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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   petitions
    • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • norfolk island
    • ipswich medicare office
    • unicorn foundation: neuroendocrine cancer funding
    • australia's asylum seekers policies
    • australia's population growth
    • religious pilgrimages
    • asylum seekers offshore processing
    • migration act
    • morayfield medicare office
    • migration act
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • awabakal newcastle aboriginal co-operative
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Sukkar, Michael, MP
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
    • social policy and legal affairs committee, statement
      • Christensen, George, MP
  •   bills
    • sex discrimination amendment (boosting superannuation for women) bill 2014
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
  •   private members' business
    • apology to the forgotten australians and former child migrants
      • Irons, Steve, MP
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • Scott, Fiona, MP
      • Marles, Richard, MP
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • Clare, Jason, MP
  •   motions
    • trade training centres
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
      • Hawke, Alex, MP
      • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • Coleman, David, MP
      • Husic, Ed, MP
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (japan-australia economic partnership agreement implementation) bill 2014, customs tariff amendment (japan-australia economic partnership agreement implementation) bill 2014, australian war memorial amendment bill 2014
      • returned from senate
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on trade and investment growth
      • membership
        • Broadbent, Russell (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
  •   bills
    • counter-terrorism legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2014
      • second reading
        • Keenan, Michael, MP
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
  •   statements by members
    • asylum seekers: children
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • capricornia electorate: my first speech competition
      • Landry, Michelle, MP
    • rankin electorate: cricket
      • Chalmers, Jim, MP
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Hogan, Kevin, MP
    • moreton electorate: cricket
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
    • economy
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
    • workplace safety
      • Ellis, Kate, MP
    • east west link
      • Sukkar, Michael, MP
    • lalor electorate: education
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • durack electorate: youth
      • Price, Melissa, MP
    • national broadband network
      • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
    • parliamentary friends of motoring, hughes electorate: hughes charity car show
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
    • indi electorate: wodonga
      • McGowan, Cathy, MP
    • barker electorate: small business
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
    • indigenous affairs
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
    • king, ms judy, oam
      • Whiteley, Brett, MP
    • greste, mr peter
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • Bishop, Julie, MP
    • defence personnel
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • corangamite electorate: broadband
      • Henderson, Sarah, MP
  •   statements on indulgence
    • hughes, mr phillip joel
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
      • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • victoria state election (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • economy (Varvaris, Nickolas, MP)
    • economy (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • economy (Brough, Mal, MP)
    • victoria state election (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • trade (Cobb, John, MP)
    • spc ardmona, victoria state election (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
    • water, infrastructure (Katter, Bob, MP)
    • asylum seekers (Ramsey, Rowan, MP)
    • road infrastructure (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • infrastructure (Marino, Nola, MP)
    • infrastructure (Burke, Tony, MP)
    • higher education (Hogan, Kevin, MP)
    • budget (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • budget (Wicks, Lucy, MP)
    • minister for defence (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • regional development australia fund (Coulton, Mark, MP)
    • sinodinos, senator arthur (Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
    • child care (Buchholz, Scott, MP)
    • budget (King, Catherine, MP)
    • superclinics (Roy, Wyatt, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • budget
      • Hockey, Joe, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   personal explanations
    • King, Catherine, MP
  •   bills
    • counter-terrorism legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2014
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • Buchholz, Scott, MP
      • Irons, Steve, MP
      • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • Ruddock, Philip, MP
      • Hawke, Alex, MP
      • McNamara, Karen, MP
      • Roy, Wyatt, MP
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • Danby, Michael, MP
      • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • Hendy, Peter, MP
      • Sukkar, Michael, MP
      • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
      • Wicks, Lucy, MP
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
      • Scott, Fiona, MP
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • Marino, Nola, MP
      • Williams, Matt, MP
      • Wood, Jason, MP
      • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
      • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • Simpkins, Luke, MP
      • Henderson, Sarah, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
    • collins, ms louisa
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • westconnex
      • Coleman, David, MP
    • indigenous legal assistance
      • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
    • longman electorate
      • Roy, Wyatt, MP
    • blair electorate: disability
      • Neumann, Shayne, MP
    • competition and consumer act 2010
      • Brough, Mal, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • l'arche
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • glowrey, dr sister mary
        • Frydenberg, Josh, MP
      • seniors: health care
        • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
      • petrie electorate: small business
        • Howarth, Luke, MP
      • brisbane storms
        • Butler, Terri, MP
      • lyne electorate: expressway spares
        • Gillespie, David, MP
      • bendigo electorate: saltworks community dinner
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • solomon electorate: schools
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • world aids day
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • small business
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
    • private members' business
      • cyclone tracy
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • palestine
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
        • Laundy, Craig, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
      • coastal shipping
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
        • Collins, Julie, MP
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • Wilkie, Andrew, MP
        • Whiteley, Brett, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • lung health awareness month
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
      • square kilometre array radio telescope project
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
        • Price, Melissa, MP
        • Gray, Gary, MP
      • shop small month
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
        • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
    • statements by members
      • Randall, Don (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • transport workers union and virgin australia
        • Watts, Tim, MP
      • boothby electorate: broadband
        • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
      • world aids day
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • burns, mr james drummond 'jd'
        • Smith, Tony, MP
      • member for fraser: staff
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • hasluck electorate: men's sheds
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
      • dudley public school: victoria cross recipients
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • anzac centenary
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
      • indi electorate: kiewa valley primary school
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • solomon electorate: education
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • canberra electorate: post and ante natal depression support and information
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • hinkler electorate: 2014
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
      • wardle, mr clinton and mrs trish
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • longman electorate: national broadband network
        • Roy, Wyatt, MP
      • scullin electorate: bubup wilam
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
      • international day of people with disability
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
      • victoria state election
        • Burke, Anna, MP
      • braddon electorate: broadband
        • Whiteley, Brett, MP
      • mission australia youth survey 2014
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • townsville enterprise
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • great victorian bike ride
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • australian defence force parliamentary program
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
      • world aids day
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • australian defence force
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • indi electorate: pangerang community house
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • bowman electorate: charity work
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • shortland electorate: breast cancer, shortland electorate: seniors forum
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • wright electorate: road safety
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
      • community living project
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • gilmore electorate: national broadband network
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • business
      • rearrangement
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
    • committees
      • education and employment committee
        • report
          • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
          • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • standing committee on agriculture and industry
        • report
          • Zappia, Tony, MP
          • Laming, Andrew, MP
          • Chester, Darren, MP
          • Cobb, John, MP
          • Wilson, Rick, MP
          • McCormack, Michael, MP
          • Price, Melissa, MP
      • standing committee on economics
        • report
          • Chalmers, Jim, MP
          • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • grievance debate
      • Griggs, Natasha (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • vietnam
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • banks electorate
        • Coleman, David, MP
      • asylum seekers
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • lyne electorate: infrastructure
        • Gillespie, David, MP
      • abbott government
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • moore electorate
        • Goodenough, Ian, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • australian public service: redundancy payments (question no. 484) (Leigh, Andrew, MP)
    • australian public service: redundancy payments (question no. 485) (Leigh, Andrew, MP)
    • australian public service: redundancy payments (question no. 486) (Leigh, Andrew, MP)
    • australian public service: redundancy payments (question no. 487) (Leigh, Andrew, MP)
    • department of communications: executive training (question no. 515) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of communications: consultants (question no. 535) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • 457 visas (question no. 558) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • 457 visas (question no. 560) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)

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