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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • national sports tribunal bill 2019, national sports tribunal (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Ciccone, Sen Raff
        • Hughes, Sen Hollie
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • criminal code amendment (agricultural protection) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Davey, Sen Perin
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Chandler, Sen Claire
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   statements by senators
    • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • queensland: bushfires
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
    • queensland: bushfires, queensland: cape york peninsula
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • indigenous australians
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • community services
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • road safety
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • defence procurement
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • anti-semitism
      • Bragg, Sen Andrew J
    • riverina electorate: drought
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • employment
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • procedural text
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • procedural text
    • china (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • climate change (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • health (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • defence procurement (Patrick, Sen Rex)
    • defence procurement (Hughes, Sen Hollie)
    • superannuation (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • china (Kitching, Sen Kimberley)
    • gas industry (McMahon, Sen Sam)
    • asylum seekers (Green, Sen Nita)
    • trade (Fawcett, Sen David)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • climate change
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • economy
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Van, Sen David
      • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
    • climate change
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   petitions
    • seismic testing
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • reference
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   bills
    • anl legislation repeal bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • second reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • product stewardship amendment (packaging and plastics) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • second reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   motions
    • global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • domestic and family violence
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • new south wales: land clearing
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • division
    • murray-darling basin
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • division
  •   motions
    • medicinal marijuana
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • message sticks carried by alwyn doolan
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • division
    • newstart allowance
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • division
  •   committees
    • select committee on financial technology and regulatory technology
      • appointment
        • Bragg, Sen Andrew J
  •   motions
    • climate change
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • division
    • iran
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   matters of urgency
    • newstart allowance
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Smith, Sen Marielle
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Walsh, Sen Jess
  •   matters of urgency
    • newstart allowance
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • division
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
    • intelligence and security joint committee
      • report
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   petitions
    • centrelink
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • select committee on financial technology and regulatory technology
      • membership
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (ending grandfathered conflicted remuneration) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • aged care amendment (movement of provisionally allocated places) bill 2019, family assistance legislation amendment (extend family assistance to abstudy secondary school boarding students aged 16 and over) bill 2019, migration amendment (streamlining visa processing) bill 2019, national health amendment (pharmaceutical benefits) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • higher education support (charges) bill 2019, higher education support amendment (cost recovery) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (miscellaneous amendments) bill 2019, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • fair work laws amendment (proper use of worker benefits) bill 2019
      • first reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • health insurance amendment (bonded medical programs reform) bill 2019
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • royal commissions amendment (private sessions) bill 2019
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on implementation of the national redress scheme
      • appointment
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • northern australia committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • criminal code amendment (agricultural protection) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • papua new guinea
      • Green, Sen Nita
    • east timor
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • indigenous ranger forum
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • new south wales legislation: health
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • timor sea: oil spill
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel

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