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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • constitutional recognition of atsip, wind turbines select committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • social services and other legislation amendment (seniors supplement cessation) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • in committee
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • private health insurance (prudential supervision) bill 2015, private health insurance (prudential supervision) (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2015, private health insurance supervisory levy imposition bill 2015, private health insurance (risk equalisation levy) amendment bill 2015, private health insurance (collapsed insurer levy) amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • in committee
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • excise tariff amendment (ethanol and biodiesel) bill 2015, energy grants and other legislation amendment (ethanol and biodiesel) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • law enforcement legislation amendment (powers) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • copyright amendment (online infringement) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • in committee
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • education funding (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • workplace relations (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • economy (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • budget (Canavan, Sen Matthew)
    • climate change (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • china-australia free trade agreement (Williams, Sen John)
    • education funding (Wright, Sen Penny)
    • china-australia free trade agreement (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • china-australia free trade agreement (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • aged care (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • renewable energy (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • business (Sinodinos, Sen Arthur)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • trade
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • economy
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
    • climate change
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • health care: immigration
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   motions
    • australian customs service
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • division
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • trade in shark fins
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   matters of public importance
    • education funding
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (fair and sustainable pensions) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • social services and other legislation amendment (seniors supplement cessation) bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   bills
    • copyright amendment (online infringement) bill 2015
      • in committee
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • division
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • division
    • social services legislation amendment (fair and sustainable pensions) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
    • renewable energy (electricity) amendment bill 2015
      • in committee
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • australian greens
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • kirner, ms joan elizabeth, ac
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • chile
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • gender equality
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • government response to report

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