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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • queensland
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • temporary chairs of committees
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • animal export legislation amendment (ending long-haul live sheep exports) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
      • in committee
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • division
      • third reading
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • coal-fired power funding prohibition bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • private health insurance legislation amendment bill 2018, a new tax system (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) amendment (excess levels for private health insurance policies) bill 2018, medicare levy amendment (excess levels for private health insurance policies) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • division
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • division
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • liberal party leadership (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • economy (Paterson, Sen James)
    • liberal party leadership (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • energy (Molan, Sen Jim)
    • climate change (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • members of parliament: conduct (Kitching, Sen Kimberley)
    • infrastructure (Hanson, Sen Pauline)
    • economy (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • minister for home affairs (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • northern australia: water (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • whaling (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • minister for home affairs (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • rural and regional health services (Williams, Sen John)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • liberal party leadership
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • whaling
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • slavery
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (ending the poverty trap) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • container deposit schemes
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   matters of public importance
    • energy
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Molan, Sen Jim
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Burston, Sen Brian
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Storer, Sen Timothy
  •   documents
    • great barrier reef foundation, department of human services
      • order for the production of documents
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   bills
    • education and other legislation amendment (vet student loan debt separation) bill 2018, student loans (overseas debtors repayment levy) amendment bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Fawcett, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • counter-terrorism legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2018, crimes legislation amendment (powers, offences and other measures) bill 2018, higher education support legislation amendment (student loan sustainability) bill 2018, intellectual property laws amendment (productivity commission response part 1 and other measures) bill 2018, legislation amendment (sunsetting review and other measures) bill 2018, primary industries research and development amendment bill 2017, public sector superannuation legislation amendment bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (apra governance) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (illicit tobacco offences) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (oecd multilateral instrument) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (tax integrity and other measures no. 2) bill 2018, underwater cultural heritage bill 2018, underwater cultural heritage (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2018, farm household support amendment (temporary measures) bill 2018, biosecurity legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2018, customs amendment (illicit tobacco offences) bill 2018, migration and other legislation amendment (enhanced integrity) bill 2017, primary industries levies and charges collection amendment bill 2018, space activities amendment (launches and returns) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (2018 measures no. 3) bill 2018, treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan base rate entities) bill 2018, broadcasting legislation amendment (foreign media ownership, community radio and other measures) bill 2017, enhancing online safety (non-consensual sharing of intimate images) bill 2018, family law amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2018
      • assent
    • telecommunications legislation amendment bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Williams, Sen John
    • private health insurance legislation amendment bill 2018, a new tax system (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) amendment (excess levels for private health insurance policies) bill 2018, medicare levy amendment (excess levels for private health insurance policies) bill 2018
      • in committee
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • third reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • aged care (single quality framework) reform bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Burston, Sen Brian
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • in committee
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • division
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • third reading
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • therapeutic goods amendment (2018 measures no. 1) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • third reading
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • health insurance (approved pathology specimen collection centres) tax amendment bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • in committee
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Polley, Sen Helen
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • imported food control amendment bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   adjournment
    • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • western australia: workplace relations
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • asylum seekers
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • report

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