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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (slavery, slavery-like conditions and people trafficking) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Faulkner, Sen John
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • in committee
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • third reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (reform of employer sanctions) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   matters of public interest
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • western sydney
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • australian labor party
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • road infrastructure
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • unemployment benefits
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
    • economy
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
  •   questions without notice
    • prime minister: visit to western sydney (Payne, Sen Marise)
    • migration (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • health funding (Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta)
    • minerals resource rent tax (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • reserve bank of australia (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
    • fiji (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • accommodation for indigenous students (Scullion, Sen Nigel)
    • waubra wind farm (Madigan, Sen John)
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question no. 2006
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • prime minister: visit to western sydney
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • minerals resource rent tax
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   condolences
    • morris, the hon. john joseph
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   petitions
    • halal islamic food
    • national security inquiry
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Wright, Sen Penny
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   motions
    • ovarian cancer awareness month
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • lake eyre basin
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
    • tamar valley pulp mill
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • division
    • gunns ltd
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • national security inquiry
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
    • climate change and national security
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • health
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • economics legislation committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • electoral matters committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 25 of 2012-13
      • Cameron, Sen Doug (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   delegation reports
    • delegation to the kingdom of morocco and the people's democratic republic of algeria
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Cameron, Sen Doug (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   bills
    • agricultural and veterinary chemicals legislation amendment bill 2012
      • report of legislation committee
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • migration amendment (reform of employer sanctions) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples recognition bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
  •   documents
    • foreign investment review board
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • fiji
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • western australia
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
    • james price point
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency files
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
      • tabling
      • order for the production of documents
  •   questions on notice
    • myanmar oil and gas enterprise (question no. 1898) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • goods and services tax (question no. 1989) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • united nations (question no. 2002) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • economy (question no. 2006) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • cluster munitions (question no. 2124) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • thrombolites (question no. 2220) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • freedom of information (question no. 2231) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • school education, early childhood and youth; employment and workplace relations; early childhood and childcare; employment participation and indigenous employment and economic development (question nos 2248, 2257, 2264, 2265 and 2276) (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • foreign affairs and trade and competitiveness (question nos 2343 and 2350) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • veterans' affairs (question no. 2364) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • christmas island detention centre (question no. 2380) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • myanmar (question no. 2388) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • government programs, initiatives or decisions (question nos 2410 and 2411) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • government programs, initiatives or decisions (question nos 2422, 2426 and 2435) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • australian taxation office (question no. 2448) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • financial sector: shareholdings (question no. 2453) (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • regional australia, local government, arts and sport (question no. 2458) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • regional australia, local government, arts and sport (question no. 2459) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • immigration and citizenship (question nos 2461 and 2501) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • attorney-general; emergency management; home affairs and justice (question nos 2463, 2464, 2494 and 2495) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • foreign affairs and trade and competitiveness (question nos 2467 and 2474) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • regional australia, local government, arts and sport (question no. 2500) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • sri lanka: illegal boats (question no. 2504) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • asylum seekers (question no. 2505) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • nauru (question no. 2508) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • employment and workplace relations: briefing material (question no. 2515) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • international labour organization occupational safety and health convention (question no. 2542) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • rio+20 summit 2012 (question no. 2564) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • veterans' affairs: on base advisory service (question no. 2632) (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • tourism australia (question no. 2634) (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • traditional credit union (question no. 2642) (Scullion, Sen Nigel)
    • eucla weather station (question nos 2643 and 2644) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • robert brennan and associates (question no. 2651) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • sexual and reproductive health services (question no. 2655) (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • defence projects (question no. 2664) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: naval vessels (question no. 2665) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • government funding: animal health australia and plant health australia (question no. 2668) (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • australian government authorised officers (question no. 2672 amended) (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • foreign affairs; and trade and competitiveness: redundancies (question nos 2701 and 2708) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • agriculture, fisheries and forestry: redundancies (question no. 2705) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • pesticides (question no. 2738) (Milne, Sen Christine)

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