The start of the parliamentary year is set to be overshadowed by Liberal leadership woes.
The week will kick off on Monday with the traditional ecumenical service at Canberra Baptist Church.
The first question time will start on a sombre note with a condolence motion relating to the Sydney Lindt cafe siege.
But the most anticipated part of the week will be the Liberal partyroom meeting on Monday, where a leadership spill motion will be moved.
The result of the meeting will have repercussions for the remainder of the parliamentary week.
The government has listed as its first priority in the lower house a bill to change Fair Work laws in regard to protected industrial action and enterprise agreement approval.
The House of Representatives will then move on to biosecurity law changes and the government's controversial higher education changes.
The Senate will debate a Greens motion for an inquiry into Australia's bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, including allegations of corruption raised in Michael Garcia's report.
The upper house will continue a debate on a bill to improve intercountry adoption.
The government still has a raft of 2014/15 budget measures to pass before the next budget in May.
The autumn session program includes bills to remove grants for biodiesel and renewable diesel and increase the rate of excise on the fuels.
There is also legislation to scrap the first home saver accounts scheme, abolish the Private Health Insurance Administration Council
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