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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee, electoral matters committee, finance and public administration legislation committee, finance and public administration references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   parliamentary representation
    • victoria
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • parliamentary language
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (small business restructure roll-over) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • third reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • parliamentary entitlements amendment (injury compensation scheme) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • third reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • dairy produce amendment (dairy service levy poll) bill 2016
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Bullock, Sen Joseph
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • building and construction industry (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • broadband (McLucas, Sen Jan)
    • building and construction industry (Williams, Sen John)
    • climate change (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • building and construction industry (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • environment (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • building and construction industry (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • clean energy finance corporation (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • building and construction industry (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • taxation (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • building and construction industry (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • broadband
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • environment
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • presentation
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Simms, Sen Robert
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • division
  •   documents
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   motions
    • breastfeeding
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • agriculture exports
      • Williams, Sen John
    • child poverty
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • coolcalalaya station
      • Muir, Sen Ricky
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • taxation
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
    • immunisation
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   documents
    • infrastructure investment program
      • order for the production of documents
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • taxation
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   documents
    • consideration
    • sex discrimination commissioner
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • australian taxation office
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • innovation australia
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   bills
    • communications legislation amendment (deregulation and other measures) bill 2015
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   documents
    • government departments: outsourcing to foreign businesses
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   ministerial statements
    • defence white paper
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment bill 2016
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   adjournment
    • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • genetically modified crops
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • education funding
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • centrelink, department of human services
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • shipping
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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