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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
    • community affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • division
    • consideration of legislation
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • consideration of legislation
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
    • rearrangement
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (family participation measures) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • in committee
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • third reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • business names registration (application of consequential amendments) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • third reading
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • social security and other legislation amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • in committee
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • procedural text
        • division
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • third reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   bills
    • national health reform amendment (independent hospital pricing authority) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   questions without notice
    • carbon pricing (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • afghanistan (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • mining (Brown, Sen Carol)
    • member for dobell (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • mining (Bishop, Sen Mark)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Hogg, Sen John
  •   questions without notice
    • mining (Fisher, Sen Mary Jo)
    • indigenous employment (Crossin, Sen Trish)
    • carbon pricing (Nash, Sen Fiona)
    • broadband (Polley, Sen Helen)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • carbon pricing
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   petitions
    • global greens
    • marriage
    • halal islamic food
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • environment
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • rural affairs and transport legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   bills
    • protecting children from junk food advertising (broadcasting and telecommunications amendment) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Brown, Sen Bob
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Bob
  •   committees
    • national broadband network committee
      • meeting
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   motions
    • asbestos
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • european farm subsidies
      • Williams, Sen John
    • goods and services tax
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • division
  •   matters of urgency
    • same-sex relationships (Parry, Sen Stephen)
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Furner, Sen Mark
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • division
  •   ministerial statements
    • afghanistan
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Brown, Sen Bob
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • rural affairs and transport references committee
      • government response to report
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • education, employment and workplace relations references committee
      • government response to report
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   documents
    • responses to senate resolutions
      • tabling
        • Furner, Sen Mark
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Furner, Sen Mark
    • economics legislation committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to the 32nd general assembly of the asean inter-parliamentary assembly
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • tobacco plain packaging bill 2011
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • deterring people smuggling bill 2011
    • personal property securities amendment (registration commencement) bill 2011
      • report of legislation committee
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • national health reform amendment (independent hospital pricing authority) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • in committee
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   ministerial statements
    • afghanistan
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Johnston, Sen David
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Feeney, Sen David
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   bills
    • national health reform amendment (independent hospital pricing authority) bill 2011
      • in committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
      • third reading
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • coal mining industry (long service leave) legislation amendment bill 2011, tax laws amendment (2011 measures no. 7) bill 2011, navigation amendment bill 2011, maritime legislation amendment bill 2011
      • third reading
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
  •   adjournment
    • same-sex relationships
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • white ribbon day, australian netball awards
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • africa
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
      • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • bonner, former senator neville, ao
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files
  •   questions on notice
    • carbon pricing (question no. 1018) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • asylum seekers (question no. 1206) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations (question no. 1213) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • climate change and energy efficiency (question no. 1216) (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations (question no. 1241) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations (question no. 1242) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations (question no. 1267) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • human services (question no. 1272) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • families, housing, community services and indigenous affairs (question no. 1274) (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
    • fair work ombudsman (question no. 1310) (Abetz, Sen Eric)

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