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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
  •   questions to the president
    • members of parliament: staff
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
  •   statements by senators
    • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   bills
    • telecommunications and other legislation amendment (miscellaneous amendments) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Molan, Sen Jim
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • division
      • in committee
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • division
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee, procedure committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • melbourne university press
      • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • australian sports anti-doping authority amendment (enhancing australia's anti-doping capability) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • cook, captain james, frs
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • higher education legislation amendment (voluntary student services and amenities fee) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • international development assistance
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • disability services
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
  •   bills
    • environment legislation amendment (protecting dugongs and turtles) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • second reading
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   motions
    • climate change
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • murray-darling basin royal commission
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   committees
    • royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
      • reporting date
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   documents
    • association for the conservation of threatened parrots
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
  •   committees
    • royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
      • reporting date
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   documents
    • gene technology regulations 2001
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • queensland nickel
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • division
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • social services and other legislation amendment (supporting retirement incomes) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • parliamentary service amendment (post-election report) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • defence legislation amendment bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • major sporting events (indicia and images) protection amendment bill 2018
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • wine australia amendment (trade with united kingdom) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • McGrath, Sen James (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (protecting your superannuation package) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
  •   statements
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • closing the gap (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • live animal exports (Faruqi, Sen Mehreen)
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • national security (Burston, Sen Brian)
    • national security (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • murray-darling basin (Storer, Sen Timothy)
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • economy: rural and regional australia (Williams, Sen John)
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • child care (Gichuhi, Sen Lucy)
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education (Farrell, Sen Don)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • live animal exports
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters
      • report
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   statement by the president
    • members of parliament: staff
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Burston, Sen Brian
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • select committee on charity fundraising in the 21st century
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Molan, Sen Jim
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • additional information
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • additional information
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • law enforcement committee
      • corrigenda to report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • senators' interests committee
      • corrigenda to report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to mexico and peru
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the democratic republic of timor-leste
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • australian parliamentary delegation to new zealand and canada
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • federal circuit and family court of australia bill 2018, federal circuit and family court of australia (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • sex discrimination amendment (removing discrimination against students) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • galilee basin (coal prohibition) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • defence amendment (sovereign naval shipbuilding) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   committees
    • intelligence and security committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • government response to report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   budget
    • portfolio additional estimates statements
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • proposed expenditure
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • portfolio additional estimates statements
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • documents
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   documents
    • closing the gap
      • consideration
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Paterson, Sen James
  •   statements
    • valedictory
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   documents
    • closing the gap
      • consideration
        • Paterson, Sen James
  •   statements
    • register of senators' interests
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   bills
    • electoral legislation amendment (modernisation and other measures) bill 2018, industrial chemicals bill 2017, industrial chemicals charges (customs) bill 2017, industrial chemicals charges (excise) bill 2017, industrial chemicals charges (general) bill 2017, industrial chemicals (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2018 measures no. 5) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (improving accountability and member outcomes in superannuation measures no. 1) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (protecting your superannuation package) bill 2018
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • treasury laws amendment (protecting your superannuation package) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • treasury laws amendment (improving accountability and member outcomes in superannuation measures no. 1) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • treasury laws amendment (strengthening corporate and financial sector penalties) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • treasury laws amendment (2018 measures no. 5) bill 2018
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • aboriginal land rights (northern territory) amendment (land scheduling) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • electoral legislation amendment (modernisation and other measures) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • industrial chemicals bill 2017, industrial chemicals (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2017, industrial chemicals (notification and assessment) amendment bill 2017, industrial chemicals charges (customs) bill 2017, industrial chemicals charges (excise) bill 2017, industrial chemicals charges (general) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • membership
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (2017 enterprise incentives no. 1) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2018 measures no. 4) bill 2018
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • telecommunications legislation amendment bill 2018
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • telecommunications and other legislation amendment (assistance and access) bill 2018, aged care quality and safety commission bill 2018, aged care quality and safety commission (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2018, customs amendment (product specific rule modernisation) bill 2018, foreign influence transparency scheme legislation amendment bill 2018, modern slavery bill 2018, my health records amendment (strengthening privacy) bill 2018, office of national intelligence bill 2018, office of national intelligence (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2018, copyright amendment (online infringement) bill 2018, defence amendment (call out of the australian defence force) bill 2018, family law amendment (family violence and cross-examination of parties) bill 2018, higher education support amendment (vet fee-help student protection) bill 2018, intelligence services amendment bill 2018, migration amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2016, road vehicle standards bill 2018, road vehicle standards (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2018, road vehicle standards charges (imposition—customs) bill 2018, road vehicle standards charges (imposition—excise) bill 2018, road vehicle standards charges (imposition—general) bill 2018, social services and other legislation amendment (promoting sustainable welfare) bill 2018, fair work amendment (family and domestic violence leave) bill 2018, fair work amendment (repeal of 4 yearly reviews and other measures) bill 2017, fair work amendment (corrupting benefits) bill 2017
      • assent
    • income tax (managed investment trust withholding tax) amendment bill 2018, income tax rates amendment (sovereign entities) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • sex discrimination act 1984
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
    • sustainable development goals
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • sex discrimination amendment (removing discrimination against students) bill 2018
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • coalition government
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • sustainable development goals
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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