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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • family tax benefit (tighter income test) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • division
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • division
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • environment legislation amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   statements
    • divisions
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   petitions
    • defence amendment bill
    • medicare copayment
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, economics legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • division
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment (donations reform) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • act government loan bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • tertiary education quality and standards agency amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • in committee
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • third reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   questions without notice
    • minister for defence (Cameron, Sen Doug)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • minister for defence (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • economy (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • senator sinodinos (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • asylum seekers (Madigan, Sen John)
    • higher education (McGrath, Sen James)
    • fishing industry (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • abbott government (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • national security (Back, Sen Chris)
    • abbott government (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • division
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • division
      • division
  •   bills
    • migration and maritime powers legislation amendment (resolving the asylum legacy caseload) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
      • in committee
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • division
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
  •   committees
    • australia fund establishment, foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • membership
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • building energy efficiency disclosure amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • social security legislation amendment (strengthening the job seeker compliance framework) bill 2014, tertiary education quality and standards agency amendment bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   statements
    • valedictory
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling

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