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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   statement by the president
    • senate procedure
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   ministerial statements
    • economy
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   bills
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (cross-boundary greenhouse gas titles and other measures) bill 2019, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Van, Sen David
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   questions without notice
    • jobkeeper payment (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • covid-19 (Askew, Sen Wendy)
    • covid-19: employment (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • pensions and benefits (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • alcohol labelling (Griff, Sen Stirling)
    • jobkeeper payment (Keneally, Sen Kristina)
    • trade with indonesia (McMahon, Sen Sam)
    • sheean, ordinary seaman edward (teddy) (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • superannuation (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • covid-19: defence (Paterson, Sen James)
    • superannuation (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • covid-19: economy (O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew)
    • member for dawson (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • covid-19: small business (Bragg, Sen Andrew J)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • covid-19
      • Watt, Sen Murray
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • pensions and benefits
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • presentation
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • presentation
    • postponement
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • defence equipment
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
  •   documents
    • community sport infrastructure grant program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   motions
    • migration
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (covid-19) bill 2020
      • first reading
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • second reading
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
  •   motions
    • child sexual abuse
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • great barrier reef: climate change
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • higher education
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   matters of public importance
    • pensions and benefits
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Hughes, Sen Hollie
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Ayres, Sen Timothy
  •   documents
    • regional forest agreements
      • consideration
        • Rice, Sen Janet
    • protection visas
      • consideration
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • government response to report
        • Hume, Sen Jane
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • implementation of the national redress scheme: joint select committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • coronavirus economic response package (payments and benefits) bill 2020, coronavirus economic response package omnibus (measures no. 2) bill 2020, appropriation bill (no. 5) 2019-2020, appropriation bill (no. 6) 2019-2020
      • assent
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (cross-boundary greenhouse gas titles and other measures) bill 2019, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • in committee
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • telecommunications legislation amendment (competition and consumer) bill 2019, telecommunications (regional broadband scheme) charge bill 2019
      • second reading
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • Davey, Sen Perin
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   motions
    • migration
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   adjournment
    • Chandler, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • covid-19: economy
      • Antic, Sen Alexander
    • jobseeker payment: international students
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • covid-19
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
    • covid-19: queensland
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
    • moranbah mine disaster, covid-19: aged care, australian bushfires
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • australian workers union
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • manufacturing
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • women's economic security
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • queensland government
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • workplace relations
      • Walsh, Sen Jess
    • democracy
      • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
    • covid-19: economy
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Matthew
    • manufacturing
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • antarctic science
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • covid-19: child care
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • covid-19: retail, fast-food and warehousing workers
      • Farrell, Sen Don
    • mundey, mr jack, ao
      • Ayres, Sen Timothy
    • covid-19: china
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • covid-19: aviation
      • Sheldon, Sen Anthony
    • pensions and benefits
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • covid-19
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • gambling
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • higher education
      • Paterson, Sen James
    • trade with china
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • multiple sclerosis
      • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • foskey, dr deborah 'deb' jane
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • defence equipment
      • Patrick, Sen Rex

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