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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   bills
    • medicare guarantee bill 2017, medicare guarantee (consequential amendments) bill 2017
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • superannuation amendment (pssap membership) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • treasury laws amendment (gst integrity) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • foreign acquisitions and takeovers fees imposition amendment (fee streamlining and other measures) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • national vocational education and training regulator (charges) amendment (annual registration charge) bill 2017, national vocational education and training regulator amendment (annual registration charge) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • passports legislation amendment (overseas travel by child sex offenders) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   questions without notice
    • schools (Farrell, Sen Don)
  • distinguished visitors
  •   questions without notice
    • citizenship (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • schools (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • whaling (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • schools (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • schools (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • energy (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • schools (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • schools (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
    • international development assistance (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • schools (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • european southern observatory (Fawcett, Sen David)
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • social security
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question no. 407
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • schools
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • whaling
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, education and employment legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • australian nuclear science and technology organisation amendment bill 2017
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • refugees
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • his royal highness the duke of edinburgh
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • donations to political parties
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • australian education amendment bill 2017
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • domestic violence
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • asylum seekers
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • united nations convention relating to the status of refugees
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • yemen
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   matters of public importance
    • budget
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • temporary chairs of committees
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • passports legislation amendment (overseas travel by child sex offenders) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (queensland commission income management regime) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on trade and investment growth
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   adjournment
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • turnbull government
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • medicare levy
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • indigenous affairs
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • eather, ms alice , queensland casino developments
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • women's health
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • citizenship
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • eather, ms alice
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • foreign policy
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • venezuela: human rights
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • parliamentary privilege, global security, velji, mr harish
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • tennant creek
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • yemen
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • national tafe day
      • Pratt, Sen Louise

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