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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • select committee on the regional processing centre in nauru
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • food standards amendment (fish labelling) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Peris, Sen Nova
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee, rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   business
    • orders of the senate
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • national palliative care week
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • childhood immunisation
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • environment
      • Williams, Sen John
      • division
    • australian fisheries
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • nuclear weapons
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • income support
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • division
  •   bills
    • construction industry amendment (protecting witnesses) bill 2015, tribunals amalgamation bill 2015
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • safety, rehabilitation and compensation legislation amendment (exit arrangements) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • norfolk island legislation amendment bill 2015, tax and superannuation laws amendment (norfolk island reforms) bill 2015, a new tax system (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) amendment bill 2015, health and other services (compensation) care charges amendment (norfolk island) bill 2015, health insurance (approved pathology specimen collection centres) tax amendment (norfolk island) bill 2015, health insurance (pathology) (fees) amendment (norfolk island) bill 2015, aged care (accommodation payment security) levy amendment (norfolk island) bill 2015, private health insurance (risk equalisation levy) amendment (norfolk island) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • judiciary amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • private health insurance amendment bill (no. 2) 2014
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • australian border force bill 2015, customs and other legislation amendment (australian border force) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • in committee
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • procedural text
        • division
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • taxation (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • budget (Bushby, Sen David)
    • budget (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • budget (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • budget (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • royal commission on trade union governance and corruption
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • procedural text
    • budget (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • paid parental leave (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • budget (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • budget (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • australian border force bill 2015, customs and other legislation amendment (australian border force) bill 2015
      • in committee
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
  •   committees
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • publications committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • economics legislation committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • office of the gene technology regulator
      • order for the production of documents
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   ministerial statements
    • united nations commission on the status of women
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • personal property securities amendment (deregulatory measures) bill 2014
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • biosecurity bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • defence legislation amendment (military justice enhancements—inspector-general adf) bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   motions
    • budget
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Bullock, Sen Joesph
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Sen Dean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • western australia: budget
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • western australia: budget, housing affordability
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • forests
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • climate change
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • budget
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • new south wales central coast: women's issues
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • she matters: 2015 international g7/20 parliamentarians' conference
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • australian public service
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • environmental defenders offices
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • budget
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • higher education
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency appointments and vacancies

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