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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • senators' interests committee
      • citizenship register
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (repeal of 4 yearly reviews and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • in committee
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • division
        • CHAIR, The
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • division
    • treasury laws amendment (improving accountability and member outcomes in superannuation measures no. 1) bill 2017, superannuation laws amendment (strengthening trustee arrangements) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Anning, Sen Fraser
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   questions without notice
    • prime minister (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • national security (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • donations to political parties (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • taxation (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • donations to political parties (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • banking and financial services (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • rural and regional health services (Georgiou, Sen Peter)
    • schools (Williams, Sen John)
    • registered organisations (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme (Brockman, Sen Slade)
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • banking and financial services (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • dairy industry (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • division
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • prime minister, registered organisations
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • donations to political parties
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • McGrath, Sen James
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • international day of people with disability
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • national asbestos awareness week
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • world aids day
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • international day of people with disability
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • national security
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • sexual discrimination
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • yiannopoulos, mr milo
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • charitable organisations
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • yemen
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • radioactive waste management
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • older people and homelessness
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • broadband
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • division
    • northern and regional queensland
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • disability services
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
    • west papua
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Patrick, Sen Rex
  •   documents
    • workplace gender equality agency
      • consideration
        • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
        • Rice, Sen Janet
    • department of human services
      • order for the production of documents
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   committees
    • national broadband network - joint standing
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (instrument making) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (housing tax integrity) bill 2017, foreign acquisitions and takeovers fees imposition amendment (vacancy fees) bill 2017, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (omnibus) bill 2017
      • assent
    • therapeutic goods amendment (2017 measures no. 1) bill 2017, therapeutic goods (charges) amendment bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • membership
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme amendment (quality and safeguards commission and other measures) bill 2017
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • report
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (reducing pressure on housing affordability measures no. 1) bill 2017, first home super saver tax bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Paterson, Sen James
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   adjournment
    • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • road safety
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • climate change, meat consumption
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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