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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • corporations amendment (streamlining of future of financial advice) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • higher education legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • in committee
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • division
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   questions without notice
    • goods and services tax (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • competition policy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • goods and services tax (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • competition policy (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • free trade agreements (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • child care (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • higher education (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • illicit drugs (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • port of darwin (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • innovation (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation act 1999 (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • good sports program (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • minister for trade and investment
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • goods and services tax
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Bullock, Sen Joseph
    • illicit drugs
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   petitions
    • howden, tasmania: nbn co
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   bills
    • interactive gambling amendment (sports betting reform) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • grandparent carers
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on northern australia
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • joint select committee on trade and investment growth
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   motions
    • world diabetes day
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • motor vehicle theft and export
      • Muir, Sen Ricky
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • donations to political parties
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
    • coal seam gas
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • division
    • samarco iron ore mine
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   matters of public importance
    • tax
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • legislative assembly of western australia
      • Simms, Sen Robert
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • corrigenda to report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   ministerial statements
    • national security
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • membership
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   bills
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2015 measures no. 5) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • foreign acquisitions and takeovers legislation amendment bill 2015
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • report
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (charging for a migration outcome) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • in committee
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • division
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • division
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • division
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   adjournment
    • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • north queensland
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • world television day
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • national anzac centre
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • dhu, ms julieka
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • coastal shipping industry
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • indigenous affairs
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • bears of hope
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • transgender day of remembrance, domestic and family violence
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • brain cancer
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • tasmanian wilderness world heritage area
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • remembrance day
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • white ribbon day
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • nuclear energy
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • freedom of expression
      • Madigan, Sen John
    • islam, department of veterans' affairs
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • universal declaration of human rights, health care
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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