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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (protecting take-home pay) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   bills
    • family assistance legislation amendment (jobs for families child care package) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   questions without notice
    • london: attacks (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • child care (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • energy (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • trade unions (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • housing affordability (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • taxation (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • northern australia: water (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • child care (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • innovation and science (Smith, Sen Dean)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • taxation
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • housing affordability
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • joint standing committee on migration
      • government response to report
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   ministerial statements
    • last veterans' mission to korea
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   documents
    • western australia: perth freight link
      • order for the production of documents
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • education and other legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2017, health insurance amendment (national rural health commissioner) bill 2017, social services legislation amendment (simplifying student payments) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • treasury laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2017, diverted profits tax bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • corporations amendment (crowd-sourced funding) bill 2016
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   bills
    • banking and financial services commission of inquiry bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • family assistance legislation amendment (jobs for families child care package) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • in committee
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
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