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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (defined benefit income streams) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • excise tariff amendment (fuel indexation) bill 2015, customs tariff amendment (fuel indexation) bill 2015, fuel indexation (road funding) special account bill 2015, fuel indexation (road funding) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • communications legislation amendment (sbs advertising flexibility and other measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • division
  •   statements
    • excise tariff amendment (fuel indexation) bill 2015, customs tariff amendment (fuel indexation) bill 2015, fuel indexation (road funding) special account bill 2015, fuel indexation (road funding) bill 2015
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   bills
    • airports amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   statements by senators
    • australian defence force, malaysia airlines: missing aircraft
      • Johnston, Sen David
    • aged care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • public transport
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • papal encyclical
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • queensland
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • families
      • Madigan, Sen John
    • mining and energy
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • defence procurement
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • australian labor party
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   questions without notice
    • defence procurement (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • abbott government: legislative program (Sinodinos, Sen Arthur)
    • attorney-general (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • carers (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • coal seam gas (Lazarus, Sen Glenn)
    • food labelling (Williams, Sen John)
    • drug testing in sport (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • health funding (McLucas, Sen Jan)
    • employment: women (Lindgren, Sen Joanna)
    • legal aid (Lines, Sen Susan)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • china-australia free trade agreement
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • defence procurement
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • asylum seekers
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   petitions
    • australian citizenship
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   motions
    • australian charities and not-for-profits commission
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • world hepatitis day
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • higher education support amendment (new zealand citizens) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Carr, Sen Kim
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
    • social security (administration) amendment (consumer lease exclusion) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   motions
    • agriculture
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • ackerman, mr james
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   committees
    • select committee on the murray-darling basin plan
      • appointment
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • division
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • division
  •   motions
    • financial services
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
    • apprenticeships
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • division
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • australian government boards (gender balanced representation) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • select committee on health
      • report
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • McAllister, Sen Jenny
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Peris, Sen Nova
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • national capital and external territories committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   documents
    • marine sanctuaries
      • order for the production of documents
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • senate procedure committee
      • report
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • airports amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • in committee
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Brown, Sen Carol
      • third reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • migration amendment (strengthening biometrics integrity) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • ioof
      • Williams, Sen John
    • international development assistance
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • climate change
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • valedictory: senator christine milne
      • Brandis, Sen George
    • valedictory: senator christine milne
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • valedictory: senator christine milne
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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