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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (making sure every state and territory gets their fair share of gst) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Georgiou, Sen Peter
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
  •   questions without notice
    • prime minister (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • small business (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • prime minister (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • whaling (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Gichuhi, Sen Lucy)
    • trade with indonesia (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • energy (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • migration (Anning, Sen Fraser)
    • member for dunkley (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • china (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • ministerial staff (Watt, Sen Murray)
    • drought (Williams, Sen John)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • prime minister
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Smith, Sen David
    • whaling
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • ministerial staff
      • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • australian research council
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • division
  •   documents
    • australian research council
      • order for the production of documents
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
    • australian and children's screen content review
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • division
  •   motions
    • outback queensland tourism
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
  •   documents
    • nauru
      • order for the production of documents
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • division
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • reference
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • live animal exports
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • federal anti-corruption commission
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • centenary of armistice
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • community development program
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   documents
    • northern territory: grants
      • order for the production of documents
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   motions
    • perinatal anxiety and depression awareness week
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • kiernan, mr ian bruce carrick, ao
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • select committee into the obesity epidemic in australia
      • reporting date
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • domestic violence against women
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • select committee into funding for research into cancers with low survival rates, community affairs references committee
      • order for the production of documents
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   motions
    • foodbank
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   matters of public importance
    • employment
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Molan, Sen Jim
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Williams, Sen John
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • national capital and external territories committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • member for dunkley, prime minister
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   regulations and determinations
    • migration (immi 18/019: fast track applicant class) instrument 2018
      • disallowance
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (making sure every state and territory gets their fair share of gst) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   adjournment
    • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • petition: modern slavery legislation
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • stansfield, mr brad
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • tasmania: health care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • melbourne: attacks
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • child sexual abuse
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • singapore: workplace relations
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • pensions and benefits
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • norman, mr peter, gender and sexual orientation
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • endeavour industries
      • Burston, Sen Brian
    • women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, eating disorders
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • transgender day of remembrance, victorian state election
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • central queensland
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • mental health
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • politics
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • mining industry
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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