial services (Pasin, Tony, MP)
    • national security (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • medicines (Wilson, Tim, MP)
    • national security (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
    • western sydney airport (Coleman, David, MP)
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 21 of 2016-2017
      • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • disability support pension
      • Porter, Christian, MP
  •   questions to the speaker
    • parliament house: live captioning (Owens, Julie, MP)
  •   bills
    • income tax rates amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016, treasury laws amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016, superannuation (departing australia superannuation payments tax) amendment bill 2016, passenger movement charge amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • Kelly, Mike, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Katter, Bob, MP
        • Drum, Damian, MP
        • O'Connor, Brendan, MP
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
        • Hastie, Andrew, MP
        • Dick, Milton, MP
        • Wilson, Rick, MP
        • Mitchell, Brian, MP
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • division
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • division
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • consideration in detail
        • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • division
        • Smith, Tony, MP
      • third reading
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • Burke, Tony, MP
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • division
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
  •   motions
    • working holiday maker program
      • Burke, Tony, MP
      • Morrison, Scott, MP
      • division
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Morrison, Scott, MP
      • division
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Morrison, Scott, MP
      • division
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • division
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • division
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • Burke, Tony, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (working holiday maker reform) bill 2016
      • third reading
        • Burke, Tony, MP
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • division
        • Smith, Tony, MP
    • superannuation (departing australia superannuation payments tax) amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
    • passenger movement charge amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • defence personnel
        • O'Toole, Cathy, MP
      • draper, mr laurence, ao, qpm
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
      • perth electorate: infrastructure
        • Hammond, Tim, MP
      • national carers week
        • Hastie, Andrew, MP
      • bass electorate: junction arts festival
        • Hart, Ross, MP
      • relations with singapore
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
      • lindsay electorate: nepean hospital
        • Husar, Emma, MP
      • forde electorate: young people
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • disability support pension
        • Hill, Julian, MP
      • great ocean road
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
    • private members' business
      • light it red for dyslexia
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
      • cybersecurity
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
        • procedural text
        • Wilson, Tim, MP
        • Aly, Anne, MP
        • Coulton, Mark (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • cox, mrs jo
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
        • Coulton, Mark (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Littleproud, David, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
        • Coulton, Mark (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • welfare reform
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
        • Freelander, Mike, MP
        • Coleman, David, MP
        • Mitchell, Brian, MP
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
        • Keay, Justine, MP
        • Irons, Steve (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • housing affordability
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
        • Wilson, Josh, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Wilson, Josh, MP
        • Wallace, Andrew, MP
        • Hill, Julian, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
    • statements by members
      • indi electorate: country fire authority
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • rio de janeiro olympic and paralympic games
        • Evans, Trevor, MP
      • stokman, ms chris
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • mackellar electorate
        • Falinski, Jason, MP
      • greenway electorate: fiji day
        • Rowland, Michelle, MP
      • boothby electorate: seacliff hockey club
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
      • bobby the brave's gala ball
        • Husar, Emma, MP
      • mountain cruizers 2016 car show
        • Gee, Andrew, MP
      • national carers week
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • moore electorate: road infrastructure
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
      • kelly, mr ross
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • bibi, mrs asia, pakistan: human rights
        • Hastie, Andrew, MP
      • australian women's masters hockey championships
        • King, Madeleine, MP
      • corangamite electorate: national stronger regions fund projects, corio electorate: building better regions fund projects
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
      • act election
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • berowra electorate: middle dural public school
        • Leeser, Julian, MP
      • newcastle electorate: national carers week
        • Claydon, Sharon, MP
      • petrie electorate: small business
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
      • wills electorate: neighbourhood houses
        • Khalil, Peter, MP
      • bennelong electorate: chinese language school anniversary
        • Alexander, John, MP
      • moreton electorate: art exhibition
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • racial discrimination act 1975
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • highwater theatre company
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • foreign fighters
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • australian transplant games
        • Husar, Emma, MP
      • capricornia electorate: bridges renewal program
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
      • canberra electorate: centenary of anzac
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • clarence valley sports awards
        • Hogan, Kevin, MP
      • world teachers' day
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • fuel prices
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
    • bills
      • appropriation bill (no. 1) 2016-2017
        • consideration in detail
          • Broadbent, Russell (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
          • Hunt, Greg, MP
      • education and training portfolio
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • Freelander, Mike, MP
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
        • Sharkie, Rebekha, MP
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Leeser, Julian, MP
        • Ellis, Kate, MP
        • Flint, Nicolle, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • Butler, Terri, MP
        • Leeser, Julian, MP
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Henderson, Sarah, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Laming, Andrew, MP

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