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Parliament focus on trade, indigenous gap

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WHAT IS ON PARLIAMENT AGENDA?

* House and Senate sitting from Monday to Thursday

* Speech to parliament by Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday

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* President and prime minister to sign free trade agreement

* Scott Morrison to deliver Closing the Gap report on indigenous wellbeing

* Swearing-in of new South Australian Liberal senator Andrew McLachlan

DRAFT LAWS FLAGGED FOR AUTUMN SITTINGS

* New statutory role of Inspector-General of Murray-Darling Basin Water Resources

* Religious Discrimination Bill (making it unlawful to discriminate against people on the grounds of their religious belief or activity - including lack of religious belief - and establish the statutory office of the Freedom of Religion Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission)

* Freedom of speech and academic freedom protections for universities

* Improvements to aged care subsidy payment system for home-based care

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* $1 billion Grid Reliability Fund, run by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, to support government investment in new energy generation, storage and transmission

* Large businesses to be forced to report their payment times and practices to ensure small businesses are paid on time

* New requirement for the ABC to report in a "fair and balanced" way

* Tax-deductibility for men's and women's sheds

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