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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee, joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
  •   bills
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2015 measures no. 6) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • competition and consumer amendment (payment surcharges) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • in committee
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • division
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • communications legislation amendment (deregulation and other measures) bill 2015, telecommunications (numbering charges) amendment bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • in committee
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • insolvency law reform bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • courts administration legislation amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • crimes legislation amendment (proceeds of crime and other measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • tropical cyclone winston (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • taxation (Brown, Sen Carol)
    • regional australia (Williams, Sen John)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • national security (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • higher education (Simms, Sen Robert)
    • workplace relations (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • shipping (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • broadband (Back, Sen Chris)
    • economy (Cameron, Sen Doug)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • taxation
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • higher education
      • Simms, Sen Robert
  •   condolences
    • halverson, hon. robert george (bob), obe
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • jones, mr andrew thomas
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • withdrawal
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   motions
    • mining
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • radioactive waste
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
    • coal seam gas
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • australia day honours
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on migration
      • meeting
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   motions
    • aboriginal children in out-of-home care
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • tasmanian wilderness world heritage area
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • foreign investment: van diemen's land company
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • turnbull government
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   petitions
    • stolen generation
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (proceeds of crime and other measures) bill 2015
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • family law amendment (financial agreements and other measures) bill 2015
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • defence white paper
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   ministerial statements
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • closing the gap
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   bills
    • australian crime commission amendment (national policing information) bill 2015, australian crime commission (national policing information charges) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • tax laws amendment (new tax system for managed investment trusts) bill 2015, income tax rates amendment (managed investment trusts) bill 2015, medicare levy amendment (attribution managed investment trusts) bill 2015, income tax (attribution managed investment trusts—offsets) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • social services legislation amendment (family payments structural reform and participation measures) bill (no. 2) 2015
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • social services legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2015, water amendment (review implementation and other measures) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • corporations amendment (crowd-sourced funding) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • criminal code amendment (firearms trafficking) bill 2015, social services legislation amendment (budget repair) bill 2015, social services legislation amendment (family measures) bill 2015, tax laws amendment (implementation of the common reporting standard) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   committees
    • membership
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment bill 2016
      • reference to committee
  •   committees
    • electoral matters committee
      • membership
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   bills
    • assent
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (proceeds of crime and other measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • in committee
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   adjournment
    • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • safe schools coalition australia
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • aged care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • safe schools coalition australia
      • Simms, Sen Robert
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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