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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   statement by the president
    • photography of the senate
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee, rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • higher education and research reform bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   questions without notice
    • higher education (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • australia: demographics, pensions and benefits (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • higher education (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • community pharmacy agreement (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • indigenous affairs (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • automotive transformation scheme (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • australian building and construction commission (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • telecommunications data retention (Muir, Sen Ricky)
    • minister for foreign affairs (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • disability services (McGrath, Sen James)
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • procedural text
    • legal aid (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • illicit drugs (Williams, Sen John)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • higher education
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community pharmacy agreement
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
  •   motions
    • uranium mining
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • indigenous communities
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • iraq
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
    • national collaborative research infrastructure strategy
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   documents
    • telecommunications data retention
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • solar energy exchange initiative
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   bills
    • charter of budget honesty amendment (intergenerational report) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
      • second reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   documents
    • automotive transformation scheme
      • order for the production of documents
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • great barrier reef
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   matters of public importance
    • indigenous affairs
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  • documents
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • report
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • government response to report
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • consideration
  •   documents
    • automotive transformation scheme
      • order for the production of documents
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   bills
    • appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2014-2015, appropriation bill (no. 3) 2014-2015, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2014-2015
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   committees
    • legislation committees
      • reports
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • report
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • legislation committees
      • reports
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   bills
    • higher education and research reform bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 2) 2014-2015, appropriation bill (no. 3) 2014-2015, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2014-2015
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • in committee
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Wong, Sen Penny
      • third reading
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   adjournment
    • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • baylis, mr john
      • Peris, Sen Nova
    • queensland: cyclone marcia
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • arthritis awareness week
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • coal seam gas
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
    • tasmania: hear our voices gathering 2015
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • international day of forests
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • asian infrastructure investment bank
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • new south wales: environment
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • returns to order
    • departmental and agency files

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