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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
  •   bills
    • interactive gambling amendment bill 2016
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • division
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • division
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • transport security amendment (serious or organised crime) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   questions without notice
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • workplace relations (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • economy (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • immunisation (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • western australian state election (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • rural and regional australia (Williams, Sen John)
    • crime (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • science (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • science (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • arts (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   bills
    • communications legislation amendment (executive remuneration) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • second reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   motions
    • violence against women and girls
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • agriculture industry
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (protecting take-home pay) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   motions
    • harmony day
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • cycling safety and infrastructure
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • down syndrome
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • transport
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • indigenous health
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • workplace relations
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • parliamentarians' entitlements
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
    • workplace relations
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • workplace relations
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Williams, Sen John
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • workplace relations
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • burma
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   matters of public importance
    • taxation
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
  •   committees
    • consideration
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • economics references committee, joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade, joint standing committee on treaties
      • government response to report
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • department of agriculture and water resources
      • consideration
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • select committee on lending to primary production customers
      • membership
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   bills
    • national health amendment (pharmaceutical benefits) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   bills
    • transport security amendment (serious or organised crime) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
  •   adjournment
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • boston marathon: ms kathrine switzer
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • legal aid, workplace relations
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • harmony day
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • ikin, ms noeline
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • definium technologies
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • national disability insurance scheme: western australia
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • health care
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • natural disaster relief and recovery arrangements
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • donations to political parties
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • forestry industry, seafood industry australia
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • bendigo health
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • cycling infrastructure, international day of forests
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • western australian state election
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • australian defence force
      • Burston, Sen Brian
    • community legal centres
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • tasmania: economy, tasmania: tarkine region
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • united states administration: family planning aid
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • freedom of religion
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • queensland: rural and regional development
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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