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  • start of business
  •   condolences
    • his royal highness the prince philip, duke of edinburgh
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice
    • covid-19: international travel (Ciccone, Sen Raff)
    • covid-19: economy (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • danher, mr liam (Kitching, Sen Kimberley)
    • covid-19: intellectual property rights (Faruqi, Sen Mehreen)
    • housing affordability (Henderson, Sen Sarah)
    • fair work commission (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • rural and regional health services (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • defence (Patrick, Sen Rex)
    • members of parliament: staff (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Askew, Sen Wendy)
    • climate change (Waters, Sen Larissa)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • danher, mr liam
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
      • McMahon, Sen Sam
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Van, Sen David
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • climate change
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   petitions
    • immigration detention
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   motions
    • banking and financial services
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • women's economic security
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   documents
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   motions
    • taxation
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • division
    • banking and financial services
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • division
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • division
  •   matters of urgency
    • covid-19: quarantine
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Davey, Sen Perin
      • Ayres, Sen Timothy
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • division
  •   documents
    • electric vehicles
      • consideration
        • Rice, Sen Janet
    • royal commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability
      • consideration
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • northern territory: juvenile detention
      • consideration
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • joint standing committee on migration
      • report
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • joint committee of public accounts and audit
      • documents
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • joint standing committee on migration
      • report
        • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
        • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • government response to report
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   committees
    • consideration
    • job security select committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   bills
    • mutual recognition amendment bill 2021, treasury laws amendment (2020 measures no. 4) bill 2021
      • first reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • second reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • northern australia infrastructure facility amendment (extension and other measures) bill 2021
      • first reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • second reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • archives and other legislation amendment bill 2021
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • higher education support amendment (freedom of speech) bill 2020, social services legislation amendment (strengthening income support) bill 2021, treasury laws amendment (reuniting more superannuation) bill 2020, fair work amendment (supporting australia's jobs and economic recovery) bill 2021, family assistance legislation amendment (early childhood education and care coronavirus response and other measures) bill 2021, industrial chemicals environmental management (register) bill 2020, industrial chemicals environmental management (register) charge (customs) bill 2020, industrial chemicals environmental management (register) charge (excise) bill 2020, industrial chemicals environmental management (register) charge (general) bill 2020, industrial chemicals legislation amendment bill 2020, regulatory powers (standardisation reform) bill 2020, biosecurity amendment (clarifying conditionally non-prohibited goods) bill 2021
      • assent
    • biosecurity amendment (clarifying conditionally non-prohibited goods) bill 2021
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • fair work amendment (supporting australia's jobs and economic recovery) bill 2021
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   motions
    • veterans: suicide
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2020-2021, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2020-2021
      • first reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • second reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • proposed expenditure
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • portfolio budget statements
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • tasmanian state election
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • catherine house
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • welfare reform
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • south australia: voluntary assisted dying bill 2020
      • Antic, Sen Alexander
    • middle east
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • queensland: water infrastructure
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • budget
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • coal seam gas industry
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • budget, member for dawson
      • Ayres, Sen Timothy
    • regional development australia illawarra
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • tasmanian state election, city park radio
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • human rights
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • women: workplace safety, brain cancer
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • cybersecurity
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • budget, costa, mr frank aloysius, ao
      • Henderson, Sen Sarah
    • australian football league women's, israeli declaration of independence: 73rd anniversary, victoria: economy, keely, mr john
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • his royal highness the prince philip, duke of edinburgh, mercy community
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda

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