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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • photography in the senate
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Simms, Sen Robert
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   bills
    • social security amendment (diabetes support) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • marriage equality amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Day, Sen Bob
  •   petitions
    • royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
    • ms ping (brenda) hu
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   petitions
    • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   personal explanations
    • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • education and employment legislation committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • battle of pozieres
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • yellow crazy ants
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • climate change
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • carbon pollution reduction scheme
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • daniel morcombe foundation
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Wang, Sen Zhenya
  •   questions without notice
    • shenhua watermark coalmine (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • turnbull government (Paterson, Sen James)
    • competition policy (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • climate change (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • member for fadden (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • defence procurement (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • economy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • financial services (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • housing affordability (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • workplace relations (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • vocational education and training (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • defence procurement (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • shenhua watermark coalmine
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • housing affordability
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • financial services
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to the united kingdom and germany
      • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   committees
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • national disability insurance scheme, joint select committee on trade and investment growth
      • government response to report
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • report
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • publications committee
      • report
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • joint standing committee on national capital and external territories
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • Peris, Sen Nova
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Wang, Sen Zhenya
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • division
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
      • reference to committee
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
      • in committee
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • procedural text
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Wang, Sen Zhenya
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • division
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • procedural text
        • division
      • adoption of report
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2015-2016, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2015-2016
      • second reading
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • dairy produce amendment (dairy service levy poll) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • trade legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2016
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • law and justice legislation amendment (northern territory local court) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Brandis, Sen George
    • biological control amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • territories legislation amendment bill 2016, passenger movement charge amendment (norfolk island) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • migration legislation amendment (cessation of visa labels) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • membership
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • primary industries levies and charges collection amendment bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • social services legislation amendment (enhanced welfare payment integrity) bill 2016, social services legislation amendment (interest charge) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   ministerial statements
    • malaysia airlines flight mh370
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • australian crime commission amendment (national policing information) bill 2015
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   documents
    • infrastructure investment program, defence procurement, education funding
      • order for the production of documents
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   adjournment
    • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • Wong, Sen Penny
    • Brandis, Sen George
    • Wong, Sen Penny
    • division
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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