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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • medicinal cannabis legislation amendment (securing patient access) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • environment and infrastructure legislation amendment (stop adani) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Hume, Sen Jane
  •   petitions
    • vietnam
      • Paterson, Sen James
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • division
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   bills
    • bankruptcy amendment (enterprise incentives) bill 2017
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • camp kulin
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • national anzac centre
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • timor sea
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • myanmar
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • veterans
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
  •   committees
    • future of work and workers select committee
      • appointment
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • west papua
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee, environment and communications legislation committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (housing tax integrity) bill 2017, foreign acquisitions and takeovers fees imposition amendment (vacancy fees) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   regulations and determinations
    • citizenship (authorisation) revocation and authorisation instrument 2017, citizenship (authorisation) revocation and authorisation amendment instrument 2017
      • disallowance
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (anti-dumping measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • australian grape and wine authority amendment (wine australia) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • treasury laws amendment (2017 measures no. 6) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • customs amendment (singapore-australia free trade agreement amendment implementation) bill 2017, customs tariff amendment (singapore-australia free trade agreement amendment implementation) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
      • in committee
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Carr, Sen Kim
      • third reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • social services legislation amendment (welfare reform) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • registered organisations (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • community development grants program (Chisholm, Sen Anthony)
    • energy (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • automotive industry (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • climate change (Roberts, Sen Malcolm)
    • broadband (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • defence personnel (Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye)
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
    • prime minister's prizes for science (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • energy (Polley, Sen Helen)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • energy
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • energy
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   committees
    • appropriations, staffing and security committee
      • report
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • senate publications committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   documents
    • national energy guarantee
      • order for the production of documents
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (sexual crimes against children and community protection measures) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   regulations and determinations
    • citizenship (authorisation) revocation and authorisation instrument 2017, citizenship (authorisation) revocation and authorisation amendment instrument 2017
      • disallowance
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   motions
    • immigration
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • select committee on red tape
      • report
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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