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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   private members' business
    • private members' motions
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   petitions
    • Murphy, John, MP
    • falun gong
    • human rights: west papua
    • mental health
    • marriage
    • marriage
    • social security act
    • social security act
    • human rights: west papua
    • public holidays
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Murphy, John, MP
    • medicare
    • petition: breastmilk substitutes
    • superannuation
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Murphy, John, MP
  •   committees
    • education and employment committee
      • report
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • report and reference to federation chamber
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
  •   private members' business
    • international arms trade treaty
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • Moylan, Judi, MP
    • international year of cooperatives
      • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
      • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
      • Tehan, Dan, MP
      • Owens, Julie, MP
      • Coulton, Mark, MP
      • Saffin, Janelle, MP
    • pension assistance
      • Owens, Julie, MP
      • Secker, Patrick, MP
      • Hall, Jill, MP
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • Grierson, Sharon, MP
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • Elliot, Justine, MP
      • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • Melham, Daryl, MP
      • Hawke, Alex, MP
  •   bills
    • shipping reform (tax incentives) bill 2012, shipping registration amendment (australian international shipping register) bill 2012, coastal trading (revitalising australian shipping) bill 2012, coastal trading (revitalising australian shipping) (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2012, tax laws amendment (shipping reform) bill 2012, tax laws amendment (2012 measures no. 3) bill 2012, income tax (seasonal labour mobility program withholding tax) bill 2012, tax laws amendment (income tax rates) bill 2012
      • assent
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   bills
    • electoral and referendum amendment (maintaining address) bill 2011, electoral and referendum amendment (protecting elector participation) bill 2012, social security amendment (supporting australian victims of terrorism overseas) bill 2012, appropriation bill (no. 5) 2011-2012, appropriation bill (no. 6) 2011-2012, parliamentary counsel and other legislation amendment bill 2012, national vocational education and training regulator (charges) bill 2012, broadcasting services amendment (digital television) bill 2012, financial framework legislation amendment bill (no. 2) 2012
      • returned from senate
    • corporations amendment (future of financial advice) bill 2012
      • consideration of senate message
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
        • Hockey, Joe, MP
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Ciobo, Steven, MP
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
        • division
    • corporations amendment (further future of financial advice measures) bill 2012
      • consideration of senate message
        • division
    • australian human rights commission amendment (national children's commissioner) bill 2012
    • broadcasting services amendment (improved access to television services) bill 2012
      • returned from senate
  •   ministerial statements
    • offshore oil and gas resources sector security inquiry report
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • Truss, Warren, MP
  •   committees
    • economics committee
      • report
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Ciobo, Steven, MP
  •   bills
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Briggs, Jamie, MP
  •   statements by members
    • london olympic games
      • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
    • sydney dance company
      • Lyons, Geoff, MP
    • aged care
      • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
    • fowler electorate: sustainable streets program
      • Hayes, Chris, MP
    • mental health
      • Tudge, Alan, MP
    • macarthur electorate: australian defence force
      • Matheson, Russell, MP
    • shortland electorate: diabetes week
      • Hall, Jill, MP
    • bennelong electorate: rotary clubs
      • Alexander, John, MP
    • blair electorate: lions clubs
      • Neumann, Shayne, MP
    • national pain week, national carers week
      • Markus, Louise, MP
    • canberra legends program
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
  •   statement by the speaker
    • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   statements
    • asylum seekers
      • Gillard, Julia, MP
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   questions without notice
    • alcoa (Abbott, Tony, MP)
    • asylum seekers (Lyons, Geoff, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Truss, Warren, MP)
    • g20 summit (O'Neill, Deb, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Abbott, Tony, MP)
    • fisheries (Wilkie, Andrew, MP)
    • rio+20: united nations conference on sustainable development (Owens, Julie, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Bishop, Julie, MP)
    • economy (D'Ath, Yvette, MP)
    • taxation (Hockey, Joe, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Jones, Stephen, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Van Manen, Bert, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Murphy, John, MP)
    • electricity prices (Hunt, Greg, MP)
  •   motions
    • prime minister
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
      • Bishop, Julie, MP
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • division
  •   personal explanations
    • Swan, Wayne, MP
  •   questions to the speaker
    • school visits to parliament house (Hockey, Joe, MP)
  •   personal explanations
    • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
  •   questions to the speaker
    • questions in writing (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
  •   personal explanations
    • Wyatt, Ken, MP
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • reports nos 47 to 50 of 2011-12
      • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Saffin, Janelle, MP
    • national broadband network committee
      • report
        • Oakeshott, Robert, MP
      • report and reference to federation chamber
    • social policy and legal affairs committee
      • report
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Moylan, Judi, MP
  •   bills
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
        • Frydenberg, Josh, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
        • Katter, Bob, MP
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
        • Tudge, Alan, MP
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • consideration in detail
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
        • division
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
        • division
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
      • third reading
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • Pyne, Christopher, MP
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (managed investment trust withholding tax) bill 2012, income tax (managed investment trust withholding tax) amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Hockey, Joe, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Katter, Bob, MP
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Baldwin, Bob, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
  •   private members' business
    • chinese australians
      • Alexander, John, MP
      • Jenkins, Harry, MP
      • Ruddock, Philip, MP
      • Burke, Anna, MP
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • vocational education and training
      • Smyth, Laura, MP
      • Ley, Sussan, MP
      • Burke, Anna, MP
      • Chester, Darren, MP
      • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
      • Hunt, Greg, MP
    • 2012 london olympic games
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • Livermore, Kirsten (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • Neumann, Shayne, MP
      • Irons, Steve, MP
  •   adjournment
    • macarthur electorate: carbon tax
      • Matheson, Russell, MP
    • calwell electorate: graffiti prevention
      • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
    • carbon pricing
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
    • chifley electorate: western sydney wanderers
      • Husic, Ed, MP
    • carbon pricing
      • Schultz, Alby, MP
    • media
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
    • carbon pricing
      • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
    • climate change
      • Murphy, John, MP
    • carbon pricing
      • Wyatt, Ken, MP
    • carbon pricing
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • carbon pricing
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
    • coalmining
      • Jones, Stephen, MP
  • notices
  •   main committee
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • riverina electorate: carbon pricing
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • walk together
        • Georganas, Steve, MP
      • infrastructure
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
      • native title
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
      • griggsy's green thumb tropical garden awareness safety program
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • bass electorate: haywards steel fabrication and construction
        • Lyons, Geoff, MP
      • longman electorate: carbon pricing
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
      • corio electorate: st patrick's primary school
        • Marles, Richard, MP
      • wright electorate: mudgeeraba agricultural show
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
      • chifley electorate: hospitals
        • Husic, Ed, MP
    • private members' business
      • heavily indebted poor countries initiative
        • Oakeshott, Robert, MP
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
        • Van Manen, Bert, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • workplace relations
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
        • Symon, Mike, MP
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
      • trading hours in adelaide
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Briggs, Jamie, MP
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • bills
      • marriage amendment bill 2012
        • second reading
          • O'Neill, Deb, MP
          • Baldwin, Bob, MP
          • Smyth, Laura, MP
          • Haase, Barry, MP
          • Combet, Greg, MP
          • Chester, Darren, MP
          • Perrett, Graham, MP
          • Schultz, Alby, MP
      • legislative instruments amendment (sunsetting measures) bill 2012
        • second reading
          • Keenan, Michael, MP
          • Owens, Julie, MP
          • Billson, Bruce, MP
          • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
          • Sidebottom, Sid, MP
    • statements on indulgence
      • mabo native title decision
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
    • business
      • rearrangement
        • Cheeseman, Darren, MP
    • committees
      • corporations and financial services committee
        • report
          • Fletcher, Paul, MP
    • business
      • rearrangement
        • Hall, Jill, MP
    • committees
      • climate change, environment and the arts committee
        • report
          • Marino, Nola, MP
          • Hall, Jill, MP
          • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • private members' business
      • olympic games terrorist attack
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
        • Danby, Michael, MP
        • Frydenberg, Josh, MP
        • Kelly, Mike, MP
      • domestic violence
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
        • D'Ath, Yvette, MP
        • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
      • live animal exports
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
        • Sidebottom, Sid, MP
        • Cobb, John, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • O'Dowd, Ken, MP
        • Adams, Dick, MP
        • Haase, Barry, MP
      • royal australian navy
        • Griffin, Alan, MP
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Markus, Louise, MP
        • O'Neill, Deb, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • united nations public service day
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
    • grievance debate
      • Vamvakinou, Maria (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • macarthur electorate: infrastructure
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
      • university of western sydney, broadband, communications and the digital economy
        • Husic, Ed, MP
      • regional development australia
        • Neville, Paul, MP
      • canberra electorate
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • child care
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • taxation
        • Oakeshott, Robert, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • school education, early childhood and youth, and employment and workplace relations: credit card breaches (question nos 770 and 776) (Briggs, Jamie, MP)
    • electronic travel authority system (question no. 872) (Morrison, Scott, MP)
    • visas (question no. 887) (Morrison, Scott, MP)
    • immigration and citizenship: credit card breaches (question no. 912) (Briggs, Jamie, MP)
    • visas (question no. 935) (Ferguson, Laurie, MP)
    • iran (question no. 959) (Bishop, Julie, MP)
    • immigration and citizenship: training (question no. 977) (Ferguson, Laurie, MP)
    • families, community services and indigenous affairs: training (question nos 981 and 982) (Ferguson, Laurie, MP)
    • foreign affairs and trade: training (question nos 983 and 990) (Ferguson, Laurie, MP)
    • housing, and homelessness: training (question nos 999 and 1000) (Ferguson, Laurie, MP)
    • president of gabon (question no. 1009) (Bishop, Julie, MP)

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