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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • aged care and other legislation amendment (royal commission response no. 1) bill 2021
      • second reading
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Smith, Sen Marielle
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • division
      • third reading
        • McLachlan, Sen Andrew (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • covid-19 disaster payment (funding arrangements) bill 2021
      • second reading
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Ayres, Sen Timothy
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • rearrangement
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, economics references committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • harriott, mr tony
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   bills
    • sex discrimination and fair work (respect at work) amendment bill 2021, independent national security legislation monitor amendment bill 2021
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • international day of the seafarers
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • hemp industry
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • ministerial suitability commission of inquiry bill 2021
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   motions
    • national redress scheme
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • western australia: mining industry
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • division
    • northern australia
      • McDonald, Sen Susan
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
    • seasonal worker program
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (banning goods produced by forced labour) bill 2021
      • first reading
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • second reading
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • farm household support amendment (debt waiver) bill 2021
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • third reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • treasury laws amendment (2021 measures no. 4) bill 2021
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
      • third reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (2021 measures no. 1) bill 2021, financial regulator assessment authority bill 2021, online safety bill 2021, mutual recognition amendment bill 2021
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • transport security amendment (serious crime) bill 2020, treasury laws amendment (more flexible superannuation) bill 2020, treasury laws amendment (your future, your super) bill 2021, treasury laws amendment (self managed superannuation funds) bill 2020
      • assent
  •   committees
    • management and execution of the murray darling basin plan
      • meeting
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
  •   bills
    • covid-19 disaster payment (funding arrangements) bill 2021
      • second reading
        • Walsh, Sen Jess
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Ciccone, Sen Raff
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
  •   questions without notice
    • covid-19 (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • covid-19: economy (Bragg, Sen Andrew J)
    • covid-19: vaccination (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • great barrier reef (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • deputy prime minister (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • australian electoral commission (Roberts, Sen Malcolm)
    • business (Paterson, Sen James)
    • water (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • deputy prime minister (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • national redress scheme (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • shipping (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • queensland olympic and paralympic games (Scarr, Sen Paul)
  •   statement by the president
    • independent review into commonwealth parliamentary workplaces
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • deputy prime minister
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • covid-19, covid-19: vaccination
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Ayres, Sen Timothy
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie
      • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
    • great barrier reef
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Davey, Sen Perin
  •   committees
    • job security select committee
      • report
        • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
  •   bills
    • aged care legislation amendment (financial transparency) bill 2020
      • report from committee
        • Davey, Sen Perin
  •   committees
    • intelligence and security joint committee
      • corrigenda to report
        • Davey, Sen Perin
    • electoral matters committee
      • report
        • Davey, Sen Perin
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Davey, Sen Perin
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Davey, Sen Perin
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 45 of 2020-21
      • consideration
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   bills
    • covid-19 disaster payment (funding arrangements) bill 2021
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • treasury laws amendment (covid-19 economic response) bill 2021
      • second reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • telecommunications legislation amendment (international production orders) bill 2020
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • hazardous waste (regulation of exports and imports) amendment bill 2021
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • water legislation amendment (inspector-general of water compliance and other measures) bill 2021
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
  •   business
    • senate temporary orders
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • division
  •   motions
    • budget
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Bragg, Sen Andrew J
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • membership
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • fall of saigon: 46th anniversary
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
    • crawford, judge james richard, ac
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • beijing olympic games
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals australia
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm

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