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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • higher education support amendment (vet fee-help reform) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   questions without notice
    • goods and services tax (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • climate change (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • goods and services tax (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • renewable energy (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • employment (Johnston, Sen David)
    • special minister of state (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • trade (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • automotive industry (Muir, Sen Ricky)
    • donations to political parties (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • teachers (Bushby, Sen David)
    • special minister of state (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • remote school attendance strategy (Lindgren, Sen Joanna)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • goods and services tax
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Williams, Sen John
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • renewable energy
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   bills
    • australian citizenship amendment (allegiance to australia) bill 2015
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • world aids day
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • australian broadcasting corporation amendment (rural and regional advocacy) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   committees
    • law enforcement committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • west papua
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • central coast: australian taxation office
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • division
    • east timor
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • division
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   petitions
    • medicinal cannabis
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Simms, Sen Robert
    • joint statutory committee on public works
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   ministerial statements
    • centenary of anzac
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • infrastructure
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • membership
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   bills
    • australian institute of aboriginal and torres strait islander studies amendment bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • export control amendment (quotas) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • higher education support amendment (vet fee-help reform) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • australian citizenship amendment (allegiance to australia) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
      • in committee
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   adjournment
    • agriculture
      • Williams, Sen John
    • northern tasmania: health care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • change the record coalition
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • change the record coalition
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • hiv-aids
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • hiv-aids
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • santamaria, mr bartholomew augustine
      • Bullock, Sen Joseph
    • business council of australia
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • victoria: gambling
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • perth freight link, myanmar
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • federal assistance grants, pensions and benefits, veterans' affairs
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • australian greens, international day of solidarity with the palestinian people
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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