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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • parliamentary behaviour
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2016
      • in committee
        • CHAIR, The
      • third reading
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander amendment (indigenous land corporation) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • third reading
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander land and sea future fund bill 2018, aboriginal and torres strait islander land and sea future fund (consequential amendments) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • third reading
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • copyright amendment (online infringement) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • modern slavery bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
  •   statements by senators
    • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • crime
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • royal commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • world aids day
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • centenary of armistice
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • australian constitution
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • parliamentary behaviour
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • cost of living
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • national broadband network
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
  •   questions without notice
    • member for chisholm (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • government services (McGrath, Sen James)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • immigration detention (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • small business (Bushby, Sen David)
    • woomera test range (Patrick, Sen Rex)
    • regional australia: small business (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • e-cigarettes (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • energy (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • australian export awards (Gichuhi, Sen Lucy)
    • national integrity commission (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • victoria: rail
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • member for chisholm
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • immigration detention
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   committees
    • procedure committee
      • report
        • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   regulations and determinations
    • health insurance (extended medicare safety net) determination 2019
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • families and communities program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • jacaranda community centre
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • electoral matters committee
      • reporting date
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   bills
    • halal certification transitional authority bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • second reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   motions
    • climate change
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
    • mining
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
    • minister for home affairs
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
  •   documents
    • live animal exports
      • order for the production of documents
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
  •   motions
    • australian capital territory: education
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   motions
    • veterans
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
    • lady cilento children's hospital
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • division
    • pastoralists and graziers association of western australia
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • national firearms agreement
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • division
    • saharawi people
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • silicosis
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   matters of public importance
    • energy
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   ministerial statements
    • trade
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • health care
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   committees
    • select committee into fair dinkum power
      • membership
        • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   bills
    • social services and other legislation amendment (promoting sustainable welfare) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • second reading
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • electoral legislation amendment (electoral funding and disclosure reform) bill 2018
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • social services legislation amendment (encouraging self-sufficiency for newly arrived migrants) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • social services legislation amendment (maintaining income thresholds) bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • modern slavery bill 2018
      • in committee
        • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
      • third reading
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • telecommunications legislation amendment bill 2018
      • in committee
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • division
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • division
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   adjournment
    • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
    • aged care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • parliamentary privilege
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • share this! image based bullying. so not ok
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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