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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • select committee on unconventional gas mining
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • division
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • division
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • division
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2015
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • export control amendment (quotas) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • special minister of state (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • environment (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • special minister of state (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • road infrastructure (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • broadband (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • noncompliant building products (Madigan, Sen John)
    • foreign investment (Williams, Sen John)
    • shipping (Rice, Sen Janet)
    • mental health (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • housing affordability (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • special minister of state (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • northern australia (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • special minister of state
      • Brandis, Sen George
    • automotive industry
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • noncompliant building products
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • road infrastructure
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • special minister of state
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • procedural text
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • special minister of state
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • shipping
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   petitions
    • veterans' affairs
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   delegation reports
    • official visit by the president of the senate to new zealand
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • higher education support amendment (vet fee-help reform) bill 2015
      • returned from the house of representatives
      • third reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, murray darling basin plan select committee, unconventional gas mining select committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Carr, Sen Kim
      • report
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2015
      • consideration of house of representatives message
      • in committee
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • division
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • division
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • division
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • australian citizenship amendment (allegiance to australia) bill 2015
      • in committee
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • third reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
    • labor 2013-14 budget savings (measures no. 2) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   regulations and determinations
    • child care benefit (children in respect of whom no-one is eligible) determination 2015
      • disallowance
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
  •   committees
    • membership
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   adjournment
    • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   statements
    • valedictories
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Day, Sen Bob
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling

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