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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (banking executive accountability and related measures) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
  •   committees
    • intelligence and security committee
      • membership
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (cashless debit card) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   statements by senators
    • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • queensland: local communities
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • workplace relations
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • australia day
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • desert fireball network
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • mining, gender equality
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • palliative care
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • tasmanian state election
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • road safety
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   statement by the president
    • rules of debate
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • hospitals (Polley, Sen Helen)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • queensland: regional economy, mining (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • defence procurement (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • murray-darling basin (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • employment (Bushby, Sen David)
    • defence industry (Patrick, Sen Rex)
    • global security (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • international development assistance (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • goods and services tax (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • child care (Paterson, Sen James)
    • taxation (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • goods and services tax
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • murray-darling basin
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   bills
    • australian citizenship legislation amendment (strengthening the commitments for australian citizenship and other measures) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • second reading
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   motions
    • employment
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • international holocaust remembrance day
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • palliative care
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • telecommunications
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   documents
    • murray-darling basin
      • order for the production of documents
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   motions
    • hamilton, professor clive
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • australia's population
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • molan, senator jim, iraq war
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • shark conservation
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • reproductive health services
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • rail industry
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • productivity commission report
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • taxation
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to singapore, myanmar and indonesia
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
  •   documents
    • commonwealth ombudsman's report
      • consideration
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • education and employment references committee
      • government response to report
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • joint standing committee on northern australia
      • membership
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • regional investment corporation bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • criminal code amendment (impersonating a commonwealth body) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • archer, councillor elsia
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • northern australia infrastructure facility
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • donations to political parties
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • indigenous housing
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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