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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • division
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   bills
    • home affairs legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2018
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Molan, Sen Jim
        • Anning, Sen Fraser
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • division
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • agricultural and veterinary chemicals legislation amendment (operational efficiency) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
  •   statements by senators
    • Brockman, Sen Slade (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • cancer
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • tasmania: bushfires
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • donations to political parties
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • tasmania: small business, tasmania: community services, tasmania: bushfires
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • south australia: road safety
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • migration
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • north queensland
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • queensland
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   questions without notice
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • national security (Paterson, Sen James)
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • murray-darling basin (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • national security (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • rural and regional health services (Griff, Sen Stirling)
    • cybersafety (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • liberal democratic party (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • trade (Molan, Sen Jim)
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • pacific islands (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
    • murray-darling basin
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • presentation
      • Williams, Sen John
      • postponement
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (mutual reforms) bill 2019, wine australia amendment (trade with united kingdom) bill 2019, telecommunications and other legislation amendment (miscellaneous amendments) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • telecommunications legislation amendment (unsolicited communications) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • second reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   motions
    • royal commission into aged care quality and safety
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • boochani, mr behrouz
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   bills
    • export control amendment (banning cotton exports to ensure water security) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • second reading
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   motions
    • safer internet day
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • world cholangiocarcinoma day
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • ochre ribbon week
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • reporting date
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   motions
    • ovarian cancer awareness month
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • tasmania: australia day awards
      • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   documents
    • answers to questions
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • national redress scheme
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • answers to questions
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • murray-darling basin commission of inquiry bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   motions
    • queensland: floods
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   bills
    • water amendment (purchase limit repeal) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • human services amendment (photographic identification and fraud prevention) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • second reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
  •   motions
    • water
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
    • illicit drugs
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
    • gambling
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
    • australian defence force: lgbtq personnel
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • murray-darling basin
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
  •   motions
    • environment
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
    • law enforcement
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • senate standing orders
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
    • pepper spray
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • division
    • murray-darling basin
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
    • captain cook's voyage to australia: 250th anniversary
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
    • minister for small and family business, skills and vocational education
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • division
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   adjournment
    • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • aged care, tasmania: bushfires
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • disability services
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • asylum seekers
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • coalition government
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • venezuela
      • Paterson, Sen James
    • migration
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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