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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
      • division
  •   bills
    • competition and consumer legislation amendment (small business access to justice) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Watt, Sen Murray
        • Hume, Sen Jane
  •   petitions
    • climate change
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • withdrawal
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • disability services amendment (linking upper age limits for disability employment services to pension age) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • crimes amendment (penalty unit) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • parliamentary business resources bill 2017, parliamentary business resources (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2017
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • protection of the sea (prevention of pollution from ships) amendment (polar code) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • personal property securities amendment (pps leases) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • copyright amendment (disability access and other measures) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Griff, Sen Stirling
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • budget (Duniam, Sen Jonathon)
    • economy (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • budget (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • budget (Kitching, Sen Kimberley)
    • budget (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • native title (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • immigration detention (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • budget (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • budget (Back, Sen Chris)
    • budget (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • country fire authority (Paterson, Sen James)
    • budget (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • budget
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
      • Watt, Sen Murray
    • budget
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   delegation reports
    • official visits to the united kingdom, belgium, france and singapore
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   petitions
    • culleton, mr rodney norman
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   delegation reports
    • united nations commission on the status of women
      • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • economics references committee
      • additional information
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • additional information
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   regulations and determinations
    • therapeutic goods and other legislation amendment (narcotic drugs) regulation 2016
      • disallowance
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Hinch, Sen Derryn
        • division
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • select committee on the future of public interest journalism
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   documents
    • schools
      • tabling
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   bills
    • native title amendment (indigenous land use agreements) bill 2017
      • second reading
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • McCarthy, Sen Malarndirri
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Hinch, Sen Derryn
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   committees
    • select committee on the future of public interest journalism, select committee on the establishment of a national integrity commission
      • membership
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • member for capricornia
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • budget
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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