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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   statement by the president
    • parliamentary behaviour
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • education and employment legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee, multi-jurisdictional management and execution of the murray-darling basin plan committee
      • meeting
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme amendment (streamlined governance) bill 2019
      • in committee
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • division
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme amendment (streamlined governance) bill 2019
      • in committee
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   petitions
    • religious freedom
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • withdrawal
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • leave of absence
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • national apology to the forgotten australians and former child migrants
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • division
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   documents
    • protection visas
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   motions
    • agriculture industry: workforce
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • national relay service
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • division
    • western australian education awards
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • education
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • division
    • ronald mcdonald house charities
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   documents
    • franchising taskforce
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • water
      • order for the production of documents
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   motions
    • intersex day of solidarity
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • division
    • australian bushfires
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   documents
    • drought response, resilience and preparedness plan
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
  •   motions
    • murray-darling basin
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • national health amendment (safety net thresholds) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • third reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • education legislation amendment (2019 measures no. 1) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • third reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • defence service homes amendment bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • third reading
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • treasury laws amendment (international tax agreements) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • third reading
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • medical and midwife indemnity legislation amendment bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Rennick, Sen Gerard
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • national disability insurance scheme amendment (streamlined governance) bill 2019
      • in committee
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • protection of the sea (prevention of pollution from ships) amendment (air pollution) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • Wong, Sen Penny
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • Wong, Sen Penny
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • procedural text
    • economy (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • royal commission into aged care quality and safety (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • emergency services (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • steel industry (Patrick, Sen Rex)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Henderson, Sen Sarah)
    • aged care (Smith, Sen Marielle)
    • national broadband network (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • aged care (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • forestry (Paterson, Sen James)
    • community sport infrastructure grants program (Farrell, Sen Don)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • royal commission into aged care quality and safety, aged care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • McMahon, Sen Sam
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Smith, Sen Marielle
    • emergency services
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   documents
    • independent health advice panel
      • order for the production of documents
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • regional jobs and investment packages
      • order for the production of documents
        • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   motions
    • exports
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
      • Green, Sen Nita
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • water
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • McDonald, Sen Susan
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   documents
    • minister for disability, ageing and carers
      • consideration
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • consideration

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