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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • queensland government administration committee
      • meeting
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   parliamentary representation
    • australian capital territory
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • senators sworn
  •   committees
    • queensland government administration committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   bills
    • telecommunications (interception and access) amendment (data retention) bill 2015
      • in committee
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • division
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   petitions
    • early learning and child care
    • affordable child care
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • centenary of anzac
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • judiciary amendment bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   parliamentary zone
    • approval of works
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on northern australia
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • joint select committee on trade and investment growth
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   bills
    • food standards amendment (fish labelling) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • great barrier reef
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • automotive transformation scheme
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • senate casual vacancies
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • special broadcasting service, national indigenous television
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • recent allegations relating to conditions and circumstances at the regional processing centre in nauru committee
      • appointment
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
        • Madigan, Sen John
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • division
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   motions
    • coal seam gas
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • division
  •   bills
    • public governance and resources legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2015
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • parliamentary service amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • PRESIDENT, The
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • legal aid
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • division
    • research and development
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • fifth community pharmacy agreement
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • duck hunting
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • membership
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • omnibus repeal day (spring 2014) bill 2014
      • consideration of house of representatives message
    • migration amendment (protection and other measures) bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • enhancing online safety for children bill 2014, enhancing online safety for children (consequential amendments) bill 2014
      • assent
    • telecommunications (interception and access) amendment (data retention) bill 2015
      • in committee
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
        • Wang, Sen Zhenya
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • legal aid (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • defence procurement (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • organisation for economic co-operation and development, coal industry (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • centrepay (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • gas prices (Madigan, Sen John)
    • indigenous communities (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • westconnex (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • migration (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • organisation for economic co-operation and development, coal industry
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary field visit to jordan, turkey and lebanon
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   ministerial statements
    • murray-darling basin plan
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   parliamentary representation
    • australian capital territory
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • private health insurance amendment bill (no. 2) 2014
      • first reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • abbott government's budget cuts select committee
      • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   bills
    • telecommunications (interception and access) amendment (data retention) bill 2015
      • in committee
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • Mason, Sen Brett
  •   bills
    • telecommunications (interception and access) amendment (data retention) bill 2015
      • in committee
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
      • third reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • division
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files

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