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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • Senator BARNETT
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Senator FIELDING
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • division
  •   bills
    • intellectual property laws amendment (raising the bar) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
    • therapeutic goods amendment (2011 measures no. 1) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • third reading
        • The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
    • aged care amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Sherry, Sen Nick
        • division
      • third reading
        • The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT
    • customs amendment (serious drugs detection) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • in committee
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • third reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • families, housing, community services and indigenous affairs and other legislation amendment (further election commitments and other measures) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • in committee
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • third reading
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
    • customs amendment (export controls and other measures) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • third reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • customs tariff amendment (2012 harmonized system changes) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • third reading
        • The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT
    • military rehabilitation and compensation amendment (mrca supplement) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • third reading
        • The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT
    • tobacco advertising prohibition amendment bill 2010
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   matters of public interest
    • The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT
    • building the education revolution program
      • Senator WORTLEY
    • palliative care
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • environment
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • scouts australia
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • parliamentary standards
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • beams, mr alan and mr graeme
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • beams, mr alan and mr graeme
      • Sherry, Sen Nick
  •   questions without notice
    • australian labor party (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • live animal exports (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • live animal exports (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
    • forestry (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • housing (Payne, Sen Marise)
    • indigenous employment (Furner, Sen Mark)
    • carbon pricing (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • synthetic cannabinoids (Senator FIELDING)
    • climate change (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • forestry
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • carbon pricing
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • air safety
      • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Adams, Sen Judith
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • forestry
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   petitions
    • marriage
    • marriage
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • migration committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • scrutiny of new taxes committee
      • meeting
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • australia's immigration detention network committee
      • membership
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   motions
    • egypt
      • Parry, Sen Stephen
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   committees
    • procedure committee
      • report
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • economics legislation committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Senator TROETH
  •   ministerial statements
    • australia's offshore oil and gas resources sector security inquiry
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report nos 52 and 53 of 2010-11
      • The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
  •   committees
    • australia's immigration detention network committee
      • membership
        • The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
  •   bills
    • appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2011-2012, appropriation bill (no. 1) 2011-2012, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2011-2012, family assistance and other legislation amendment bill 2011, tax laws amendment (2011 measures no. 5) bill 2011, veterans' entitlements amendment bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • tertiary education quality and standards agency bill 2011, tertiary education quality and standards agency (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2011
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
  •   committees
    • australia's immigration detention network committee
      • membership
        • The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
  •   regulations and determinations
    • national consumer credit protection amendment regulations 2011 (no. 2), national consumer credit protection amendment regulations 2011 (no. 3)
      • disallowance
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Senator HURLEY
        • Senator FIELDING
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictories
      • Senator HUTCHINS
      • Senator HURLEY
      • Senator FIELDING
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Feeney, Sen David
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   adjournment
    • Crossin, Sen Trish
    • valedictories
      • Senator O'BRIEN
    • murphy, mr jim
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
    • project 10 per cent
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • south australia
      • Senator WORTLEY
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • stationery (question nos 228, 240, 253, 255 and 256) (Humphries, Sen Gary)

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