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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • western australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Williams, Sen John
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • treasury laws amendment (2017 measures no. 1) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • in committee
      • third reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • farm household support amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • national health amendment (pharmaceutical benefits) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • education and other legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2017
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • social services legislation amendment (simplifying student payments) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • treasury laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2017, diverted profits tax bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   questions without notice
    • workplace relations (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • economy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • pauline hanson's one nation (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • global security (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • mining (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • workplace relations (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • veterans (Burston, Sen Brian)
    • energy (Williams, Sen John)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • child care (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • iraq (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • turnbull government (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • international development assistance (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • workplace relations
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • global security, iraq
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   condolences
    • robinson, hon. ian louis
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   statements
    • banking and financial services commission of inquiry bill 2017
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   motions
    • nuclear weapons
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • live animal exports
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • world tuberculosis day 2017
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   documents
    • bell group liquidation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • energy
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • multiculturalism
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • workplace relations
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • defence procurement
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • division
    • machado-joseph disease foundation
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • community legal centres
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • rule of law
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • world tuberculosis day 2017
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   matters of public importance
    • mining, great barrier reef
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   delegation reports
    • 25th annual meeting of the asia pacific parliamentary forum
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   documents
    • park-fing, mr josh
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   bills
    • therapeutic goods amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016, treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • family assistance legislation amendment (jobs for families child care package) bill 2016
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2017, diverted profits tax bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • customs and other legislation amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • customs tariff amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • transport security amendment (serious or organised crime) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • in committee
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • division
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • division
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • division
      • third reading
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • veterans' affairs legislation amendment (digital readiness and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • in committee
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • third reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • health insurance amendment (national rural health commissioner) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   adjournment
    • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • northern territory: goods and services tax
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • western australian state election, roe highway extension
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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