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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee, community affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • water amendment (water for the environment special account) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • education funding (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • budget (Brandis, Sen George)
    • clean energy finance corporation (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • economy (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
    • queensland floods (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • mining (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • newstart allowance (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • economy (Sinodinos, Sen Arthur)
    • education funding (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • new south wales: grazing trial
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • indigenous employment
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • carbon pricing
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • economy, budget
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • newstart allowance
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • gambling reform committee
      • meeting
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   matters of public importance
    • gillard government
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • responses to senate resolutions
  •   delegation reports
    • official visit to canada and the united states
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
    • report no. 20 of 2012-13
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • domestic violence
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • anti-poverty week
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • world mental health day
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • superannuation legislation amendment (service providers and other governance measures) bill 2012
      • report of legislation committee
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   committees
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (unauthorised maritime arrivals and other measures) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
  •   committees
    • constitutional recognition of aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • superannuation laws amendment (capital gains tax relief and other efficiency measures) bill 2012, fair entitlements guarantee bill 2012, higher education support amendment (streamlining and other measures) bill 2012, superannuation auditor registration imposition bill 2012, superannuation legislation amendment (mysuper core provisions) bill 2012, appropriation (implementation of the report of the expert panel on asylum seekers) bill (no. 1) 2012-2013, appropriation (implementation of the report of the expert panel on asylum seekers) bill (no. 2) 2012-2013, federal circuit court of australia legislation amendment bill 2012, illegal logging prohibition bill 2012, crimes legislation amendment (serious drugs, identity crime and other measures) bill 2012, australian charities and not-for-profits commission bill 2012, australian charities and not-for-profits commission (consequential and transitional) bill 2012, wheat export marketing amendment bill 2012, superannuation legislation amendment (further mysuper and transparency measures) bill 2012, customs amendment (malaysia-australia free trade agreement implementation and other measures) bill 2012, customs tariff amendment (malaysia-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2012, fair work amendment bill 2012, fair work amendment (transfer of business) bill 2012, treasury legislation amendment (unclaimed money and other measures) bill 2012, freedom of information amendment (parliamentary budget office) bill 2012, corporations legislation amendment (derivative transactions) bill 2012, equal opportunity for women in the workplace amendment bill 2012, personal liability for corporate fault reform bill 2012, superannuation legislation amendment (new zealand arrangement) bill 2012, national health security amendment bill 2012, dental benefits amendment bill 2012, tax laws amendment (2012 measures no. 5) bill 2012, tax laws amendment (clean building managed investment trust) bill 2012, access to justice (federal jurisdiction) amendment bill 2012, courts legislation amendment (judicial complaints) bill 2012, judicial misbehaviour and incapacity (parliamentary commissions) bill 2012, national gambling reform (related matters) bill (no. 1) 2012, national gambling reform (related matters) bill (no. 2) 2012, aviation legislation amendment (liability and insurance) bill 2012, migration legislation amendment (student visas) bill 2012, national gambling reform bill 2012, law enforcement integrity legislation amendment bill 2012, customs tariff (anti-dumping) amendment bill (no. 1) 2012, customs amendment (anti-dumping improvements) bill (no. 3) 2012, privacy amendment (enhancing privacy protection) bill 2012, clean energy (charges—customs) amendment bill 2012, clean energy (charges—excise) amendment bill 2012, excise tariff amendment (per-tonne carbon price equivalent) bill 2012, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (manufacture levy) amendment (per-tonne carbon price equivalent) bill 2012, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) amendment (per-tonne carbon price equivalent) bill 2012, clean energy (unit issue charge—auctions) amendment bill 2012, clean energy amendment (international emissions trading and other measures) bill 2012, customs amendment (anti-dumping improvements) bill (no. 1) 2012, customs amendment (anti-dumping improvements) bill (no. 2) 2012
      • assent
    • parliamentary service amendment bill 2012 [2013]
      • report of legislation committee
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • water amendment (water for the environment special account) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • tasmanian bushfires
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
    • migrants and small business
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
    • james price point
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • bushfires
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • briggs, professor freda
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • indigenous employment
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
    • catherine house
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • hospitals
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • fires and floods
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
    • tasmanian innovation and investment fund
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • violence against women
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • gallipoli
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • domestic and family violence
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • chan, ms vicki
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • women in prison advocacy network, international development assistance
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • superannuation
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency appointments
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency grants
      • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • defence: hospitality (question nos 1609 to 1611) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • tertiary education, skills, science and research (question no. 1738 supplementary) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • 2011-12 budget (question no. 1890) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • anzac centenary advisory board (question no. 1893) (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • crimtrac (question no. 1937) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • immigration and citizenship: visas (question no. 1960) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • foreign affairs (question no. 2024) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • superannuation (question no. 2119) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • great barrier reef world heritage area (question no. 2122) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • electricity pricing (question no, 2142) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • attorney-general: accommodation (question no. 2148) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • 2011-12 budget (question nos 2180, 2181, 2199, 2211 and 2212) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • budget: efficiency dividend (question nos 2185, 2194, 2201, 2202 and 2213) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • budget: efficiency dividend (question no. 2203) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • the christian brothers (question no. 2223) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • financial management and accountability (question no. 2234) (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • broadband, communications and the digital economy (question no. 2235) (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • financial management and accountability (question nos 2238, 2267 and 2271) (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • financial management and accountability (question no. 2240) (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • financial management and accountability (question nos 2241, 2242, 2272 and 2273) (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • financial management and accountability (question nos 2243, 2244, 2261, 2262, 2274 and 2275) (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • financial management and accountability (question no. 2345) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • financial management and accountability (question nos 2346, 2355, 2362 and 2374) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • agriculture, fisheries and forestry (question no. 2347) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • resources and energy; and tourism (question nos 2348 and 2349) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • human services (question no. 2361) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • special minister of state (question no. 2368) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • intellectual property laws amendment (raising the bar) bill 2012 (question no. 2379) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • broadband, communications and the digital economy (question no. 2383) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • extractive industries transparency initiative (question no. 2385) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)

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