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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • meeting
  •   statement by the president
    • parliamentary language
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2016-2017, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2016-2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   budget
    • advance to the finance minister
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   bills
    • human rights legislation amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   statements by senators
    • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • mining
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • schools
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • uranium
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • feral animals
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • tasmania: rural and regional services
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • indigenous affairs
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
    • defence
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • queensland: regional economy
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   questions without notice
    • cyclone debbie (Chisholm, Sen Anthony)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • south australia: energy (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • national broadband network (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • national congress of australia's first peoples (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • energy (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • domestic and family violence (Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye)
    • welfare reform (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • migration (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • workplace relations (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • mining (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • legal aid (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • arts (Hume, Sen Jane)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • national congress of australia's first peoples
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • disability services
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • national broadband network
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • national congress of australia's first peoples
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (pay protection) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   motions
    • breweries
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • northern australia infrastructure facility
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • global polio eradication initiative
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • reporting date
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • south australian rowing association
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • world autism awareness day
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • royal australian navy
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • legal aid
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • ministerial conduct
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   documents
    • saudi arabia: human rights
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
  •   motions
    • asylum seekers
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • disability services
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • division
    • new south wales: returned and services league of australia
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • division
    • gambling
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • turnbull government
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   committees
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • standing committee on regulations and ordinances
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   bills
    • interactive gambling amendment (sports betting reform) bill 2015
      • report of legislation committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • select committee on red tape
      • report
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   documents
    • export finance and insurance corporation and chilled meat trade, perth freight link, draft national recovery plan for leadbeater's possum
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • biosecurity amendment (ballast water and other measures) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • copyright amendment (disability access and other measures) bill 2017, crimes amendment (penalty unit) bill 2017, disability services amendment (linking upper age limits for disability employment services to pension age) bill 2017, personal property securities amendment (pps leases) bill 2017, protection of the sea (prevention of pollution from ships) amendment (polar code) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • competition and consumer amendment (misuse of market power) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • veterans' affairs legislation amendment (digital readiness and other measures) bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • national health amendment (pharmaceutical benefits) bill 2016, corporations amendment (crowd-sourced funding) bill 2016, transport security legislation amendment bill 2016
      • assent
  •   regulations and determinations
    • social security (administration) (trial area) amendment determination 2017
      • disallowance
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
  •   adjournment
    • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • cyclone debbie
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • parliamentary friends of road safety
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • immigration detention
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   documents
    • tabling

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