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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
  •   bills
    • social services and other legislation amendment (promoting sustainable welfare) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • education and employment references committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   statement by the president
    • discovery of formal business
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • reference
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • national integrity commission bill 2018 (no. 2)
      • first reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • lower tax bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tourism australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • division
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (great australian bight) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
      • second reading
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
    • sex discrimination amendment (removing discrimination against students) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   motions
    • parliamentary code of conduct
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
    • world aids day
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • coal seam gas mining
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
    • macmines' china stone proposal
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • first nations children
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • export of racing greyhounds
      • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   bills
    • office of national intelligence bill 2018, office of national intelligence (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • McGrath, Sen James (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • higher education support amendment (vet fee-help student protection) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • social services and other legislation amendment (promoting sustainable welfare) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • g20 leaders summit (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • health care (Gichuhi, Sen Lucy)
    • banking and financial services (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • australian natural disasters (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • morrison government (Kitching, Sen Kimberley)
    • australian apprentice wage subsidy (Burston, Sen Brian)
    • pensions and benefits (Stoker, Sen Amanda)
    • energy (Storer, Sen Timothy)
    • vocational education and training (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • morrison government (McGrath, Sen James)
    • northern territory: australian broadcasting corporation shortwave radio service (McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri)
    • small business (Smith, Sen Dean)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • g20 leaders summit
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
    • australian natural disasters
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • constitutional recognition of atsip
      • report
        • Dodson, Sen Patrick
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • select committee on red tape
      • report
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (housing affordability) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • migration amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2016
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   documents
    • gretals australia pty ltd
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • sex discrimination amendment (removing discrimination against students) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Anning, Sen Fraser
  •   bills
    • sex discrimination amendment (removing discrimination against students) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • Keneally, Sen Kristina
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • select committee on red tape
      • government response to report
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • workplace relations
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • population
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   documents
    • tabling

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