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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   parliamentary representation
    • south australia
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • senators sworn
  •   condolences
    • milosevic, lance corporal stjepan, martin, sapper james thomas, poate, private robert hugh frederick, mcdonald, lance corporal mervyn john, galagher, private nathanael john aubrey
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (independent expert scientific committee on coal seam gas and large coal mining development) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • in committee
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   questions without notice
    • superannuation (Brandis, Sen George)
    • james price point (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • health (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • carbon pricing (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • fv magiris (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • broadband (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • education (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • paralympic games (Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt)
    • carbon pricing: king island (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • apec leaders meeting (Stephens, Sen Ursula)
    • olympic dam (Edwards, Sen Sean)
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • james price point
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • leave of absence
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   motions
    • tripa forest
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
    • world suicide prevention day
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • marriage amendment bill (no. 2) 2012
      • first reading
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
      • second reading
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
  •   regulations and determinations
    • small pelagic fishery total allowable catch (quota species) determination 2012
      • disallowance
        • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • live animal exports
      • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Furner, Sen Mark
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Furner, Sen Mark
      • Furner, Sen Mark
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Bishop, Sen Mark
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   documents
    • responses to senate resolutions
      • tabling
        • Bishop, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • women's suffrage in australia
      • consideration
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   petitions
    • fv margiris
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   documents
    • vietnam war
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
      • membership
        • Cameron, Sen Doug (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   bills
    • greenhouse and energy minimum standards bill 2012, greenhouse and energy minimum standards (registration fees) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • second reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • electoral and referendum amendment (improving electoral procedure) bill 2012, superannuation legislation amendment (mysuper core provisions) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • second reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • aviation legislation amendment (liability and insurance) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • second reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (independent expert scientific committee on coal seam gas and large coal mining development) bill 2012
      • in committee
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
        • Furner, Sen Mark (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • division
      • third reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   adjournment
    • Crossin, Sen Trish (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • building the education revolution
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
    • sando, dr brian, oam
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • national year of reading 2012
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • sandon point
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
      • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • defence materiel (question no. 1634) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1635) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1636) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1637) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1638) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1639) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1640) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1641) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1642) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1643) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1644) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1645) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1646) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1647) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1648) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1649) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1650) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1651) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1652) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1653) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1654) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1655) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1656) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1657) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1658) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1659) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1660) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1661) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1662) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence materiel (question no. 1663) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • tertiary education, skills, science and research (question no. 1875) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • australian nuclear and technology organisation (question no. 1876) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • finance and deregulation: enterprise agreement (question no. 1884) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • fair work act (question no. 1906) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • fair work australia (question no. 1919) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • people trafficking (question no. 1956) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • aged care (question no. 1968) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • broadband, communications and the digital economy (question no. 1974) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • business activity statement forms (question no. 1976) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • broadband, communications and the digital economy (question no. 1981) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • fair work act (question no. 1987) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • fair work act (question no. 1988) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • human services (question no. 1996) (Wright, Sen Penny)
    • pontville immigration detention centre (question no. 2001) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • broadband, communications and the digital economy (question no. 2004) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • australian quarantine and inspection service (question no. 2008) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • visas (question nos 2013 and 2014) (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • trapwire surveillance system (question no. 2023) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)

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