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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • queensland
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • future frigate program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   regulations and determinations
    • social security (administration) (trial area) amendment determination (no. 2) 2017
      • disallowance
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (cashless debit card) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Paterson, Sen James
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   condolences
    • wirth, dr hugh, am
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • broadband
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • australia day
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
    • defence industry
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
    • mining
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
    • live animal exports
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • division
  •   documents
    • west lorengau haus
      • order for the production of documents
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
    • economics references committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • membership
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • imported food control amendment bill 2017, migration amendment (prohibiting items in immigration detention facilities) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (banking measures no. 1) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   regulations and determinations
    • illegal logging prohibition amendment (due diligence improvements) regulations 2017
      • disallowance
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   bills
    • great barrier reef marine park amendment (authority governance and other matters) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (digital radio) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • australian capital territory (planning and land management) amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • social services legislation amendment (cashless debit card) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Paterson, Sen James
  •   questions without notice
    • indigenous affairs (Dodson, Sen Patrick)
    • broadband (Gichuhi, Sen Lucy)
    • goods and services tax (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • member for cook (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • tasmania: biosecurity (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination (Georgiou, Sen Peter)
    • employment (Williams, Sen John)
    • influenza (Griff, Sen Stirling)
    • energy (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • pyeongchang winter olympic games (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • donations to political parties (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
    • australian defence force (Molan, Sen Jim)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • goods and services tax, health care
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • goods and services tax, tasmania: biosecurity
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • member for cook
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   budget
    • proposed expenditure
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • portfolio additional estimates statements
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   regulations and determinations
    • illegal logging prohibition amendment (due diligence improvements) regulations 2017
      • disallowance
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
  •   committees
    • publications joint committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • regional forest agreements legislation (repeal) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • voice for animals (independent office of animal welfare) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   documents
    • president's report on government responses to parliamentary committee reports
      • consideration
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • northern australia
      • consideration
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • government response to report
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • environment and communications references committee
      • government response to report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • national broadband network - joint standing
      • government response to report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • economics references committee
      • government response to report
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters
      • report
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • science, questacon
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • defence procurement
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   documents
    • tabling

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