Senate Hansard Index - Multiple Legislative Topics Discussed
Summary
The Australian Senate convened on March 31, 2025, with the Hansard recording multiple agenda items including committee reports on education and employment, government responses to joint committee reports, document tabling related to South Australia's marine environment and United Nations Security Council matters, and second reading debate on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025.
What changed
The Senate Hansard for March 31, 2025, indexes parliamentary proceedings covering multiple legislative and oversight matters. Key items include: an order for production of documents regarding South Australia's marine environment tabled by Senator Gallagher; government response reports from multiple joint committees including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Economics Legislation, and Intelligence and Security; a report from the Education and Employment References Committee; and second reading debate on the NDIS Amendment Bill 2025 with contributions from Senators Ruston, Cox, Steele-John, and Liddle.
This Hansard index is an informational record of parliamentary proceedings and does not itself impose compliance obligations. Regulated entities and compliance officers should monitor the substantive legislative items indexed herein—the NDIS Amendment Bill, in particular—through their respective parliamentary tracking processes. The actual legislative text and any compliance requirements will appear in separate bill documents and, upon passage, in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
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Table of contents
- start of business
- ** documents
- ** committees
- ** documents
- ** committees
- aboriginal and torres strait islander affairs joint committee, corporations and financial services joint committee, economics legislation committee, environment and communications references committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee, intelligence and security joint committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee
- government response to report
- ** documents
- ** committees
- ** bills
- ** committees
- ** bills
- ** statements by senators
- women in sport
- Blyth, Sen Leah
- fuel security
- Green, Sen Nita
- media: middle east
- McKim, Sen Nick
- easter, passover
- Sharma, Sen Dave
- perth: attack
- Cox, Sen Dorinda
- fuel
- Pocock, Sen David
- fuel
- McDonald, Sen Susan
- breast cancer
- Darmanin, Sen Lisa
- universities
- Faruqi, Sen Mehreen
- middle east
- Thorpe, Sen Lidia
- aged care
- Ruston, Sen Anne
- easter, family law
- Whitten, Sen Tyron
- newman, dr hillel
- Allman-Payne, Sen Penny
- tasmania: full horizontal fiscal equalisation
- Tyrrell, Sen Tammy
- endometriosis
- Smith, Sen Marielle
- ** questions without notice
- ** distinguished visitors
- ** questions without notice
- ** motions
- ** questions without notice: take note of answers
- ** questions without notice: take note of answers
- ** regulations and determinations
- ** notices
- ** committees
- ** business
- ** committees
- ** documents
- ** bills
- ** documents
- ** matters of urgency
- ** documents
- ** matters of urgency
- ** bills
- copyright amendment bill 2026
- second reading
- third reading
- export finance and insurance corporation amendment (strategic reserve) bill 2026
- first reading
- second reading
- in committee
- limitation of debate
- treasury laws amendment (fuel excise relief) bill 2026
- first reading
- second reading
- Farrell, Sen Don
- Chandler, Sen Claire
- O'Neill, Sen Deborah
- Waters, Sen Larissa
- McKenzie, Sen Bridget
- Waters, Sen Larissa
- Hanson, Sen Pauline
- Liddle, Sen Kerrynne
- Whitten, Sen Tyron
- Brockman, Sen Slade
- Pocock, Sen David
- Roberts, Sen Malcolm
- Gallagher, Sen Katy
- division
- Lines, Sen Sue (The PRESIDENT)
- division
- Waters, Sen Larissa
- division
- third reading
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