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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   bills
    • food standards amendment (truth in labelling—palm oil) bill 2010
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • procedural text
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • in committee
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • third reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (bioregional plans) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Boswell, Sen Ronald
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (bioregional plans) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
        • procedural text
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Boswell, Sen Ronald
        • procedural text
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
  •   petitions
    • carbon pricing
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • gambling reform committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   regulations and determinations
    • health insurance (extended medicare safety net) amendment determination 2011, health insurance (extended medicare safety net) amendment determination 2011 (no. 2)
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • health insurance (extended medicare safety net—telehealth) amendment determination 2011
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   bills
    • social security and other legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • reference
        • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   documents
    • trade: apples
      • order for the production of documents
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Senator FIELDING
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • division
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
  •   motions
    • nuclear energy
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Brown, Sen Bob
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Faulkner, Sen John
        • Senator TROOD
        • Senator FORSHAW
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Senator FORSHAW
        • Senator TROOD
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Senator BARNETT
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • rural affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Senator O'BRIEN
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   bills
    • inspector-general of intelligence and security amendment bill 2011, military justice (interim measures) amendment bill 2011, mutual assistance in criminal matters amendment (registration of foreign proceeds of crime orders) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
    • national consumer credit protection amendment (home loans and credit cards) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
    • australian transaction reports and analysis centre supervisory cost recovery levy (collection) bill 2011, australian transaction reports and analysis centre supervisory cost recovery levy (consequential amendments) bill 2011, combating the financing of people smuggling and other measures bill 2011, families, housing, community services and indigenous affairs and other legislation amendment (further election commitments and other measures) bill 2011
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • higher education support amendment (no. 1) bill 2011, product stewardship bill 2011
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on australia's immigration detention network
      • membership
    • economics legislation committee, education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee, finance and public administration legislation committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, rural affairs and transport legislation committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Faulkner, Sen John
    • rural affairs and transport legislation committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • rural affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Senator FIELDING
  •   questions without notice
    • gillard government (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • national broadband network (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • government policy (Brandis, Sen George)
    • workplace relations (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • carbon pricing (Senator TROOD)
    • square kilometre array (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • building the education revolution program (Senator BARNETT)
    • australian defence force (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • live animal exports (Williams, Sen John)
    • broadband (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • gillard government, live animal exports
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Senator BARNETT
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
  •   personal explanations
    • Senator FORSHAW
  •   ministerial statements
    • superannuation
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, migration committee
      • government response to report
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report nos 54, 55 and 56 of 2010-11
      • The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
  •   bills
    • sex and age discrimination legislation amendment bill 2011
      • assent
  •   motions
    • national library of australia
      • The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • parliamentary retiring allowances trust
      • The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   business
    • matters of public importance
      • The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
      • consideration of legislation
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Boswell, Sen Ronald
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • division
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   bills
    • family assistance and other legislation amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   bills
    • family assistance and other legislation amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
    • in committee
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • division
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
    • third reading
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (2011 measures no. 5) bill 2011
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • third reading
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2011-2012, appropriation bill (no. 1) 2011-2012, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2011-2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Wong, Sen Penny
      • third reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
    • remuneration and other legislation amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • in committee
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • third reading
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brown, Sen Bob
  •   committees
    • membership
  •   adjournment
    • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • live animal exports
      • Senator O'BRIEN
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • finance and deregulation: travel (question no. 565) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • australian radiation protection and nuclear safety agency (question no. 653) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • attorney-general: accommodation (question no. 668) (Abetz, Sen Eric)

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