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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • marriage equality amendment bill 2012, legislative instruments amendment (sunsetting measures) bill 2012
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
  •   private members' business
    • private members' motions
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   petitions
    • Murphy, John, MP
    • marriage
  •   petitions
    • responses
      • Murphy, John, MP
    • australia post: wanneroo post office
  •   petitions
    • statements
      • Murphy, John, MP
  •   committees
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Byrne, Anthony, MP
        • Ruddock, Philip, MP
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to indonesia and tonga
      • Griffin, Alan, MP
      • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
  •   committees
    • agriculture, resources, fisheries and forestry committee
      • report
        • Adams, Dick, MP
        • Schultz, Alby, MP
    • social policy and legal affairs committee
      • report
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to vietnam, thailand and singapore
      • Sidebottom, Sid, MP
      • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
      • Sidebottom, Sid, MP
      • report and reference to federation chamber
        • Sidebottom, Sid, MP
  •   bills
    • protecting local jobs (regulating enterprise migration agreements) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Grierson, Sharon (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • air services (aircraft noise) amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Moylan, Judi, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
  •   private members' business
    • economy
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
  •   ministerial statements
    • economy
      • Swan, Wayne, MP
      • Ellis, Kate, MP
      • Hockey, Joe, MP
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • O'Neill, Deb, MP
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
    • economics committee
      • report
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Ciobo, Steven, MP
    • migration committee
      • report
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
        • Markus, Louise, MP
    • climate change, environment and the arts committee
      • report
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
  •   bills
    • equal opportunity for women in the workplace amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
        • D'Ath, Yvette, MP
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Scott, Bruce (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   statements by members
    • abbott, mr des, carroll, mr joel
      • Griggs, Natasha, MP
    • gibb, mr john
      • Lyons, Geoff, MP
    • epilepsy
      • Frydenberg, Josh, MP
    • child care
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • pie of origin fundraising event
      • Buchholz, Scott, MP
    • saunders, mr alan
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
    • pie of origin fundraising event
      • Ruddock, Philip, MP
    • austine, mr brett, oam
      • Hall, Jill, MP
    • farah, mrs sonia
      • Alexander, John, MP
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
    • parliamentarians for global action
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
  •   condolences
    • walker, hon. francis (frank) john, qc
      • Swan, Wayne, MP
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • reference to federation chamber
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Swan, Wayne, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • carbon pricing (Abbott, Tony, MP)
    • economy (Symon, Mike, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Abbott, Tony, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Livermore, Kirsten, MP)
    • carbon pricing
      • Billson, Bruce, MP
      • procedural text
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   questions without notice
    • pacific highway (Oakeshott, Robert, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Melham, Daryl, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Truss, Warren, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Champion, Nick, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   questions without notice
    • asylum seekers (Keenan, Michael, MP)
    • marine conservation (Perrett, Graham, MP)
    • marine conservation (Entsch, Warren, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Zappia, Tony, MP)
    • marine conservation (Christensen, George, MP)
    • family payments (Grierson, Sharon, MP)
  •   documents
    • australian national audit office
      • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • reports nos 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 of 2011-12
      • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   committees
    • social policy and legal affairs committee
      • membership
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   bills
    • equal opportunity for women in the workplace amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
        • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
        • Collins, Julie, MP
        • Scott, Bruce (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
      • consideration in detail
        • Ley, Sussan, MP
        • Collins, Julie, MP
        • division
        • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
        • division
      • third reading
        • Collins, Julie, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Julie, MP
  •   bills
    • superannuation legislation amendment (stronger super) bill 2012, superannuation supervisory levy imposition amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • O'Neill, Deb, MP
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • third reading
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • superannuation supervisory levy imposition amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
      • third reading
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • 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
      • returned from senate
    • australian citizenship amendment (defence families) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Robert, Stuart, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
        • Marino, Nola, MP
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
        • Jenkins, Harry, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Frydenberg, Josh, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
  •   private members' business
    • army reserve bands
      • Ruddock, Philip, MP
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • Robert, Stuart, MP
      • Owens, Julie, MP
      • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • Kelly, Mike, MP
      • Hawke, Alex, MP
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
    • olive oil
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • Coulton, Mark, MP
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
      • McCormack, Michael, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Burke, Anna (The DEPUTY SPEAKER)
    • bradfield electorate: roads
      • Fletcher, Paul, MP
    • grocery prices
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • forde electorate: community organisations
      • Van Manen, Bert, MP
    • boer war day
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • canning electorate: employment
      • Randall, Don, MP
    • carbon pricing
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
    • migration: settlement services
      • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
    • moreton electorate: higher education
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
    • cook electorate: kurnell peninsula
      • Morrison, Scott, MP
    • bass electorate: young carer festivals
      • Lyons, Geoff, MP
    • vision 2020, mai wiru regional stores council
      • Laming, Andrew, MP
    • petrie electorate: infrastructure
      • D'Ath, Yvette, MP
  • notices
  •   main committee
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • mobile phone towers
        • Vasta, Ross, MP
      • local sporting champions grants
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
      • midland information, debt and legal advocacy service
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
      • el dana, mrs faten
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • nambucca show
        • Hartsuyker, Luke, MP
      • national financial literacy strategy
        • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
      • australian defence force
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
      • agriculture
        • Saffin, Janelle, MP
      • grasso, mr douglas
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
      • geelong mayoral election
        • Marles, Richard, MP
    • private members' business
      • torres strait flooding
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
        • Saffin, Janelle, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
        • O'Neill, Deb, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Livermore, Kirsten, MP
        • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
    • bills
      • marriage equality amendment bill 2012
        • second reading
          • Bandt, Adam, MP
          • Robert, Stuart, MP
          • Murphy, John, MP
          • Chester, Darren, MP
          • Buchholz, Scott, MP
          • Neumann, Shayne, MP
          • O'Neill, Deb, MP
    • private members' business
      • military superannuation
        • Oakeshott, Robert, MP
        • Robert, Stuart, MP
        • Griffin, Alan, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Burke, Anna, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • autism spectrum disorder
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • Baldwin, Bob, MP
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Griffin, Alan, MP
        • Randall, Don, MP
        • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
    • bills
      • appropriation bill (no. 1) 2012-2013
        • consideration in detail
          • Combet, Greg, MP
          • Hunt, Greg, MP
          • Combet, Greg, MP
          • Chester, Darren, MP
          • Combet, Greg, MP
          • Hunt, Greg, MP
          • Combet, Greg, MP
          • Husic, Ed, MP
          • Combet, Greg, MP
          • Hunt, Greg, MP
          • Combet, Greg, MP
          • Chester, Darren, MP
          • Combet, Greg, MP
          • Hunt, Greg, MP
          • Combet, Greg, MP
          • Bradbury, David, MP
          • Billson, Bruce, MP
          • Bradbury, David, MP
          • Leigh, Andrew, MP
          • Bradbury, David, MP
          • Billson, Bruce, MP
          • Bradbury, David, MP
          • Shorten, Bill, MP
          • Billson, Bruce, MP
          • Shorten, Bill, MP
          • O'Neill, Deb, MP
          • Shorten, Bill, MP
          • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
          • Baldwin, Bob, MP
          • Ferguson, Martin, MP
          • Chester, Darren, MP
          • Ferguson, Martin, MP
          • Chester, Darren, MP
          • Ferguson, Martin, MP
          • Macfarlane, Ian, MP
          • Ferguson, Martin, MP
          • Macfarlane, Ian, MP
          • Ferguson, Martin, MP
    • private members' business
      • economy
        • Champion, Nick, MP
        • Briggs, Jamie, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
      • trade unions
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Ciobo, Steven, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
        • Frydenberg, Josh, MP
        • Perrett, Graham, MP
        • Fletcher, Paul, MP
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Smyth, Laura, MP
      • renewable energy
        • Smyth, Laura, MP
        • Kelly, Craig, MP
        • Thomson, Kelvin, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
    • bills
      • marriage amendment bill 2012
        • second reading
          • Parke, Melissa, MP
          • Buchholz, Scott, MP
          • Plibersek, Tanya, MP
          • Robert, Stuart, MP
          • Leigh, Andrew, MP
    • grievance debate
      • south australia: electricity grid
        • Ramsey, Rowan, MP
      • national security
        • Danby, Michael, MP
      • world elder abuse awareness day
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
      • holt electorate: youth
        • Byrne, Anthony, MP
      • electricity prices
        • Oakeshott, Robert, MP
      • mining industry employment
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • attorney-general's (question no. 830) (Oakeshott, Robert, MP)
    • immigration and citizenship (question no. 889) (Morrison, Scott, MP)
    • treasury: credit card breaches (question nos 905 and 929) (Briggs, Jamie, MP)
    • regional australia, regional development and local government: training (question no. 974) (Ferguson, Laurie, MP)
    • arts: training (question no. 975) (Ferguson, Laurie, MP)
    • finance and deregulation: training (question no. 985) (Ferguson, Laurie, MP)
    • tourism ambassador program (question no. 1003) (Baldwin, Bob, MP)

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