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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   condolences
    • comans, mr charles kennedy, cbe, qc
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • electricity prices committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (fair incentives to work) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Carr, Sen Bob
        • division
  •   questions without notice
    • speaker of the house of representatives (Kroger, Sen Helen)
    • economy (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • defence budget (Johnston, Sen David)
    • pensions and benefits (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • economy (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • syria (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • carbon pricing (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • environment (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • asylum seekers (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • wheat industry (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • qantas
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
    • carbon pricing
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • carbon pricing
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • environment
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   petitions
    • labor party
    • australian flag
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   business
    • withdrawal
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • national broadband network committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • burma
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • wikileaks
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • vocational education and training
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • attorney-general
      • Parry, Sen Stephen (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • Feeney, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • dementia awareness week
      • tabling
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (slavery, slavery-like conditions and people trafficking) bill 2012, national portrait gallery of australia bill 2012
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   committees
    • national broadband network committee
      • government response to report
        • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   bills
    • superannuation legislation amendment (further mysuper and transparency measures) bill 2012
      • report of legislation committee
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • treaties committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • greenhouse and energy minimum standards bill 2012, greenhouse and energy minimum standards (registration fees) bill 2012, transport safety investigation amendment bill 2012, legislative instruments amendment (sunsetting measures) bill 2012, statute law revision bill 2012, customs tariff amendment (2012 measures no. 1) bill 2012, customs tariff amendment (schedule 4) bill 2012, international monetary agreements amendment (loans) bill 2012, maritime legislation amendment bill 2012, statute stocktake (appropriations) bill (no. 1) 2012, tax laws amendment (2012 measures no. 4) bill 2012
      • assent
    • military court of australia bill 2012
      • report of legislation committee
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • social security legislation amendment (fair incentives to work) bill 2012
      • in committee
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
      • third reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (independent expert scientific committee on coal seam gas and large coal mining development) bill 2012
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Crossin, Sen Trish (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • air passenger ticket levy (collection) act 2001
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • broadcasting services act 1992
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • national rural advisory council
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   adjournment
    • Crossin, Sen Trish (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • digital local government program
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander healing foundation
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • afghanistan: hazara people
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • australian nuclear free alliance
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • public services
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • mental health
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed list of files
    • departmental and agency appointments
    • departmental and agency grants
  •   questions on notice
    • employment and workplace relations (question no. 1901) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • minerals resource rent tax bill 2012 (question no. 1929) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 1965) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • murray-darling basin authority (question no. 1969) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 1978) (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • treasury (question nos 1993 and 1994) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • defence force posture review (question no. 2003) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • employment and workplace relations (question no. 2005) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • carbon pricing (question no. 2010) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • employment and workplace relations (question no. 2016) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 2029) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 2030) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 2031) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 2032) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 2033) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 2034) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 2035) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 2036) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • strategic reform program (question no. 2038) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • strategic reform program (question no. 2040) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • strategic reform program (question no. 2041) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • strategic reform program (question no. 2042) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • strategic reform program (question no. 2043) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • strategic reform program (question no. 2046) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • strategic reform program (question no. 2047) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • strategic reform program (question no. 2048) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • strategic reform program (question no. 2049) (Johnston, Sen David)

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