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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of government budget measures select committee
      • meeting
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (protecting babies born in australia) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
    • veterans' entitlements amendment (expanded gold card access) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • division
  •   petitions
    • australia us alliance
    • australia us alliance
    • live animal exports
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • division
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • division
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (small business restructure roll-over) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
  •   questions without notice
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • defence procurement (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • defence (Back, Sen Chris)
    • indigenous affairs (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • defence, climate change (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • northern australia, taxation (McLucas, Sen Jan)
    • defence (Madigan, Sen John)
    • defence white paper (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • taxation
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • procedural text
    • foreign investment (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • defence white paper (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • media ownership (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • defence white paper (Edwards, Sen Sean)
  •   statements
    • northern australia
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question nos 2642 and 2907
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   statements
    • fair work commission
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • nos 2896, 2897, 2898 and 2899
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • indigenous affairs
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   committees
    • report
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • free speech
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Day, Sen Bob
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • community affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • national broadband network select committee
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • fall of singapore: 74th anniversary
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • education funding
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • drugs in sport
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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