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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • national health amendment (simplified price disclosure) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • third reading
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • social services and other legislation amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • in committee
        • Furner, Sen Mark (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
  •   matters of public interest
    • Bishop, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • south australia: state election
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • queensland: legislation
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
    • rights
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • tasmania: economy
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • western australia: senate election
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
  •   questions without notice
    • qantas (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • qantas (Eggleston, Sen Alan)
    • qantas (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • environment (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • carbon pricing (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
    • ministerial staff: code of conduct (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   motions
    • assistant minister for health
      • censure
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Faulkner, Sen John
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • division
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • presentation
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   motions
    • international women's day
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • trade and foreign investment (protecting the public interest) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • second reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • national broadband network companies amendment (tasmania) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • gender equality
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • fair work australia
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
  •   matters of urgency
    • broadband
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • publications committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • great white shark
      • tabling
        • Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • order for the production of documents
  •   bills
    • customs tariff amendment (tobacco) bill 2014, excise tariff amendment (tobacco) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • second reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • governor-general amendment (salary) bill 2014, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 1) bill 2014, tertiary education quality and standards agency amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • second reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 2) 2013-2014, appropriation bill (no. 3) 2013-2014, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2013-2014
      • first reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • second reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   regulations and determinations
    • clean energy auction revocation determination 2014
      • disallowance
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   documents
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • productivity commission
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
  •   adjournment
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • whyalla wig library
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • regional queensland
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • montara oil spill
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • agricultural competitiveness white paper
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files
      • order for the production of documents

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