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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • export finance and insurance corporation amendment (support for commonwealth entities) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • division
      • in committee
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • division
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
      • third reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • division
    • safety, rehabilitation and compensation legislation amendment (defence force) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
  •   statements by senators
    • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • spinal muscular atrophy
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • west, mr alan lindsay
      • Carr, Sen Kim
    • pensions and benefits
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • western australia: space research
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • multiculturalism
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
    • national security, parliament house: dress standards
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • northern australia
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • natural disaster relief and recovery arrangements
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   questions without notice
    • deputy leader of the nationals (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • energy (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • energy (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • energy (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • drug and alcohol abuse (Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye)
    • registered organisations (Paterson, Sen James)
    • energy (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • o'sullivan, senator barry (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • registered organisations (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • community development grants program (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • office of the esafety commissioner (Hume, Sen Jane)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • newlands civil construction: senator o'sullivan
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • energy
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • energy
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • father's day
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • indigenous literacy day
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • aged care amendment (ratio of skilled staff to care recipients) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • second reading
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   motions
    • monument to captain james cook
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • sugar industry
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • coal-fired power
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   committees
    • procedure committee
      • reference
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • reference
      • reference
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • natural disasters
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • cashless debit card
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   matters of public importance
    • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • Paterson, Sen James
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   committees
    • report
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   documents
    • future frigate program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • membership
        • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • competition and consumer amendment (competition policy review) bill 2017, international monetary agreements amendment (new arrangements to borrow) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • fair work amendment (protecting vulnerable workers) bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • telecommunications legislation amendment (competition and consumer) bill 2017, telecommunications (regional broadband scheme) charge bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • social services legislation amendment (welfare reform) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • fair work amendment (pay protection) bill 2017
      • report of legislation committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • safety, rehabilitation and compensation legislation amendment (defence force) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • in committee
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   adjournment
    • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • anthoney, miss dainere monique, r u ok? day
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • hiv-aids
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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