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Thursday, 17 August 2017 · Senate

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Next debate ➡️ Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Meeting
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Next debate ➡️ Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Meeting

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Debates in the Senate are an opportunity for Senators from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.

And sometimes to shout at each other.

  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Meeting (1 speech)
    by leave—On behalf of the chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Macdonald, I move: That the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee be...
  • Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Economics References Committee; Reporting Date (1 speech)
    Does any senator wish to have the question put on any proposal? There being none, we will move on.
  • Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference (4 speeches)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 29 November 2017: The waste and recycling industry in Australia,...
  • Community Affairs References Committee; Reference (4 speeches)
    I move: That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 5 December 2017: The availability and accessibility of diagnostic imaging...
  • Select Committee into the Political Influence of Donations; Appointment (8 speeches)
    by leave—I move: (1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee into the Political Influence of Donations, be established to inquire into and report, on 15 November 2017,...
  • Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference (4 speeches)
    I, and also on behalf of senators Xenophon, Hinch, Lambie and Hanson, move: (1) That the Senate notes that the Prime Minister has written to the Opposition Leader to express concerns that there...
 

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