The future of power stations and ensuring passionate debate over same-sex marriage is not undermined by hate speech will be on the agenda for federal parliament next week.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg will meet with executives from AGL - owner of the Liddell power station in the Hunter Valley - in Canberra on Monday to discuss keeping the plant open for a few years beyond its scheduled 2022 shutdown.
A new report says eastern states risk blackouts if 1000MW can't be found to fill the gap in electricity demand as old coal-fired power is shut down.
If AGL doesn't want to keep Liddell open the government is hoping an alternative private investor can be found.
Another NSW power station operator Delta Electricity has expressed interest in looking at AGL's books on Liddell.
Labor says it's open to the idea, but leader Bill Shorten has compared it to trying to keep a 50-year-old car on the road, and offered bipartisan support for a clean energy target to drive investment in renewables and battery storage.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann is seeking Labor's support for laws to ensure campaign material in the "yes" and "no" cases for the same-sex marriage postal survey is properly authorised and not misleading.
Senator Cormann wants the same communication rules which apply to elections to operate during the survey, which will start next week and report back on November 15.
The bill will need to be passed next week.
Further talks on media reforms are expected, with One Nation and the Nick Xenophon Team holding key votes.
"We need to try and bring this to a conclusion sooner rather than later," Senator Xenophon told reporters in Canberra on Friday.
The Senate will also debate changes to electoral laws to extend authorisations to electronic communications such as robocalls and text messages, and an overhaul of citizenship laws.
Labor is seeking a Senate inquiry into family violence counselling services following concerns with the way they have been restructured.
Inquiry reports are due over the week into toll roads, the national disability insurance scheme, a national integrity commission, online poker and whistleblower protections.
In the lower house, Nick Xenophon Team MP Rebekha Sharkie will move a bill to deal with unpaid superannuation - an issue affecting an estimated 32 per cent of workers owed at least $5.6 billion.
