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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • trade
      • order for the production of documents
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Brockman, Sen Slade (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   bills
    • intelligence services amendment bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • second reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • third reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • foreign influence transparency scheme legislation amendment bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • family law amendment (family violence and cross-examination of parties) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • treasury laws amendment (2017 enterprise incentives no. 1) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • division
      • in committee
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • treasury laws amendment (2018 measures no. 4) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • treasury laws amendment (enhancing whistleblower protections) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   statements by senators
    • northern australia
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • john lennon educational tour bus
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • united australia party
      • Burston, Sen Brian
    • tasmanian craft fair, tasmania: community services
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • apprenticeships
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • climate change, tarkine region
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • discrimination
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
    • road safety
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • climate change, mining industry
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • defence procurement (Gichuhi, Sen Lucy)
    • energy (Brown, Sen Carol)
    • telecommunications (Steele-John, Sen Jordon)
    • trade (McGrath, Sen James)
    • health care (Griff, Sen Stirling)
    • broadband (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • administrative appeals tribunal (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • morrison government (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • drought (Williams, Sen John)
    • bali democracy forum (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • vocational education and training (Stoker, Sen Amanda)
    • vocational education and training (Cameron, Sen Doug)
  •   statement by the president
    • parliament house
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • energy
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Brockman, Sen Slade
      • Kitching, Sen Kimberley
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • telecommunications
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
  •   petitions
    • discrimination
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   petitions
    • tarkine region
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
    • discrimination
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
      • Williams, Sen John
    • presentation
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • presentation
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • withdrawal
      • Patrick, Sen Rex
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • discovery of formal business
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • major sporting events (indicia and images) protection amendment bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • corporations (aboriginal and torres strait islander) amendment (strengthening governance and transparency) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • aboriginal land rights (northern territory) amendment (land scheduling) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • bush, president george herbert walker
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   bills
    • galilee basin (coal prohibition) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   motions
    • dementia
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • division
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
      • division
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • division
  •   motions
    • mining industry
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
    • queensland: licensed premises
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • australia day
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
    • murray-darling basin plan
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   motions
    • migration
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
    • regional broadband scheme levy
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • disability support pension
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • regional forest agreements
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • sea shepherd australia
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
    • queensland: bushfires
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   motions
    • climate change
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • division
  •   documents
    • taxation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Patrick, Sen Rex
        • division
  •   motions
    • china: human rights
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   matters of urgency
    • mining industry
      • Hume, Sen Jane (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • division
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • appropriations, staffing and security committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • select committee into the obesity epidemic in australia
      • report
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   bills
    • intelligence services amendment bill 2018
      • report from committee
        • Hume, Sen Jane
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Hume, Sen Jane
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • scrutiny digest
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Hume, Sen Jane
  •   documents
    • live animal exports, families and communities program, centrelink
      • order for the production of documents
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • members of parliament: conduct
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   committees
    • fair dinkum power committee
      • membership
        • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (family and domestic violence leave) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • second reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • fair work amendment (repeal of 4 yearly reviews and other measures) bill 2017
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • treasury laws amendment (enhancing whistleblower protections) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Hume, Sen Jane
  •   adjournment
    • Ketter, Sen Christopher (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • energy
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • aged care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • ridd, professor peter
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • 50 lives 50 homes
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • climate change
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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