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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (tax incentives for innovation) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • in committee
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • 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
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • financial system legislation amendment (resilience and collateral protection) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • social services legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • in committee
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • national disability insurance scheme amendment bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • in committee
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • australian crime commission amendment (national policing information) bill 2015, australian crime commission (national policing information charges) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   statements by senators
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • coalition government
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • valedictories
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
    • budget
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • queensland government
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • budget
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • budget
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • valedictories
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
    • valedictories
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • housing affordability (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • budget (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • budget (Back, Sen Chris)
    • goods and services tax (Wang, Sen Zhenya)
    • budget (Williams, Sen John)
    • telecommunications (Muir, Sen Ricky)
    • budget (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • trade (Lindgren, Sen Joanna)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • housing affordability
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • budget
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • reference
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • division
  •   motions
    • defence procurement
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • bombing of medecins sans frontieres hospitals
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee
      • reference
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   motions
    • australian christian lobby
      • Simms, Sen Robert
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • division
    • national volunteer week
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • sugar industry
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • division
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee
      • reference
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • division
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   motions
    • bondi pavilion
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • transport industry
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • australian electoral commission: use of australian paper
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • division
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • national redress scheme
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • defence procurement
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • student income support
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • her majesty queen elizabeth ii— 90th birthday
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   matters of public importance
    • budget
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to the 134th inter-parliamentary union assembly in zambia
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • parliamentary delegation to japan and the republic of korea
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • select committee on health
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • publications joint committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • select committee on unconventional gas mining
      • report
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Peris, Sen Nova
  •   petitions
    • coal seam gas
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Madigan, Sen John
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • national broadband network - select committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • reporting date
      • report
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • additional information
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   documents
    • health funding
      • order for the production of documents
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme savings fund special account bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • omnibus repeal day (autumn 2015) bill 2015, social services legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2015, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2016 measures no. 1) bill 2016
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • supply bill (no. 1) 2016-2017, supply bill (no. 2) 2016-2017, supply (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2016-2017, tax and superannuation laws amendment (medicare levy and medicare levy surcharge) bill 2016, water amendment (review implementation and other measures) bill 2015, northern australia infrastructure facility bill 2016, northern australia infrastructure facility (consequential amendments) bill 2016
      • assent
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   regulations and determinations
    • social security (administration) (trial area—east kimberley) determination 2016
      • disallowance
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   bills
    • australian crime commission amendment (national policing information) bill 2015, australian crime commission (national policing information charges) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   adjournment
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • ludwig, hon. joseph
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • new south wales government: environment
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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