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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • wild rivers (environmental management) bill 2011
      • in committee
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Senator FIELDING
        • Furner, Sen Mark
        • procedural text
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Boswell, Sen Ronald
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • procedural text
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • procedural text
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
    • consideration of legislation
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
  •   committees
    • economics legislation committee, economics references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • reference
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
  •   business
    • senate temporary orders
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
  •   committees
    • national broadband network committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • public service amendment (payments in special circumstances) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • community hospitals
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • alcohol pricing
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • cluster bombs
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • division
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • documents
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
  •   bills
    • aviation transport security amendment (air cargo) bill 2011, customs amendment (export controls and other measures) bill 2011, family assistance and other legislation amendment (child care and other measures) bill 2011, trans-tasman proceedings amendment and other measures bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • electoral and referendum amendment (provisional voting) bill 2011
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • electoral matters committee
      • appointment
        • The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
        • Bishop, Sen Mark
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • sex and age discrimination legislation amendment bill 2010
      • in committee
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Senator BARNETT
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • budget (Senator WORTLEY)
    • carbon pricing (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • coal seam gas projects (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • carbon pricing (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • budget (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • budget (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
    • soccer world cup (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • budget (Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta)
    • budget (Pratt, Sen Louise)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • crime
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • forestry
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Senator BARNETT
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
    • coal seam gas projects
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Senator BARNETT
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
  •   bills
    • sex and age discrimination legislation amendment bill 2010
      • in committee
        • division
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, finance and public administration references committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee, rural affairs and transport references committee, treaties committee, intelligence and security committee
      • government response to report
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • membership
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • meeting
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   motions
    • budget
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Senator HURLEY
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   budget
    • statement and documents
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Brown, Sen Bob
  •   adjournment
    • Crossin, Sen Trish
    • women's workforce participation
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • anzac day and day of mourning
      • Furner, Sen Mark
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Hogg, Sen John
  •   questions on notice
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: staffing (question no. 399) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • prime minister (question no. 405) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • australian broadcasting corporation (question no. 410) (Adams, Sen Judith)
    • superannuation (question no. 433) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • superannuation (question no. 434) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • flood levy (question no. 435) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • taxation (question no. 436) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • national cycling strategy (question no. 440) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • national indigenous television (question no. 441) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • australia network (question no. 443) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • national heritage strategy (question no. 446) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • tasmanian wilderness world heritage area (question no. 452) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • defence: freedom of information (question nos 497 to 499) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: project funding (question nos 515 to 517) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • australian competition and consumer commission (question no. 532) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • fair work australia (question no. 534) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • ausroads (question no. 536) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • australian communications and media authority (question no. 539) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • home insulation safety program (question no. 540) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • foreign investment (question no. 542) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • foreign affairs (question no. 546) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • east timor regional processing centre (question no. 551) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • united nations (question no. 558) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • united nations security council (question no. 559) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • lucas heights reactor (question no. 568) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • australian nuclear science and technology organisation (question no. 569) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • australian federal police (question no. 575) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • climate change (question no. 589) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • climate change (question no. 590) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • climate change (question no. 591) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • climate change (question no. 592) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • fair work ombudsman (question no. 597) (Abetz, Sen Eric)

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