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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
  •   bills
    • supply bill (no. 1) 2016-2017, supply bill (no. 2) 2016-2017, supply (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2016-2017
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (medicare levy and medicare levy surcharge) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • tax laws amendment (tax incentives for innovation) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • indigenous land corporation (Peris, Sen Nova)
    • economy (Paterson, Sen James)
    • education funding (Dodson, Sen Patrick)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • defence procurement (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • defence procurement (McEwen, Sen Anne)
    • education funding (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • defence procurement (Day, Sen Bob)
    • cabinet secretary (Wong, Sen Penny)
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • procedural text
    • carbon pricing (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • mental health (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • transport industry (Williams, Sen John)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • education funding
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • presentation
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • indigenous advancement
      • order for the production of documents
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   motions
    • mannan, mr xulhaz
      • Simms, Sen Robert
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • dental care
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   documents
    • hospital funding in regional victoria
      • order for the production of documents
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • safety measures for remote area nurses
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • vietnam war
      • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
  •   documents
    • medicare
      • order for the production of documents
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   motions
    • radioactive waste
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
    • budget
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • west papua
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   statement by the president
    • cabinet secretary
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   matters of public importance
    • schools funding
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • regulations and ordinances committee, delegated legislation monitor
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • scrutiny of government budget measures select committee
      • report
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • report
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • select committee on the establishment of a national integrity commission
      • report
        • Wang, Sen Zhenya
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • report
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • joint select committee on trade and investment growth
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • select committee on health
      • report
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • intelligence and security committee
      • government response to report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • consideration
  •   ministerial statements
    • anzac day commemorations
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • department of agriculture and water resources
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • financial system legislation amendment (resilience and collateral protection) bill 2016, national disability insurance scheme amendment bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • northern australia infrastructure facility bill 2016
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   regulations and determinations
    • social security (administration) (trial area—east kimberley) determination
      • disallowance
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • proposed expenditure
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • portfolio budget statements
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   adjournment
    • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • animals in war
      • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
    • tourism
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • welfare reform
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • budget
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • aboriginal deaths in custody
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • budget
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • rose, reverend peter
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • broadband
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • health care
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • budget, federal election
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • workplace relations
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • south australia, election of senators
      • Day, Sen Bob
    • workplace relations, valedictory: senator ludwig
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • working women's centres
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • foreign policy
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • family law
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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