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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • indigenous housing
      • order for the production of documents
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (welfare reform) bill 2017
      • in committee
        • TEMPORARY CHAIR, The
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • division
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice
    • schools (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • queensland: mining (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • education (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • australian bushfires (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • association of southeast asian nations (Molan, Sen Jim)
    • dividend imputation (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • national day of action against bullying and violence (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • dividend imputation
    • dividend imputation (Anning, Sen Fraser)
    • migration (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • indigenous affairs (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • pensions and benefits (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • pyeongchang paralympic games (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
  •   questions to the president
    • parliament house: cleaning services
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • education
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • australian bushfires
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • future bayswater
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • home care packages
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   condolences
    • tsvangirai, dr morgan
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • trade unions
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • goods and services tax
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   documents
    • federal circuit court and family court of australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • queensland teachers' union
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
    • world oral health day
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
  •   matters of urgency
    • building and construction industry
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Georgiou, Sen Peter
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to papua new guinea
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • consideration
    • legislation committees
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • joint committee of public accounts and audit
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
    • community affairs references committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, public works committee
      • government response to report
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   committees
    • consideration
    • constitutional recognition of atsip, national disability insurance scheme
      • membership
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (welfare reform) bill 2017
      • in committee
        • TEMPORARY CHAIR, The
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Burston, Sen Brian
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
  •   adjournment
    • Leyonhjelm, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • western australia: agriculture
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • cooper, professor david, ao
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • electoral legislation amendment (electoral funding and disclosure reform) bill 2017, foreign influence transparency scheme bill 2017, national security legislation amendment (espionage and foreign interference) bill 2017
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • goodwin, dr vanessa
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • commonwealth redress scheme for institutional child sexual abuse
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • regional queensland
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • human trafficking
      • Griff, Sen Stirling
    • first nations women's forum
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • video game industry
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • charitable organisations
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
    • hands off our charities
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • new south wales: bushfires
      • Molan, Sen Jim
    • home care packages
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • environmental conservation, infrastructure: housing acquisition
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • tropical cyclone marcus, mjd foundation: 10th anniversary
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination
      • Burston, Sen Brian
    • international day of forests
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • turnbull government
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • donations to political parties
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • world down syndrome day
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • gold coast: black swan lake, iraq war, queensland teachers' union
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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