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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   statements by senators
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • tourism: voluntourism
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • turnbull government
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • tasmania: tarkine region
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • live animal exports
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation: employment
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • infrastructure
      • Muir, Sen Ricky
    • world science festival, senator bullock
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • education funding
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • turnbull government
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   questions without notice
    • taxation (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • revenue (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • budget (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • procedural text
    • media ownership (Williams, Sen John)
    • goods and services tax (Wang, Sen Zhenya)
    • employment (Lindgren, Sen Joanna)
    • election of senators (Day, Sen Bob)
    • defence procurement (McEwen, Sen Anne)
    • northern australia (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • tourism (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
  •   questions to the president
    • president's overseas travel
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question no. 2903
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • taxation, revenue
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • budget
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   regulations and determinations
    • customs (anti-dumping review panel fee) instrument
      • disallowance
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   bills
    • regulatory powers (standardisation reform) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • migration amendment (free the children) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   motions
    • international women's day
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   documents
    • australian electoral commission
      • order for the production of documents
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment (political donations and other measures) bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   motions
    • environment: protection of shark species
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • howard government
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • israel
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   matters of urgency
    • donations to political parties
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 24 of 2016
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   documents
    • department of immigration and border protection
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • australian law reform commission
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • airservices australia
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   committees
    • legislation committees
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (community development program) bill 2015
      • report of legislation committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment bill 2016
      • report of legislation committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   adjournment
    • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • howard government
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • road safety: trucking industry
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • recreational vehicles
      • Muir, Sen Ricky
    • jones, mr steve, am, senator bullock (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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