• Matters of public importance and urgency motions;
• Use of cultural artefacts in debate;
• Set the Standard – Recommendation no. 10

• Hours of meeting and routine of business
• Matters of public importance and urgency motions

Recording of pairs

Temporary orders on notices and formal motions

Remote participation in Senate proceedings

COVID-19 and the Senate

Routine of business

Routine of business

• Closing the Gap statement
• Indigenous Australian languages

• Parliamentary Code of Conduct
• Formal business
• Closing the Gap statement
• Indigenous Australian languages

Suspension motions and formal business

Disorder outside formal proceedings

Proposal to replace the parliamentary prayer with an invitation to prayer or reflection

Hours of meeting and routine of business

• Hours of meeting and routine of business
• Tracking public interest immunity claims
• Absence of a senator during a vote due to misadventure
• Mode of dress for senators and possible ‘time out’ rule
• Parliamentary Code for respecting cultural diversity and proposal to amend standing order 193

• Photography in the chamber
• Ministerial statements
• Caring for infants

• Ministerial statements
• Publications Committee

• Temporary orders relating to the routine of business and consideration of private senators’ bills
• Third party arbitration of public interest immunity claims

• Appropriations and Staffing Committee
• Cross-bench committee membership, chairing and order of speakers
• Powers of Chair in relation to disorder
• Language of matters raised under standing order 75
• Changes to standing and other orders relating to estimates hearings

• Routine of business – proposals for discussion
• Photography in the Senate Chamber
• Seating for members of the House of Representatives on the floor of the Senate Chamber

Routine of business - proposals for discussion

• Temporary orders
• Matters referred by the Scrutiny of Bills Committee
• Question Time
• Routine of business 

• Parliamentary privilege: republication of Hansard extracts
• Speaking times in the open-ended adjournment debate
• Removal of gender-specific language in standing orders
• Routine of business

• Electronic petitions
• Routine of business

• Consideration of private senators' bills
• Routine of business
• Consideration of non-controversial legislation
• Raising matters of privilege
• Changes to the printed Notice Paper and related matters

• Operation of standing order 55(2) to (5)
• Consideration of private senators' bills
• Procedures for dealing with formal motions
• Use of general business time on Thursdays
• Consideration of government documents

Question time - temporary orders

Consideration of private senators' bills

• Question time – temporary order
• Correction of divisions after misadventure
• Procedure for consideration of private senators' bills

• Arrangements for the opening of Parliament
• Rules for questions under standing order 73

• Private senators' bills - consideration
• Bills relying on delegated legislation
• Arrangements for the opening of Parliament

• Rules for question time
• Public interest immunity claims: operation of the order of the Senate of 13 May 2009

• Committee proceedings and public interest immunity claims: order of the Senate of 13 May 2009
• Senators caring for an infant: standing order 175

The Senate committee system

• Restructuring question time
• Legislative and general purpose standing committees
• Temporary orders

Restructuring question time

Questions to chairs of committees and other senators

• Restructuring question time
• Reference of bills to committees
• Questions to chairs of committees
• Deputy chairs of committees
• Leave to make statements

Restructuring the committee system

Additional information received by the committee:

• Options for more flexible procedures relating to the membership of committees, Office of the Clerk of the Senate, August 2006
• Response by the Clerk Assistant (Committees), Department of the Senate (John Vander Wyk) on the proposal to alter Senate committee system, 26 July 2006 (PDF 245KB)
• Response by the Secretary, Department of Parliamentary Services (Hilary Penfold, QC) on proposed changes to the Senate committee system, 8 August 2006 (PDF 105KB)

• Second report of 2005 (PDF 80KB)

• Declaration of interests: registration of Senators' share tradings
• Unanswered questions and orders for documents: proposed amendments of standing orders 74(5) and 164
• Repeated motions for suspension of standing orders: ruling of the President of 14 September 2005 Second report of 2005 October 2005

• First report of 2005 (PDF 45KB)

• Storage of Senate documents
• Unauthorised disclosure of committee proceedings

• First report of 2004 (PDF 387KB)

• Divisions on Thursdays
• Consideration of government documents
• Formal motions

• Third report of 2003 (PDF 115KB)

• Joint meetings to receive addresses by foreign heads of state
• Reference of Tax Expenditures Statement to estimates hearings

• Second report of 2003 (PDF 125KB)

Publication of questions on notice and answers: protection by parliamentary privilege

• First report of 2003 (PDF 164KB)

• Time of meeting on Tuesday
• Senators breastfeeding infants
• Deadline for receipt of bills
• Presentation of the budget
• Committee meetings during adjourned debate
• Formal Motions

• Second report of 2002 (PDF 21KB)

Chairs and quorums in committees, Adjournment debate on Tuesdays

• First report of 2002 (PDF 19KB)

Adjournment Debate Unanswered Questions on Notice