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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   regulations and determinations
    • therapeutic goods and other legislation amendment (narcotic drugs) regulation 2016
      • disallowance
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
  •   bills
    • native title amendment (indigenous land use agreements) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • national security (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • national security (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • energy (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • donations to political parties (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • schools (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • energy (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • australia-united states relationship (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • child sexual abuse (Hinch, Sen Derryn)
    • economy (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • regional australia (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • workplace relations (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • indigenous affairs (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
  •   bills
    • major bank levy bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (major bank levy) bill 2017, social services legislation amendment (queensland commission income management regime) bill 2017
      • reference to committee
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • energy
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Paterson, Sen James
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • donations to political parties
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   petitions
    • bass highway
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • withdrawal
      • Kakoschke-Moore, Sen Skye
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • consideration of legislation
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • division
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   motions
    • cooper, professor david albert, ao
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • kirby, hon. michael, ac, cmg
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • environment and infrastructure legislation amendment (stop adani) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   motions
    • nigeria
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • environment and communications references committee report: government response, order for the production of documents
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
  •   motions
    • international development assistance
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • infrastructure
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   matters of public importance
    • budget
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • law enforcement committee
      • report
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • government response to report
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   ministerial statements
    • national security, indigenous referendum: 50th anniversary, mabo native title decision: 25th anniversary
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Dodson, Sen Patrick
  •   committees
    • broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • asic supervisory cost recovery levy bill 2017, asic supervisory cost recovery levy (collection) bill 2017, asic supervisory cost recovery levy (consequential amendments) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • australian education amendment bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • fair work amendment (corrupting benefits) bill 2017, fair work amendment (protecting vulnerable workers) bill 2017, social services legislation amendment (energy assistance payment and pensioner concession card) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (accelerated depreciation for small business entities) bill 2017, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (budget measures) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • social security legislation amendment (youth jobs path: prepare, trial, hire) bill 2016
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on government procurement, message from the house of representatives
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • biosecurity amendment (ballast water and other measures) bill 2017, crimes amendment (penalty unit) bill 2017, parliamentary business resources bill 2017, parliamentary business resources (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2017, personal property securities amendment (pps leases) bill 2017, protection of the sea (prevention of pollution from ships) amendment (polar code) bill 2017, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (budget measures) bill 2017, treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan) bill 2016, superannuation (excess transfer balance tax) imposition bill 2016, social security legislation amendment (youth jobs path: prepare, trial, hire) bill 2016
      • assent
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee, finance and public administration legislation committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • native title amendment (indigenous land use agreements) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • smith, ms cecily
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • budget
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • donations to political parties
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • central queensland
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • small business roadshow
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • cyclone debbie
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • national indigenous youth parliament
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • queen's birthday honours
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • indigenous affairs
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • indigenous affairs
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • law enforcement
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • health care
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • smith, ms kathy, infant mental health awareness week
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • privacy
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • citizenship
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • middle east
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • sri lanka, infrastructure, chittagong hill tracts
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • burma
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • donations to political parties
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • donations to political parties, therapeutic goods and other legislation amendment (narcotic drugs) regulation 2016, media, australian defence force
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • donations to political parties, london: attacks
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • government response to report
    • report

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