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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   documents
    • forced adoption
      • tabling
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • animal welfare
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • coal seam gas
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
    • pensions and benefits
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • road safety
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • membership of political parties
      • Day, Sen Bob
  •   bills
    • international aid (promoting gender equality) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • enhancing online safety for children bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • national vocational education and training regulator amendment bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) bill 2013, building and construction industry (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples recognition (sunset extension) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • third reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2014, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment (designated coastal waters) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • third reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • defence legislation amendment (military justice enhancements—inspector-general adf) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) bill 2013, building and construction industry (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   questions without notice
    • research infrastructure (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • intergenerational report: 2015 (Edwards, Sen Sean)
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • climate change (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • international women's day (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • fuel security (Madigan, Sen John)
    • building and construction industry (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • indigenous affairs (Peris, Sen Nova)
    • aged care (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • commonwealth cleaning service guidelines (Lines, Sen Susan)
  •   statements
    • senate parliamentary liaison officer
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • international women's day
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Peris, Sen Nova
    • intergenerational report: 2015
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   committees
    • publications joint committee
      • report
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • membership
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   ministerial statements
    • intergenerational report: 2015
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • coal seam gas
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Muir, Sen Ricky
  •   motions
    • coal seam gas
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   documents
    • climate change authority
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • australian human rights commission
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • national mental health commission
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
    • australian human rights commission
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • consideration
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • telecommunications data retention
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • ageing population
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • manufacturing
      • Madigan, Sen John
    • nuclear energy
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
    • higher education: student services and amenities fee
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • industrial relations
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • road safety
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • wild dogs
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • foreign corrupt practices
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • recreational hunting
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • asylum seekers, climate change
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • mccombe, mr tim, oam, johnston, mr ashley
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • australian justice system
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • order for the production of documents

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