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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   statement by the president
    • mclucas, senator the hon. jan
      • Hogg, Sen John
  •   bills
    • veterans' entitlements amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • in committee
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • procedural text
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • division
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • division
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   questions without notice
    • future fund (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • employment (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • future fund (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
    • vocational education and training (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • economy (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • future fund (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
    • indigenous employment (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • asylum seekers (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • apple imports
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation act (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • future fund
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Furner, Sen Mark
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of new taxes committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   motions
    • suicide prevention
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   committees
    • privileges committee, senators' interests committee
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   matters of public importance
    • asylum seekers
      • Parry, Sen Stephen
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Furner, Sen Mark
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • consideration
    • education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • gambling reform committee
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • national broadband network - select committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • responses to senate resolutions
      • tabling
    • israel
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • forestry
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   bills
    • family assistance legislation amendment (child care budget measures) bill 2010, inspector-general of intelligence and security amendment bill 2011
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • national residue survey (excise) levy amendment (deer) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • superannuation legislation amendment (early release of superannuation) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • income tax rates amendment (research and development) bill 2011, tax laws amendment (research and development) bill 2011, indigenous education (targeted assistance) amendment bill 2011
      • assent
    • veterans' entitlements amendment bill 2011
      • in committee
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • division
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
        • division
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • higher education support amendment (demand driven funding system and other measures) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   adjournment
    • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • climate change
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
    • south australia: catholic church
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • statements of compliance and letter of advice
  •   questions on notice
    • regional australia, regional development and local government: stationery (question nos 230 and 231) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • foreign affairs and trade: stationery (question nos 232 and 246) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: stationery (question no. 260) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: stationery (question no. 267) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • regional australia, regional development and local government (question nos 272 and 273) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • foreign affairs and trade (question nos 274 and 288) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • burma (question no. 338) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • burma (question no. 364) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • broadband, communications and the digital economy (question no. 444) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • defence: program funding (question no. 506) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: hospitality (question no. 522) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: hospitality (question no. 530) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • civil aviation safety authority (question no. 839) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • broadband, communications and the digital economy (question no. 843) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • special minister of state: staffing (question no. 846) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • illegal imports (question no. 893) (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • immigration detention centres (question no. 894) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations and school education, early childhood and youth: funding (question nos 902 and 903) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • council of australian governments: counter-terrorism (question no. 911) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • australian office of financial management (question no. 984) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • australian prudential authority (question no. 985) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • commonwealth grants commission (question no. 988) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • corporations and markets advisory committee (question no. 989) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • national competition council (question no. 990) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • office of the auditing and assurance standards board (question no. 991) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • office of the australian accounting standards board (question no. 992) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • royal australian mint (question no. 994) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • australian bureau of statistics: accommodation (question no. 997) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • australian office of financial management: accommodation (question no. 998) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • productivity commission: accommodation (question no. 999) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • royal australian mint: accommodation (question no. 1000) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • australian accounting standards board (question no. 1002) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • national competition council: accommodation (question no. 1003) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • auditing and assurance standards board (question no. 1004) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • corporations and markets advisory committee: accommodation (question no. 1005) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • commonwealth grants commission: accommodation (question no. 1006) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • australian prudential regulation authority: accommodation (question no. 1009) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • australian competition and consumer commission: accommodation (question no. 1010) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations (question no. 1019) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • fair work australia (question no. 1024) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • australian office of financial management: advertising (question no. 1036) (Abetz, Sen Eric)

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