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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • marriage equality amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • division
  •   bills
    • counter-terrorism legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2015
      • first reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   motions
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander people: criminal justice system
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • national adoption awareness week
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander people: criminal justice system
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • marriage
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Simms, Sen Robert
  •   committees
    • unconventional gas mining committee
      • appointment
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Madigan, Sen John
  •   motions
    • indigenous eye health
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • melbourne port rail shuttle
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   documents
    • perth freight link
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
  •   motions
    • oecd coal fired power plant subsidies
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
    • medecins sans frontieres: kunduz hospital bombing
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   bills
    • health legislation amendment (ehealth) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Gallagher, Sen Katy
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • crimes legislation amendment (harming australians) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Brandis, Sen George
    • social services legislation amendment (more generous means testing for youth payments) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • social services legislation amendment (no jab, no pay) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   questions without notice
    • goods and services tax (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • procedural text
      • Brandis, Sen George
    • employment (Edwards, Sen Sean)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • broadband (McAllister, Sen Jenny)
    • superannuation (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • minister for foreign affairs (Gallagher, Sen Katy)
    • trade with china (Madigan, Sen John)
  •   motions
    • Brandis, Sen George
    • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   questions without notice
    • trade with china (Madigan, Sen John)
    • innovation and science (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • citizenship (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • sex discrimination commissioner (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • research and innovation (Back, Sen Chris)
    • defence: water supplies (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • workplace relations (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
  •   questions to the president
    • standing orders 72(2) and 203
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • citizenship
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   petitions
    • seafood labelling
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • national disability insurance scheme committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • intelligence and security committee
      • government response to report
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   ministerial statements
    • a new regulatory reform agenda
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (charging for a migration outcome) bill 2015
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • migration and maritime powers amendment bill (no. 1) 2015
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill 2015
      • consideration of house of representatives message
    • higher education support amendment (vet fee-help reform) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • fair work amendment bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade, joint standing committee on treaties
      • membership
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015, customs tariff amendment (china-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2015
      • assent
  •   motions
    • employment
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Johnston, Sen David
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • select committee on health, national broadband network select committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee, report
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • community affairs references committee
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • burma
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • domestic and family violence
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • workplace relations
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • tabling

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