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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • excise tariff amendment (tobacco) bill 2016, customs tariff amendment (tobacco) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   statements by senators
    • foreign investment
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • dementia
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • oil exploration
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • middle east
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • indigenous affairs
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • aged care funding instrument
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • curtain, sir michael, kbe, jones, mr ewen
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • government procurement
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   shadow ministerial arrangements
    • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice
    • turnbull government (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • higher education (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • superannuation (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • marriage (Rice, Sen Janet)
    • telecommunications (Bushby, Sen David)
    • child sexual abuse (Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye)
    • regional australia (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • superannuation (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • turnbull government (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • indigenous affairs (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • economy (Cameron, Sen Doug)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • marriage
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • reference
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   motions
    • working holiday maker program
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   motions
    • national stroke week
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   motions
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • automotive industry
      • order for the production of documents
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
  •   motions
    • child sexual abuse
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   matters of public importance
    • liquor licensing
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • education and employment references committee
      • government response to report
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   documents
    • census
      • order for the production of documents
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • government response to report
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   bills
    • budget savings (omnibus) bill 2016
      • report of legislation committee
        • Hume, Sen Jane
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   bills
    • budget savings (omnibus) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   regulations and determinations
    • social security (administration) (trial area—east kimberley) determination 2016
      • disallowance
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
  •   bills
    • excise tariff amendment (tobacco) bill 2016, customs tariff amendment (tobacco) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on the national broadband network
      • appointment
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • budget savings (omnibus) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   adjournment
    • veterans
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • goodyear & dunlop tyres
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • australian national audit office, department of immigration and border protection
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • australian public service
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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