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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  • opening of the session
  •   parliamentary representation
    • western australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   governor-general's speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   governor-general's speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • address-in-reply
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   business
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • consideration of legislation
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) bill 2013 [no. 2], building and construction industry (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Madigan, Sen John
  •   questions without notice
    • financial services (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • transport industry (Williams, Sen John)
    • australian securities and investments commission (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • workplace relations (Lindgren, Sen Joanna)
    • multinational tax avoidance (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • defence procurement (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • climate change (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • defence procurement (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • donations to political parties (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • building and construction industry (Johnston, Sen David)
    • taxation (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • building and construction industry (Paterson, Sen James)
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • financial services, australian securities and investments commission
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • multinational tax avoidance
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • division
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • economics references committee, environment and communications references committee
      • reporting date
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   matters of public importance
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • Moore, Sen Claire
    • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • Polley, Sen Helen
    • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   documents
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   committees
    • membership
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • aged care legislation amendment (increasing consumer choice) bill 2016, tax laws amendment (norfolk island cgt exemption) bill 2016, business services wage assessment tool payment scheme amendment bill 2016, corporations amendment (financial advice measures) bill 2014, tax laws amendment (implementation of the common reporting standard) bill 2015, courts administration legislation amendment bill 2015, commonwealth electoral amendment bill 2016, law and justice legislation amendment (northern territory local court) bill 2016, appropriation bill (no. 3) 2015-2016, biological control amendment bill 2016, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2015-2016, dairy produce amendment (dairy service levy poll) bill 2016, trade legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2016, passenger movement charge amendment (norfolk island) bill 2016, territories legislation amendment bill 2016, migration legislation amendment (cessation of visa labels) bill 2015
      • assent
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) bill 2013 [no. 2], building and construction industry (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • second reading
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Wang, Sen Zhenya
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   bills
    • road safety remuneration repeal bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Williams, Sen John
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   adjournment
    • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • transport industry
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • innovation
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • australian greens: south australia
      • Simms, Sen Robert
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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