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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • national broadband network financial transparency bill 2010 (no. 2)
      • second reading
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
    • carbon tax plebiscite bill 2011 [no. 2]
      • second reading
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   petitions
    • children
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Brown, Sen Bob
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • senate temporary orders
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • clean energy future legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • cyber-safety committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • electoral matters committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • south australian national football league
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • kurdish society of victoria
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • environment
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • division
  •   statement by the president
    • parliamentary language
      • Hogg, Sen John
      • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   committees
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment bill 2011, protection of the sea (prevention of pollution from ships) amendment (oils in the antarctic area) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • second reading
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (national regulator) bill 2011
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee
      • report
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • national health reform amendment (independent hospital pricing authority) bill 2011
      • report of legislation committee
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • national health reform amendment (national health performance authority) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
    • education services for overseas students (registration charges) amendment bill 2011, education services for overseas students amendment (registration charges consequentials) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sherry, Sen Nick
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sherry, Sen Nick
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • third reading
        • Sherry, Sen Nick
    • horse disease response levy bill 2011, horse disease response levy collection bill 2011, horse disease response levy (consequential amendments) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Carr, Sen Kim
      • third reading
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   bills
    • superannuation legislation amendment (early release of superannuation) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
      • third reading
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • industrial chemicals (notification and assessment) amendment (inventory) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Carr, Sen Kim
    • third reading
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • national health reform amendment (national health performance authority) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   questions without notice
    • trade unions (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • small business (Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt)
    • media inquiry (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • parliament house: energy use (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • asylum seekers (Brandis, Sen George)
    • climate change (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • asylum seekers (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • blade electric vehicles (Madigan, Sen John)
    • drought (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • asylum seekers
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
    • vocational education and training
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • asylum seekers
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   ministerial statements
    • queensland floods
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 6 of 2011-12
      • Parry, Sen Stephen
  •   motions
    • economy
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   documents
    • Furner, Sen Mark
    • department of agriculture, fisheries and forestry
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • national broadband network
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • carbon pricing
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • results australia
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • community services
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
  •   questions on notice
    • vacant commercial space (question no. 716) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • national rental affordability scheme (question no. 718) (question no. 721) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 926) (question no. 1023) (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
    • prime minister and cabinet: accommodation (question no. 1032) (Abetz, Sen Eric)

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