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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question nos 2630, 2631 and 2632
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   party office holders
    • glenn lazarus team
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   bills
    • recognition of foreign marriages bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • division
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • rearrangement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   motions
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   committees
    • school funding investment committee
      • appointment
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • division
  •   bills
    • australian institute of aboriginal and torres strait islander studies amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • third reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • amending acts 1990 to 1999 repeal bill 2015, statute law revision bill (no. 3) 2015
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • McGrath, Sen James
      • third reading
        • Back, Sen Chris (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • McGrath, Sen James
    • social security legislation amendment (further strengthening job seeker compliance) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   questions without notice
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • goods and services tax (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • defence procurement (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • child care (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • home insulation program industry payment scheme (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • tasmanian wilderness world heritage area (McKim, Sen Nicholas)
    • special minister of state (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • building and construction industry (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • defence procurement (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • tourism (Edwards, Sen Sean)
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question nos 2626, 2794 and 2795
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Brandis, Sen George
    • question no. 2610
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • question no. 2646
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation, goods and services tax
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation, tasmanian wilderness world heritage area
      • McKim, Sen Nicholas
  •   statements
    • fair work building and construction
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • senate publications committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   budget
    • proposed expenditure
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • portfolio additional estimates statements
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • government response to report
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • economics references committee
      • reference to committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • education and employment legislation committee, community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   motions
    • goods and services tax
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question nos 2630, 2631 and 2632
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • membership
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) bill 2013 [no. 2], building and construction industry (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • competition and consumer amendment (payment surcharges) bill 2015, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2015 measures no. 6) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • second reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • food standards australia new zealand amendment (forum on food regulation and other measures) bill 2015
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • community affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Moore, Sen Claire
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 14 of 2015-16
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Seselja, Sen Zed (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • cambodia
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • queensland: drought
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • coal seam gas
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • automotive industry
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
    • additional estimates 2015-16
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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