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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   parliamentary representation
    • senators sworn
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • president
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • presentation to governor-general
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   parliamentary representation
    • commission to administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • qualifications of senators
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • south australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • steele-john, senator jordon
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • qualifications of senators
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Brandis, Sen George
    • qualifications of senators
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • parry, hon. stephen (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • qualifications of members and senators (Bushby, Sen David)
    • parry, hon. stephen (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • queensland: mining (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • immigration detention (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • parry, hon. stephen (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • goods and services tax (Georgiou, Sen Peter)
    • national security (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • minister for employment (Kitching, Sen Kimberley)
    • energy (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • parry, hon. stephen
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • immigration detention
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   condolences
    • stephen, the rt hon. sir ninian martin, kg, ak, gcmg, gcvo, kbe, qc
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   matters of urgency
    • energy
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   documents
    • community development program
      • consideration
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • australian renewable energy agency
      • consideration
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • great barrier reef marine park authority
      • consideration
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • removal of aboriginal and torres strait islander children
      • consideration
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • department of immigration and border protection
      • consideration
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   ministerial statements
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • government response to report
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   committees
    • select committee on lending to primary production customers
      • membership
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   bills
    • medicare levy amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, fringe benefits tax amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, income tax rates amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, superannuation (excess non-concessional contributions tax) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, superannuation (excess untaxed roll-over amounts tax) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, income tax (tfn withholding tax (ess)) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, family trust distribution tax (primary liability) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, taxation (trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax) (no. 1) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, taxation (trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax) (no. 2) amendment (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (untainting tax) (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017, nation-building funds repeal (national disability insurance scheme funding) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • fair work laws amendment (proper use of worker benefits) bill 2017, social services legislation amendment (better targeting student payments) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • treasury laws amendment (improving accountability and member outcomes in superannuation measures no. 2) bill 2017, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (omnibus) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • criminal code amendment (firearms trafficking) bill 2017
      • consideration of house of representatives message
    • customs amendment (singapore-australia free trade agreement amendment implementation) bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • australian grape and wine authority amendment (wine australia) bill 2017, fisheries legislation amendment (representation) bill 2017, regulatory powers (standardisation reform) bill 2016
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • trade and investment growth committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • competition and consumer amendment (competition policy review) bill 2017, australian border force amendment (protected information) bill 2017, competition and consumer amendment (abolition of limited merits review) bill 2017, defence legislation amendment (2017 measures no. 1) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (2017 measures no. 6) bill 2017, customs amendment (anti-dumping measures) bill 2017, customs amendment (singapore-australia free trade agreement amendment implementation) bill 2017, customs tariff amendment (singapore-australia free trade agreement amendment implementation) bill 2017, australian grape and wine authority amendment (wine australia) bill 2017, fisheries legislation amendment (representation) bill 2017, regulatory powers (standardisation reform) bill 2016
      • assent
  •   regulations and determinations
    • citizenship (authorisation) revocation and authorisation instrument 2017, citizenship (authorisation) revocation and authorisation amendment instrument 2017
      • disallowance
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
  •   parliamentary representation
    • qualifications of senators
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (housing tax integrity) bill 2017, foreign acquisitions and takeovers fees imposition amendment (vacancy fees) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   adjournment
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • life insurance industry: genetic testing
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • tasmania: tourism industry
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • federal government
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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