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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • intelligence and security committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • new south wales
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   bills
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (reporting of gas reserves) bill 2018
      • second reading
        • Georgiou, Sen Peter
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • division
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan no. 2) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Steele-John, Sen Jordon
        • Burston, Sen Brian
        • Martin, Sen Steve
        • Storer, Sen Timothy
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Stoker, Sen Amanda
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • energy (Hume, Sen Jane)
    • energy (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • employment (Martin, Sen Steve)
    • economy (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • energy (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • financial system inquiry (Hanson, Sen Pauline)
    • drought (Williams, Sen John)
    • turnbull government (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • indigenous employment (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • immigration detention (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • turnbull government (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • drought (Brockman, Sen Slade)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • energy
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Hume, Sen Jane
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Molan, Sen Jim
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • immigration detention
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • withdrawal
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • withdrawal
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • select committee on electric vehicles
      • reporting date
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • mining
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • division
    • abortion
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • suspension of standing orders
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Stoker, Sen Amanda
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • turnbull government
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Molan, Sen Jim
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   ministerial statements
    • investment statement 2018
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • great barrier reef foundation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • customs tariff amendment (incorporation of proposals) bill 2018, home affairs legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2018, therapeutic goods amendment (2018 measures no. 1) bill 2018
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • enhancing online safety (non-consensual sharing of intimate images) bill 2018
      • consideration of house of representatives message
  •   regulations and determinations
    • social security (administration) (trial of cashless welfare arrangements) determination 2018, social security (administration) (trial—declinable transactions and welfare restricted bank account) determination 2018
      • disallowance
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Brockman, Sen Slade
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
    • social security (administration) (trial of cashless welfare arrangements) determination 2018
      • disallowance
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • division
  •   bills
    • treasury laws amendment (enterprise tax plan no. 2) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Watt, Sen Murray
  •   documents
    • community development program
      • order for the production of documents
        • McGrath, Sen James
  •   adjournment
    • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • lyons, dame enid muriel, ad, gbe
      • Hume, Sen Jane
    • trade unions
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • koalas
      • Bartlett, Sen Andrew
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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