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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (reconsideration of decisions) bill 2024
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Grogan, Sen Karen
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Duniam, Sen Jonathon
        • Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
        • Chandler, Sen Claire
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • McKim, Sen Nick
  •   business
    • withdrawal
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • division
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • division
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • administrative review tribunal (miscellaneous measures) bill 2024
      • in committee
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • Scarr, Sen Paul
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • Davey, Sen Perin
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
        • division
      • third reading
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
    • veterans' entitlements, treatment and support (simplification and harmonisation) bill 2024
      • second reading
        • Davey, Sen Perin
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   statements by senators
    • women's health
      • Smith, Sen Marielle
    • northern territory: domestic and family violence, first nations australians
      • Nampijinpa Price, Sen Jacinta
    • australian greens, tasmania: forestry industry
      • McKim, Sen Nick
    • albanese government
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • albanese government
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • migration
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • women's health
      • Green, Sen Nita
    • cost of living
      • Pocock, Sen David
    • child care
      • Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
    • constitution alteration (right to free speech) 2025
      • Babet, Sen Ralph
    • sport safety: concussion and traumatic brain injury
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
    • women's health
      • Stewart, Sen Jana
    • apology to australia's indigenous peoples: 17th anniversary
      • Cox, Sen Dorinda
    • forestry industry
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • medicare
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • medicare
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • banking and financial services
      • Rennick, Sen Gerard
    • economy
      • Payman, Sen Fatima
    • pensions and benefits
      • Allman-Payne, Sen Penny
    • federal election
      • Babet, Sen Ralph
    • banking and financial services
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • superannuation (better targeted superannuation concessions) imposition bill 2023
      • Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
    • first nations australians
      • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
    • bendigo electorate: parliamentary representation
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • collingwood football club foundation
      • Ciccone, Sen Raff
    • covid-19: mortality
      • Antic, Sen Alex
  •   questions without notice
    • antisemitism: health care (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • aviation industry (O'Neill, Sen Deborah)
    • housing australia future fund (Bragg, Sen Andrew)
    • murujuga cultural landscape (Cox, Sen Dorinda)
    • housing (Grogan, Sen Karen)
    • migration (Hanson, Sen Pauline)
    • medicare (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • defence facilities: chemical contamination (Thorpe, Sen Lidia)
    • workplace relations (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • discrimination (Rennick, Sen Gerard)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
      • Scarr, Sen Paul
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Bragg, Sen Andrew
    • migration
      • Hanson, Sen Pauline
    • murujuga cultural landscape
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • presentation
      • O'Neill, Sen Deborah
  •   condolences
    • hughes, hon. thomas eyre forrest (tom), ao, kc
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Kovacic, Sen Maria
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (restoring medevac) bill 2025
      • first reading
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
    • lobbying (improving government honesty and trust) bill 2025
      • first reading
        • Pocock, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Pocock, Sen David
  •   documents
    • national capital investment framework
      • order for the production of documents
        • Pocock, Sen David
  •   bills
    • tertiary education legislation amendment (there for education, not profit) bill 2025
      • reference to committee
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • remuneration tribunal amendment (there for public service, not profit) bill 2025
      • reference to committee
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   documents
    • department of the treasury
      • order for the production of documents
        • Van, Sen David
  •   bills
    • constitution alteration (right to free speech) 2025
      • first reading
        • Babet, Sen Ralph
      • second reading
        • Babet, Sen Ralph
  •   documents
    • housing australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
    • department of the treasury
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Pocock, Sen David
      • division
  •   documents
    • department of infrastructure, transport, regional development, communications and the arts
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • division
    • stronger communities program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • division
    • department of infrastructure, transport, regional development, communications and the arts
      • order for the production of documents
        • Askew, Sen Wendy
        • division
    • local content broadcasting
      • order for the production of documents
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Ayres, Sen Tim
        • division
    • non-disclosure agreements
      • order for the production of documents
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • Ayres, Sen Tim
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
  •   documents
    • non-disclosure agreements
      • order for the production of documents
        • Chisholm, Sen Anthony
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • division
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
      • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • division
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
  •   bills
    • veterans' entitlements, treatment and support (simplification and harmonisation) bill 2024
      • second reading
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Pocock, Sen David
      • in committee
        • McLachlan, Sen Andrew (The CHAIR)
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Davey, Sen Perin
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Shoebridge, Sen David
        • division
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The TEMPORARY CHAIR)
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Pocock, Sen David
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • division
  •   bills
    • veterans' entitlements, treatment and support (simplification and harmonisation) bill 2024
      • in committee
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The TEMPORARY CHAIR)
        • division
        • Pocock, Sen David
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   bills
    • scams prevention framework bill 2025
      • second reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • McKim, Sen Nick
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • McKim, Sen Nick
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
    • social security legislation amendment (technical changes) bill 2025
      • first reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • second reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • McKim, Sen Nick
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2024-2025, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2024-2025, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 2) 2024-2025
      • first reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • second reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
    • health legislation amendment (modernising my health record—sharing by default) bill 2024
      • second reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • division
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
    • oversight legislation amendment (robodebt royal commission response and other measures) bill 2024
      • second reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • division
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
    • electoral legislation amendment (electoral reform) bill 2024
      • second reading
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Rennick, Sen Gerard
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • division
        • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
        • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
        • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
        • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • division
        • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
      • in committee
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hume, Sen Jane
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Rennick, Sen Gerard
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Hanson, Sen Pauline
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Cadell, Sen Ross
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Pocock, Sen David
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • division
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • division
        • Payman, Sen Fatima
        • division
        • McLachlan, Sen Andrew (The CHAIR)
        • division
        • McLachlan, Sen Andrew (The CHAIR)
        • division
        • McLachlan, Sen Andrew (The CHAIR)
        • division
        • McLachlan, Sen Andrew (The CHAIR)
        • Roberts, Sen Malcolm
        • Thorpe, Sen Lidia
        • Payman, Sen Fatima
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)

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