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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • national security legislation amendment (espionage and foreign interference) bill 2018, foreign influence transparency scheme bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • division
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   statements by senators
    • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • northern australia
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • road safety
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • tasmania: environment
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • western australia: liberal party
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • first nations women's forum
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • migration
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • rural and regional australia
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • northern territory
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
  •   questions without notice
    • taxation (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
    • taxation (Paterson, Sen James)
    • energy (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • murray-darling basin royal commission (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • infrastructure (Martin, Sen Steve)
    • radioactive waste (Patrick, Sen Rex)
    • media industry (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • energy (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • broadband (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • south australia: mobile black spot program (Gichuhi, Sen Lucy)
    • workplace relations (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • energy (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • department of veterans' affairs
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • child care: fraud
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   documents
    • great barrier reef
      • order for the production of documents
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • broadband
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • murray-darling basin royal commission
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reporting date
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • discrimination based on work and descent
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • freedom of speech legislation amendment (security) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • freedom of speech legislation amendment (insult and offend) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • freedom of speech legislation amendment (censorship) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   motions
    • order for the production of documents
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • video game industry
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • kinship carers
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   committees
    • select committee on electric vehicles
      • appointment
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   motions
    • vietnam: human rights
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • great barrier reef marine park
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • president of the united states of america
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • energy
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • galilee basin
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   committees
    • procedure committee
      • reference
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • palestinian territories: australian aid
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Smith, Sen David
  •   motions
    • suspension of standing orders
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • banking and financial services
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Williams, Sen John
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Williams, Sen John
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
    • migration committee
      • government response to report
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • murray-darling basin
      • order for the production of documents
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • minister for jobs and innovation
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (tax integrity and other measures no. 2) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • biosecurity legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2018, corporations amendment (asia region funds passport) bill 2018, farm household support amendment bill 2018, intellectual property laws amendment (productivity commission response part 1 and other measures) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (2018 measures no. 3) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (enhancing asic's capabilities) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • underwater cultural heritage bill 2018, underwater cultural heritage (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • copyright amendment (service providers) bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • national security legislation amendment (espionage and foreign interference) bill 2018, foreign influence transparency scheme bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   adjournment
    • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • mackenroth, mr terry
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • malaysia: fraud
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • davies, the hon. dexter melvyn, thomson, mr peter william, ao, cbe
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • workplace relations
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • housing: energy efficiency
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
    • honey industry
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • gay conversion therapy
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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