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  • start of business
  • opening of the parliament
  •   parliamentary representation
    • commission to administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance
    • senators sworn
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • president
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • presentation to governor-general
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  • governor-general's speech
  •   parliamentary representation
    • commission to administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   governor-general's speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   shadow ministerial arrangements
    • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   party office holders
    • australian greens
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • national party of australia
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • pauline hanson's one nation
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • independents
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • centre alliance
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • deputy president and chair of committees
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   condolences
    • hawke, hon. robert james lee (bob), ao
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • temporary chairs of committees
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Keneally, Sen Kristina
    • presentation
  •   bills
    • aged care amendment (movement of provisionally allocated places) bill 2019, civil aviation amendment bill 2019, national disability insurance scheme amendment (worker screening database) bill 2019
    • corporations amendment (strengthening protections for employee entitlements) bill 2018, social security (administration) amendment (income management and cashless welfare) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (increasing the instant asset write-off for small business entities) bill 2019
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • criminal code amendment (sharing of abhorrent violent material) bill 2019, major sporting events (indicia and images) protection amendment bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (improving accountability and member outcomes in superannuation measures no. 1) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (mutual reforms) bill 2019
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • industrial chemicals charges (general) bill 2017, industrial chemicals charges (customs) bill 2017, industrial chemicals charges (excise) bill 2017, appropriation bill (no. 3) 2018-2019, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2018-2019, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 2) 2018-2019, supply bill (no. 1) 2019-2020, supply bill (no. 2) 2019-2020, supply (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2019-2020, aboriginal land rights (northern territory) amendment (land scheduling) bill 2018, social services legislation amendment (energy assistance payment) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (medicare levy and medicare levy surcharge) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (north queensland flood recovery) bill 2019, governor-general amendment (salary) bill 2019, foreign influence transparency scheme amendment bill 2019, export finance and insurance corporation amendment (support for infrastructure financing) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (making sure foreign investors pay their fair share of tax in australia and other measures) bill 2019, income tax (managed investment trust withholding tax) amendment bill 2018, income tax rates amendment (sovereign entities) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (mutual reforms) bill 2019, criminal code amendment (sharing of abhorrent violent material) bill 2019, major sporting events (indicia and images) protection amendment bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (improving accountability and member outcomes in superannuation measures no. 1) bill 2019, treatment benefits (special access) bill 2019, treatment benefits (special access) (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (2019 petroleum resource rent tax reforms no. 1) bill 2019, corporations amendment (strengthening protections for employee entitlements) bill 2018, social security (administration) amendment (income management and cashless welfare) bill 2019, australian business securitisation fund bill 2019, customs tariff amendment (craft beer) bill 2019, excise tariff amendment (supporting craft brewers) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (2019 measures no. 1) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (design and distribution obligations and product intervention powers) bill 2019, treasury laws amendment (increasing the instant asset write-off for small business entities) bill 2019
  •   committees
    • membership
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • freedom of speech
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • federal election
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • sudan: human rights
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • russell, ms jenny, brain cancer
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
    • parliament
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • environment
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • freedom of speech
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • pennicott, ms edna
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • juvenile detention
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • federal election
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • domestic and family violence
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • federal election
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon

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