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  • start of business
  •   parliamentary representation
    • commission to administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • marriage amendment (definition and religious freedoms) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
  •   motions
    • soccer
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • world toilet day
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   documents
    • murray-darling basin
      • order for the production of documents
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   motions
    • new south wales government: employment
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • government
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • abortion
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • division
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   motions
    • new south wales: schools
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • white ribbon australia
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • division
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • communism
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   motions
    • getup!
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (instrument making) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • treasury laws amendment (improving accountability and member outcomes in superannuation measures no. 1) bill 2017, superannuation laws amendment (strengthening trustee arrangements) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Paterson, Sen James
  •   questions without notice
    • attorney-general, qualifications of senators (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • energy (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • multiculturalism (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • climate change, mining (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • hadgkiss, mr nigel (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • mining: infrastructure (Hanson, Sen Pauline)
    • employment (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • yemen: human rights (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • women in sport: television sports broadcasts (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • central queensland: water (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • ministerial conduct (Farrell, Sen Don)
  •   statements
    • meares, mr andrew
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • coghlan, mrs mary
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   condolences
    • simpson, mr julian
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   statements
    • meares, mr andrew
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • multiculturalism
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • yemen: human rights
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • registered organisations, master facility agreements
      • order for the production of documents
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • marriage amendment (definition and religious freedoms) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   documents
    • australian electoral commission
      • consideration
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • department of immigration and border protection
      • consideration
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • jones, mr lindsay gordon bower
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • australian war memorial: indigenous artwork
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • pine gap
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   documents
    • tabling

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