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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • commonwealth commissioner for children and young people bill 2010
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
    • environment protection (beverage container deposit and recovery scheme) bill 2010
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Farrell, Sen Don
    • rearrangement
      • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   bills
    • low aromatic fuel bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • second reading
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • assisting victims of overseas terrorism bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Brandis, Sen George
    • second reading
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   motions
    • world plumbing day
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • nadarkhani, pastor youcef
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • human rights
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
  •   motions
    • renewable energy
      • Brown, Sen Bob
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • law enforcement committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   bills
    • family assistance and other legislation amendment bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (2011 measures no. 9) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • national health amendment (fifth community pharmacy agreement initiatives) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
    • third reading
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Farrell, Sen Don
    • australian research council amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   questions without notice
    • gillard government (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • broadband (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • prime minister (Brandis, Sen George)
    • great barrier reef (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • renewable energy (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • agriculture (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • cape york: heritage listing (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
    • solar hot water industry (Madigan, Sen John)
    • carbon pricing (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • fairer private health insurance incentives bill, dental health, indigenous suicide
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   statements
    • questions without notice
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Furner, Sen Mark
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
    • great barrier reef
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictories
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee, membership (PRESIDENT, The)
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   motions
    • gillard government
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   documents
    • australian meat and live-stock industry act 1997: livestock mortalities during exports by sea
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • australia post
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • australian customs and border protection service
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • commonwealth grants commission
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • australian landcare council
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • consideration
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of new taxes committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • denison electorate
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • higher education
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • firefighters
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • food security
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
    • departmental and agency contracts

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