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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee, public accounts and audit committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • my health records amendment (strengthening privacy) bill 2018
      • in committee
        • CHAIR, The
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • third reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • electoral legislation amendment (electoral funding and disclosure reform) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • economics legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   bills
    • australian research council amendment (ensuring research independence) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • second reading
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   motions
    • abortion
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
  •   bills
    • aviation transport security amendment bill 2018
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • maritime legislation amendment bill 2018
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • national housing finance and investment corporation amendment bill 2018
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • shipping registration amendment bill 2018
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • treasury laws amendment (black economy taskforce measures no. 2) bill 2018, excise tariff amendment (collecting tobacco duties at manufacture) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • treasury laws amendment (financial sector regulation) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • electoral legislation amendment (electoral funding and disclosure reform) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • Wong, Sen Penny
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • australian embassy: israel (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • employment (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • energy (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • muslim community (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • minister for the environment (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • live animal exports (Georgiou, Sen Peter)
    • infrastructure (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • great australian bight: oil exploration (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • indigenous affairs (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
    • indigenous housing (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • aged care (Polley, Sen Helen)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • foodbank
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • northern territory: grants
      • order for the production of documents
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
    • muslim community
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Williams, Sen John
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Molan, Sen Jim
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • economics references committee
      • government response to report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • select committee on red tape
      • government response to report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • select committee on red tape
      • government response to report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   documents
    • australian research council
      • order for the production of documents
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Carr, Sen Kim
    • australian and children's screen content review
      • order for the production of documents
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • select committee into funding for research into cancers with low survival rates
      • order for the production of documents
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • prime minister, indigenous housing
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   bills
    • electoral legislation amendment (electoral funding and disclosure reform) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
      • in committee
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • CHAIR, The
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • australian broadcasting corporation amendment (appointment of directors) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • khashoggi, mr jamal
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • parentsnext program
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • victorian state election
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • social media
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • marriage, gender equality
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   documents
    • tabling

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