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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting, consideration by estimates committees
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   motions
    • construction, forestry and maritime employees union
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • division
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (reconsiderations) bill 2025
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • division
      • Bragg, Sen Andrew (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • division
  •   documents
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • order for the production of documents
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Hughes, Sen Hollie
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   bills
    • workplace gender equality amendment (setting gender equality targets) bill 2024
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
  •   statements by senators
    • tobacco regulation
      • Cadell, Sen Ross
    • federal election
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • local content broadcasting
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • bui, dr cuong trong, oam, am
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
    • budget
      • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
    • federal election
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • tropical cyclone alfred
      • Davey, Sen Perin
    • cragg, mr david keith (craggy)
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • environment
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • environmental legislation
      • Pocock, Sen David
    • housing
      • Kovacic, Sen Maria
    • queensland: parliamentary representation
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • homelessness
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • defence recruitment
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
    • leader of the opposition
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   ministry
    • temporary arrangements
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice
    • construction, forestry and maritime employees union (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • health care (Smith, Sen Marielle)
    • racism (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • environmental legislation (McKim, Sen Nick)
    • cost of living (Green, Sen Nita)
    • energy (Pocock, Sen David)
    • migration (Roberts, Sen Malcolm)
    • liberty bell bay (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • tropical cyclone alfred (Sheldon, Sen Tony)
    • construction, forestry and maritime employees union (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
  •   documents
    • treasury
      • order for the production of documents
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Ayres, Sen Tim
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • construction, forestry and maritime employees union
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
      • Bragg, Sen Andrew
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • environmental legislation
      • McKim, Sen Nick
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • presentation
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   condolences
    • crowley, hon. dr rosemary anne, ao
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • leave of absence
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matt
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   matters of public importance
    • economy
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Shoebridge, Sen David
      • Stewart, Sen Jana
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Hodgins-May, Sen Steph
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   matters of urgency
    • energy
      • Walsh, Sen Jess (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
      • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • McDonald, Sen Susan
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Kovacic, Sen Maria
      • division
  •   documents
    • consideration
    • tabling
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • legislation committees
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • public accounts and audit joint committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • human rights joint committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • public works joint committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • treaties joint committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • tasmanian freight equalisation scheme select committee
      • additional information
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Chandler, Sen Claire
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • cost of living select committee
      • additional information
        • Cadell, Sen Ross
    • intelligence and security joint committee
      • report
        • Ciccone, Sen Raff
  •   petitions
    • education
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   bills
    • auscheck amendment (global entry program) bill 2025, transport security amendment (security of australia's transport sector) bill 2025
      • first reading
        • Watt, Sen Murray
      • second reading
        • Watt, Sen Murray
    • administrative review tribunal (miscellaneous measures) bill 2024, electoral legislation amendment (electoral reform) bill 2024, future made in australia (production tax credits and other measures) bill 2024, scams prevention framework bill 2025
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • navigation amendment bill 2024, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 2) 2024-2025, appropriation bill (no. 3) 2024-2025, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2024-2025, social security legislation amendment (technical changes) bill 2025, oversight legislation amendment (robodebt royal commission response and other measures) bill 2024, health legislation amendment (modernising my health record—sharing by default) bill 2024, future made in australia (production tax credits and other measures) bill 2024, defence service homes amendment (insurance) bill 2025, customs amendment (expedited seizure and disposal of engineered stone) bill 2024, early childhood education and care (three day guarantee) bill 2025, electricity infrastructure legislation amendment bill 2025, administrative review tribunal (miscellaneous measures) bill 2024, scams prevention framework bill 2025, electoral legislation amendment (electoral reform) bill 2024, veterans' entitlements, treatment and support (simplification and harmonisation) bill 2024
      • assent
    • workplace gender equality amendment (setting gender equality targets) bill 2024
      • second reading
        • McLachlan, Sen Andrew (The DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • proposed expenditure
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • portfolio budget statements
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
    • portfolio budget statements
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   adjournment
    • budget
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • budget
      • Kovacic, Sen Maria
    • covid-19: response
      • Antic, Sen Alex
    • valedictory
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie
    • budget
      • Shoebridge, Sen David
    • archer, councillor elsia, oam, albanese government
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • budget, pauline hanson's one nation
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • budget, queensland: community events and organisations, democratic republic of the congo, wang, mr jimmy
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
    • media
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter

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