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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (debit card trial) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
      • in committee
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
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        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   statements by senators
    • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • coalmining
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • taxation
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • tasmania: world heritage areas
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • western australia: kimberley region
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • urban planning
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • freedom of speech
      • Day, Sen Bob
    • national australia bank
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • migration
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • anti-poverty week
      • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   questions without notice
    • broadband (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • malaysia airlines flight mh17 (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • public transport (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • national security (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • economy (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • allied health scholarships (Wang, Sen Zhenya)
    • trade with china (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • water (Day, Sen Bob)
    • register of members' interests (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • tasmania: tourism (Bushby, Sen David)
    • research and development (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • child care (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • economy (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • broadband
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • national security
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • temporary chairmen of committees
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (first principles) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • goods and services tax
      • Wang, Sen Zhenya
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • community legal centres
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • infrastructure
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • division
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • anti-poverty week
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • water
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Day, Sen Bob
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Lines, Sen Susan
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   bills
    • customs depot licensing charges amendment bill 2015, customs amendment (fees and charges) bill 2015, import processing charges amendment bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • social security legislation amendment (further strengthening job seeker compliance) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • social services legislation amendment (cost of living concession) bill 2015, social services legislation amendment (low income supplement) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   committees
    • membership
    • economics legislation committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (debit card trial) bill 2015
      • in committee
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (better targeting the income tax transparency laws) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   adjournment
    • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • environment
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
    • carers
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • tasmania: gas prices
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • middle east, papua new guinea and solomon islands: climate change
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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