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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   motions
    • migration
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Gichuhi, Sen Lucy
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • anning, senator fraser
      • censure
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
  •   bills
    • restoring territory rights (assisted suicide legislation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   statements by senators
    • north queensland
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • aged care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • migration
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • early learning matters week, australian capital territory: seniors, national science week, gordon community centre, evans, mr lionel and mrs leona, stapleton, mrs barbara, national zoo and aquarium
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • road safety
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • murray-darling basin
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • jameikis, mr stasys, armenian genocide
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • energy
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   parliamentary representation
    • new south wales
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • taxation (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • energy (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • energy (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • centrelink (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • income tax (Paterson, Sen James)
    • immigration detention (Griff, Sen Stirling)
    • cybersafety (Stoker, Sen Amanda)
    • breastfeeding (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • great barrier reef foundation (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • drought (Williams, Sen John)
    • great barrier reef foundation (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • great barrier reef foundation
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
    • centrelink
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • select committee on the future of work and workers
      • reporting date
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   bills
    • plebiscite (future migration level) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • second reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   motions
    • tuberculosis
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • political re-education internment camps
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   documents
    • indigenous affairs
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • australian antarctic division
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   business
    • withdrawal
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • great barrier reef foundation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • r u ok? day
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • raue, mr tom
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • Burston, Sen Brian
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
    • confucius institute
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • digital encryption
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • glyphosate
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • division
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   documents
    • murray-darling basin plan
      • order for the production of documents
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • division
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Williams, Sen John
    • select committee on red tape
      • report
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   petitions
    • halal action movement
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • government response to report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • taxation, great barrier reef foundation
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   bills
    • airports amendment bill 2018, legislation amendment (sunsetting review and other measures) bill 2018, public sector superannuation legislation amendment bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (oecd multilateral instrument) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • higher education support legislation amendment (student loan sustainability) bill 2018
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   regulations and determinations
    • product emissions standards (excise) charges regulations 2018, product emissions standards (customs) charges regulations 2018
      • disallowance
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • division
  •   bills
    • restoring territory rights (assisted suicide legislation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Martin, Sen Steve
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • division
  •   documents
    • order for the production of documents
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   adjournment
    • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • naidoc week
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • forsaken fighters australia
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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