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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   private members' business
    • reference to main committee
      • Jenkins, Harry, MP
  •   petitions
    • Murphy, John, MP
    • marriage
    • falun gong
    • easter sunday
    • palestine
    • child care
    • asylum seekers
    • child care
    • child care
    • child care
    • child care
    • child care
      • responses
        • Murphy, John, MP
    • marriage
    • special disability trusts
    • asylum seekers
    • aircraft noise: sutherland shire
    • live animal exports
    • palestine
    • page electorate: gas pipeline
    • disability services
    • defence force retirement and death benefit amendment (fair indexation) legislation
    • balwyn post office
    • australian development scholarships
    • statements
      • Murphy, John, MP
  •   committees
    • australian commission for law enforcement integrity committee
      • report
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
        • Matheson, Russell, MP
      • report and reference to main committee
        • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Byrne, Anthony, MP
        • Ruddock, Philip, MP
    • infrastructure and communications committee
      • report
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
        • Neville, Paul, MP
      • report and reference to main committee
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
    • economics committee
      • report
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
      • report and reference to main committee
        • Owens, Julie, MP
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the 32nd general assembly of the asean inter-parliamentary assembly
      • Symon, Mike, MP
  •   bills
    • police overseas service (territories of papua and new guinea) medal bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Morrison, Scott, MP
  •   private members' business
    • crime and incarceration rates
      • Leigh, Andrew, MP
      • Tudge, Alan, MP
      • Vamvakinou, Maria, MP
      • Christensen, George, MP
      • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
      • Chester, Darren, MP
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • Alexander, John, MP
      • Neumann, Shayne, MP
  •   ministerial statements
    • afghanistan
      • Gillard, Julia, MP
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
    • referral to main committee
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   committees
    • national broadband network committee, infrastructure and communications committee
      • membership
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   bills
    • defence trade controls bill 2011, customs amendment (military end-use) bill 2011, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (significant incident directions) bill 2011, broadcasting services amendment (review of future uses of broadcasting services bands spectrum) bill 2011
      • reference to main committee
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   bills
    • minerals resource rent tax bill 2011
      • report from committee
        • Owens, Julie, MP
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
  •   bills
    • defence trade controls bill 2011, customs amendment (military end-use) bill 2011
      • report from committee
        • Danby, Michael, MP
    • business names registration bill 2011, business names registration (transitional and consequential provisions) bill 2011, business names registration (fees) bill 2011, tax laws amendment (2011 measures no. 6) bill 2011, higher education legislation amendment (student services and amenities) bill 2011
      • assent
    • clean energy bill 2011, clean energy (consequential amendments) bill 2011, clean energy (income tax rates amendments) bill 2011, clean energy (household assistance amendments) bill 2011, clean energy (tax laws amendments) bill 2011, clean energy (fuel tax legislation amendment) bill 2011, clean energy (customs tariff amendment) bill 2011, clean energy (excise tariff legislation amendment) bill 2011, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) amendment bill 2011, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (manufacture levy) amendment bill 2011, clean energy (unit shortfall charge—general) bill 2011, clean energy (unit issue charge—auctions) bill 2011, clean energy (unit issue charge—fixed charge) bill 2011, clean energy (international unit surrender charge) bill 2011, clean energy (charges—customs) bill 2011, clean energy (charges—excise) bill 2011, clean energy regulator bill 2011, climate change authority bill 2011, steel transformation plan bill 2011, australian renewable energy agency bill 2011, australian renewable energy agency (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2011, excise tariff amendment (condensate) bill 2011, excise legislation amendment (condensate) bill 2011, trade marks amendment (tobacco plain packaging) bill 2011
      • returned from senate
    • tobacco plain packaging bill 2011
      • consideration of senate message
        • Roxon, Nicola, MP
        • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
        • Billson, Bruce, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Dutton, Peter, MP
        • Wyatt, Ken, MP
        • Roxon, Nicola, MP
        • Billson, Bruce, MP
    • minerals resource rent tax bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—general) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—customs) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—excise) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax assessment amendment bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—general) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—customs) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—excise) bill 2011, tax laws amendment (stronger, fairer, simpler and other measures) bill 2011, superannuation guarantee (administration) amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Smith, Tony, MP
  •   statements by members
    • adidas school fun run community care program
      • Gambaro, Teresa, MP
    • tibet
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
    • herbert electorate: townsville fire
      • Jones, Ewen, MP
    • bass electorate: building the education revolution program
      • Lyons, Geoff, MP
    • world diabetes day
      • Alexander, John, MP
    • woden valley redbacks under-14s girls' soccer team, australian public service
      • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
    • murray-darling basin
      • McCormack, Michael, MP
    • aviation
      • Danby, Michael, MP
    • address by the president of the united states of america
      • Buchholz, Scott, MP
    • polio eradication
      • Parke, Melissa, MP
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Gillard, Julia, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • carbon pricing (Abbott, Tony, MP)
      • Abbott, Tony, MP
    • economy (Danby, Michael, MP)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Jenkins, Harry, MP
  •   questions without notice
    • carbon pricing (Truss, Warren, MP)
    • mining (O'Neill, Deb, MP)
    • economy (Abbott, Tony, MP)
    • economy (Oakeshott, Robert, MP)
    • water (Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Hunt, Greg, MP)
    • mining (Bird, Sharon, MP)
    • carbon pricing (Mirabella, Sophie, MP)
    • mining (Neumann, Shayne, MP)
    • mining (Hockey, Joe, MP)
    • mining (Smyth, Laura, MP)
    • mining (Hockey, Joe, MP)
    • australia-united states relationship (Byrne, Anthony, MP)
    • australia-india relationship (Bishop, Julie, MP)
    • health reforms (Perrett, Graham, MP)
    • australia-india relationship (Macfarlane, Ian, MP)
  •   motions
    • prime minister
      • censure
        • Abbott, Tony, MP
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • Albanese, Anthony, MP
        • division
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 12 of 2011-12
      • Jenkins, Harry, MP
  •   documents
    • presentation
      • Albanese, Anthony, MP
  •   bills
    • social security and other legislation amendment bill 2011
      • returned from senate
    • business names registration (application of consequential amendments) bill 2011
      • first reading
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (significant incident directions) bill 2011
      • report from committee
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • minerals resource rent tax bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—general) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—customs) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—excise) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax assessment amendment bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—general) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—customs) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—excise) bill 2011, tax laws amendment (stronger, fairer, simpler and other measures) bill 2011, superannuation guarantee (administration) amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Smith, Tony, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Bishop, Bronwyn, MP
        • Smyth, Laura, MP
        • Randall, Don, MP
    • tax laws amendment (2011 measures no. 8) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Hockey, Joe, MP
        • Billson, Bruce, MP
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
      • consideration in detail
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
        • Hockey, Joe, MP
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
        • division
        • division
      • third reading
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • defence trade controls bill 2011
      • report from main committee
      • third reading
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • customs amendment (military end-use) bill 2011
      • report from main committee
      • third reading
        • Shorten, Bill, MP
    • minerals resource rent tax bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—general) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—customs) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—excise) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax assessment amendment bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—general) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—customs) bill 2011
    • petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—excise) bill 2011, tax laws amendment (stronger, fairer, simpler and other measures) bill 2011, superannuation guarantee (administration) amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Baldwin, Bob, MP
        • Jones, Stephen, MP
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
        • Bandt, Adam, MP
        • Griggs, Natasha, MP
  •   motions
    • srebrenica remembrance
      • Danby, Michael, MP
      • Smith, Tony, MP
      • Perrett, Graham, MP
      • Slipper, Peter, MP
      • Husic, Ed, MP
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
      • Jensen, Dennis, MP
      • Ferguson, Laurie, MP
    • burn injury prevention
      • Georganas, Steve, MP
      • Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP
      • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
      • Irons, Steve, MP
  •   adjournment
    • Bradbury, David, MP
    • goulburn valley food cooperative
      • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
    • hindmarsh electorate: bupa project
      • Georganas, Steve, MP
    • mcpherson electorate: transport infrastructure, fly-in fly-out workers
      • Andrews, Karen, MP
    • blair electorate: building the education revolution program
      • Neumann, Shayne, MP
    • genocide
      • Alexander, John, MP
    • murray-darling basin
      • Zappia, Tony, MP
    • genocide
      • Hockey, Joe, MP
    • economy
      • D'Ath, Yvette, MP
    • genocide
      • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
    • asian women at work
      • Melham, Daryl, MP
    • genocide
      • Kelly, Craig, MP
    • deakin electorate: dorset primary school
      • Symon, Mike, MP
    • visit of president of the united states
      • King, Catherine, MP
  • notices
  •   main committee
    • start of business
    • constituency statements
      • casey electorate: mooroolbark east primary school
        • Smith, Tony, MP
      • banfield, mr brenton
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • wright electorate: education
        • Buchholz, Scott, MP
      • blair electorate: business
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
      • asia-pacific region
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
      • national disability insurance scheme
        • Hall, Jill, MP
      • bonner electorate: volunteers
        • Vasta, Ross, MP
      • corio electorate: building the education revolution program
        • Marles, Richard, MP
      • mcpherson electorate: remembrance day
        • Andrews, Karen, MP
      • greenway electorate: quakers hill nursing home
        • Rowland, Michelle, MP
    • private members' business
      • tuberculosis
        • Entsch, Warren, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Irons, Steve, MP
        • Rishworth, Amanda, MP
        • Laming, Andrew, MP
        • Georganas, Steve, MP
        • Christensen, George, MP
        • Lyons, Geoff, MP
        • Prentice, Jane, MP
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
        • Markus, Louise, MP
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
      • white ribbon day
        • Hayes, Chris, MP
        • Alexander, John, MP
        • Leigh, Andrew, MP
        • Chester, Darren, MP
        • Neumann, Shayne, MP
        • Frydenberg, Josh, MP
    • bills
      • defence trade controls bill 2011, customs amendment (military end-use) bill 2011
        • second reading
          • Robert, Stuart, MP
          • Husic, Ed, MP
          • Baldwin, Bob, MP
          • Neumann, Shayne, MP
          • Griggs, Natasha, MP
          • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
          • Clare, Jason, MP
      • customs amendment (military end-use) bill 2011
        • second reading
    • ministerial statements
      • afghanistan
        • Robert, Stuart, MP
        • Snowdon, Warren, MP
        • Turnbull, Malcolm, MP
        • Clare, Jason, MP
    • private members' business
      • exceptional circumstances exit grants program
        • Stone, Dr Sharman, MP
        • Adams, Dick, MP
        • Forrest, John, MP
        • Zappia, Tony, MP
        • Tehan, Dan, MP
        • Mitchell, Rob, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
        • Livermore, Kirsten, MP
        • Cobb, John, MP
        • Husic, Ed, MP
      • world osteoporosis day
        • Georganas, Steve, MP
        • Hunt, Greg, MP
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Simpkins, Luke, MP
        • Brodtmann, Gai, MP
        • McCormack, Michael, MP
      • meals on wheels
        • Hall, Jill, MP
        • Baldwin, Bob, MP
        • Bird, Sharon, MP
        • O'Dwyer, Kelly, MP
        • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
        • Jones, Ewen, MP
    • grievance debate
      • government programs
        • Hawke, Alex, MP
      • gillard government
        • O'Neill, Deb, MP
      • bruce highway
        • Christensen, George, MP
      • gillard government
        • Ripoll, Bernie, MP
      • liberal party
        • Frydenberg, Josh, MP
      • payday lenders
        • Symon, Mike, MP
  •   questions in writing
    • asylum seekers (question no. 427) (Morrison, Scott, MP)
    • asylum seekers (question no. 430) (Morrison, Scott, MP)
    • asylum seekers (question no. 431) (Morrison, Scott, MP)
    • child care (question no. 485) (Oakeshott, Robert, MP)
    • bradfield: home insulation program (question no. 498) (Fletcher, Paul, MP)
    • clean energy future booklet (question no. 512) (Hawke, Alex, MP)
    • passport refusals (question no. 541) (Bishop, Julie, MP)
    • wispelaere, mr jean-philippe (question no. 546) (Bishop, Julie, MP)
    • families, housing, community services and indigenous affairs: trial sites (question no. 547) (Andrews, Kevin, MP)
    • families, housing, community services and indigenous affairs: senior executive service (question no. 568) (Briggs, Jamie, MP)
    • climate change and energy efficiency: senior executive service (question no. 578) (Briggs, Jamie, MP)
    • dawson and capricornia electorates: home insulation program (question no. 584) (Christensen, George, MP)
    • dawson and capricornia electorates: home insulation program (question no. 586) (Christensen, George, MP)
    • agriculture, fisheries and forestry: portfolio expenditure (question no. 592) (Cobb, John, MP)
    • superclinics (question no. 593) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
    • superclinics (question no. 600) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
    • superclinics (question no. 601) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
    • on-farm water efficiency program (question no. 603) (Stone, Dr Sharman, MP)
    • townsville health service district (question no. 609) (Katter, Bob, MP)
    • superclinics (question no. 611) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
    • superclinics (question no. 612) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
    • superclinics (question no. 613) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
    • healthdirect australia (question no. 624) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
    • leichhardt electorate: mental health (question no. 625) (Entsch, Warren, MP)
    • foreign affairs and trade: hospitality and entertainment expenditure (question no. 629) (Bishop, Julie, MP)
    • hospitals: exemptions initiative (question no. 636) (Laming, Andrew, MP)
    • dawson electorate: age pension recipients (question no. 641) (Christensen, George, MP)
    • nbn co. limited (question no. 650) (Fletcher, Paul, MP)
    • superclinics (question no. 657) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
    • superclinics (question no. 658) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
    • superclinics (question no. 660) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)
    • finance and deregulation: travel savings (question no. 664) (Fletcher, Paul, MP)
    • national authentication service for health (question no. 725) (Southcott, Dr Andrew, MP)

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