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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
  •   parliamentary representation
    • western australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • northern australia infrastructure facility bill 2016, northern australia infrastructure facility (consequential amendments) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Peris, Sen Nova
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
    • Wong, Sen Penny
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • education funding (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • medicare (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • defence procurement (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • asylum seekers (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • defence procurement (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • climate change (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • education funding (Lindgren, Sen Joanna)
    • donations to political parties (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • carbon pricing (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • indigenous land corporation (Peris, Sen Nova)
    • broadband (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • education funding, medicare
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • asylum seekers
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   condolences
    • rocher, mr allan charles
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • patterson, hon. dr rex alan
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • aldred, mr kenneth james, charles, mr robert (bob) edwin
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   petitions
    • national stronger regions fund
    • national stronger regions fund
    • road safety remuneration repeal bill 2016
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • marine parks
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   motions
    • donations to political parties
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   documents
    • department of agriculture and water resources
      • order for the production of documents
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • hospitals
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • division
  •   documents
    • select committee on wind turbines
      • order for the production of documents
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
    • australian sports anti-doping authority
      • order for the production of documents
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   matters of urgency
    • climate change
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • gambling
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • perth freight link
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to canada, parliamentary delegation to the united states of america
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   bills
    • australian crime commission amendment (national policing information) bill 2015, australian crime commission (national policing information charges) bill 2015, registration of deaths abroad amendment bill 2016, social services legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2015, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016, tax laws amendment (new tax system for managed investment trusts) bill 2015, income tax rates amendment (managed investment trusts) bill 2015, medicare levy amendment (attribution managed investment trusts) bill 2015, income tax (attribution managed investment trusts—offsets) bill 2015, water amendment (review implementation and other measures) bill 2015
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • corporations amendment (crowd-sourced funding) bill 2015, criminal code amendment (firearms trafficking) bill 2015, parliamentary entitlements legislation amendment bill 2014
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • supply bill (no. 1) 2016-2017, supply bill (no. 2) 2016-2017, supply (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2016-2017
      • first reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (medicare levy and medicare levy surcharge) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • northern australia infrastructure facility bill 2016, northern australia infrastructure facility (consequential amendments) bill 2016
      • second reading
      • in committee
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • division
      • third reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • water amendment (review implementation and other measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • in committee
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • division
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • division
      • third reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (community development program) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   adjournment
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • western australia: pastoral industry
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • valedictory
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • radioactive waste
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • leader of the opposition
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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