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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   petitions
    • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • marine park boundaries
    • falun gong
    • iraq and syria
    • aboriginal land grant (jervis bay territory) act
    • asylum seekers
    • asylum seekers: children
    • prime minister
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
    • dna testing
    • caltowie silos
    • asylum seekers
    • same-sex relationships
    • mobile phone services
    • television reception
    • manning valley: bridge and road funding
    • health services
    • asylum seekers
    • israel
    • tasmania: world heritage listing
    • sri lanka
    • adriana rivas
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Bandt, Adam, MP
  •   private members' business
    • superannuation
      • Butler, Terri, MP
      • Sukkar, Michael, MP
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • Buchholz, Scott, MP
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
    • suicide prevention
      • Wood, Jason, MP
      • Hall, Jill, MP
      • McNamara, Karen, MP
      • Byrne, Anthony, MP
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • Butler, Terri, MP
      • Taylor, Angus, MP
      • Giles, Andrew, MP
    • child care
      • Conroy, Pat, MP
      • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • Hall, Jill, MP
      • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
  •   bills
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 4) bill 2014, omnibus repeal day (autumn 2014) bill 2014
      • assent
  •   committees
    • electoral matters committee, trade and investment growth committee
      • membership
        • Broadbent, Russell (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
    • national capital and external territories committee
      • report
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
  •   bills
    • australian education amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Scott, Bruce (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   statements by members
    • australian competition and consumer commission
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • nowra wrap with love
      • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
    • renewable energy target
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
    • takarakka bush resort
      • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
    • oaktree end poverty campaign
      • Giles, Andrew, MP
    • casino and district memorial hospital
      • Hogan, Kevin, MP
    • little river primary school
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
    • broadband
      • Henderson, Sarah, MP
    • nrl 2014 telstra premiership grand final
      • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
    • women's rugby union
      • McNamara, Karen, MP
    • opti-minds challenge
      • Chalmers, Jim, MP
    • surf-lifesaving
      • Williams, Matt, MP
    • education
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • mental health
      • Pasin, Tony, MP
    • canberra electorate: kids' cancer project
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • braddon electorate: geneva christian school
      • Whiteley, Brett, MP
    • bendigo electorate: fairground program
      • Chesters, Lisa, MP
    • ryan electorate: mt crosby state school
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
    • newcastle electorate: national broadband network
      • Claydon, Sharon, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Truss, Warren, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • ebola (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • iraq and syria (Vasta, Ross, MP)
    • ebola (Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
    • national security (Ruddock, Philip, MP)
    • australian defence force (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • indi electorate: albury wodonga health (McGowan, Cathy, MP)
    • national security (Prentice, Jane, MP)
    • australian defence force (Shorten, Bill, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • agriculture (Marino, Nola, MP)
    • drought (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
    • infrastructure (Gillespie, David, MP)
    • pacific highway (Albanese, Anthony, MP)
    • industry (Henderson, Sarah, MP)
    • australian defence force (Shorten, Bill, MP)
    • small business (Laundy, Craig, MP)
    • australian defence force (Feeney, David, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Irons, Steve, MP)
    • environment (Butler, Mark, MP)
    • higher education reforms (Broadbent, Russell, MP)
    • environment (Butler, Mark, MP)
    • ebola (Hogan, Kevin, MP)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • national security
      • Morrison, Scott, MP
  •   questions to the speaker
    • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
    • parliament house: security (Burke, Tony, MP)
  •   personal explanations
    • Robert, Stuart, MP
  •   documents
    • parliamentary budget office
      • presentation
        • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   bills
    • australian education amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Ryan, Joanne, MP
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
        • MacTiernan, Alannah, MP
        • Williams, Matt, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Varvaris, Nickolas, MP
        • King, Catherine, MP
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
      • third reading
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
    • dental benefits legislation amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • King, Catherine, MP
        • procedural text
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
        • O'Neil, Clare, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
    • education funding
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
    • geelong region innovation and investment fund
      • Henderson, Sarah, MP
    • apprenticeships
      • Ryan, Joanne, MP
    • gladstone electorate: industry and environment
      • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
    • paid parental leave
      • Dreyfus, Mark, MP
    • wright electorate: small business
      • Buchholz, Scott, MP
  • notices
  •   federation chamber
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • lees, mr ray
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • paterson electorate: digital technology
        • Baldwin, Bob, MP
      • international day of the girl child
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • lyne electorate: defence
        • Gillespie, David, MP
      • fraser electorate: youth
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • lyons electorate: mental health
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
      • domestic violence
        • Watts, Tim, MP
      • osteoporosis
        • Marino, Nola, MP
      • buckeridge, mr leonard walter
        • Gray, Gary, MP
      • swan electorate: public transport
        • Irons, Steve, MP
    • private members' business
      • hearing health services
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Watts, Tim, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • national police remembrance day
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
        • Feeney, David, MP
        • Broadbent, Russell, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
        • McNamara, Karen, MP
        • Byrne, Anthony, MP
        • Scott, Fiona, MP
        • Elliot, Justine, MP
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • superannuation
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • fijian election
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Rowland, Michelle, MP
      • child care
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
        • Giles, Andrew, MP
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
    • statements by members
      • taxation
        • Swan, Wayne, MP
      • macquarie electorate: kurrajong rural fire brigade
        • Markus, Louise, MP
      • indi electorate: wangaratta show
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • lyons electorate: little diggers
        • Hutchinson, Eric, MP
      • wilson, ms anne
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • capricornia electorate: beef industry
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
      • bendigo electorate: view clubs
        • Chesters, Lisa, MP
      • reid electorate: auburn gallipoli mosque
        • Laundy, Craig, MP
      • cunningham electorate: nan tien buddhist temple
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
      • robertson electorate: broadband
        • Wicks, Lucy, MP
      • fraser electorate: deepavali
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • bass electorate: flinders island show
        • Nikolic, Andrew, MP
      • kitson, mr peter
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • hurn, mr brian oam
        • Pasin, Tony, MP
      • blair electorate: raceview congregational church
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
      • hinkler electorate: bundaberg fruit & vegetable growers
        • Pitt, Keith, MP
      • united nations day
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • forde electorate: trinity college
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • south sydney rabbitohs
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • indigenous employment
        • Price, Melissa, MP
      • canberra electorate: deepavali
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • fehon, mr philip
        • Scott, Fiona, MP
      • makin electorate: tea tree plaza walking group
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • gilmore electorate: work experience student
        • Sudmalis, Ann, MP
      • indi electorate: mental health week
        • McGowan, Cathy, MP
      • hume electorate: child care
        • Taylor, Angus, MP
      • shortland electorate: disability services
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • barton electorate: mental health
        • Varvaris, Nickolas, MP
      • cunningham electorate: hindu festivals
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
      • braddon electorate: burnie ten footrace
        • Whiteley, Brett, MP
    • grievance debate
      • budget
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • pineapple imports
        • Landry, Michelle, MP
      • political processes
        • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
      • early childhood education
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
      • australia-india relationship
        • Byrne, Anthony, MP
      • health
        • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • employment (question no. 206) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • employment (question no. 208) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • employment (question no. 209) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • catherine mcauley rehabilitation centre (question no. 251) (Ryan, Joanne, MP)
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme (question no. 260) (King, Catherine, MP)
    • immigration and border protection (question no. 267) (Thomson, Kelvin, MP)
    • vocational education and training advisory board (question no. 275) (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • department of immigration and border protection: grant processing (question no. 278) (Rowland, Michelle, MP)
    • department immigration and border protection: grant processing (question no. 279) (Rowland, Michelle, MP)
    • airport security screening (question no. 282) (Bandt, Adam, MP)
    • department of prime minister and cabinet: speech and media training (question no. 301) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs: speech and media training (question no. 303) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of immigration and border protection: speech and media training (question no. 317) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs: drinks cabinet for ministers (question no. 331) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • minister for employment: drinks cabinet for ministers (question no. 338) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department immigration and border protection: drinks cabinet for ministers (question no. 345) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs: hospitality (question no. 349) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of defence: hospitality expenses (question no. 351) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of immigration and border protection: hospitality (question no. 363) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of foreign affairs and trade: secondments (question no. 367) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department immigration and border protection: secondments (question no. 381) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • media monitoring and clipping services (question no. 384) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • media monitoring and clipping services (question no. 385) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • media monitoring and clipping services (question no. 394) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of immigration and border protection: media monitoring and clipping services (question no. 399) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of immigration and border protection: office fitouts (question no. 402) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • commonwealth grants (question no. 418) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of defence: staff overseas travel (question no. 436) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of immigration and border protection: overseas travel (question no. 448) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of defence: corporate credit cards (question no. 455) (Conroy, Pat, MP)
    • department of employment: corporate credit cards (question no. 460) (Conroy, Pat, MP)

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