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  • start of business
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • australian human rights commission amendment (national children's commissioner) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • broadcasting services amendment (improved access to television services) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • third reading
  •   committees
    • economics legislation committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • clean energy finance corporation bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   questions without notice
    • gillard government (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • asylum seekers (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • burma (Stephens, Sen Ursula)
    • carbon pricing (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • procedural text
    • remand population (Wright, Sen Penny)
    • department of human services (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • mining (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • landcare (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • carbon pricing (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • broadcasting legislation (Cameron, Sen Doug)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • carbon pricing
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Feeney, Sen David
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Furner, Sen Mark
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • asylum seekers
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • yallourn mine
      • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   petitions
    • global greens
    • private health insurance
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • leave of absence
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   motions
    • women's suffrage in australia
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • meniere's disease
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
  •   documents
    • financial ombudsman service
      • order for the production of documents
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • foreign aid budget
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • asylum seekers
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   parliamentary representation
    • tasmania
      • Bishop, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report nos 49 and 50 of 2011-12
      • Bishop, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   committees
    • national broadband network committee
      • report
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Bishop, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   bills
    • shipping reform (tax incentives) bill 2012, shipping registration amendment (australian international shipping register) bill 2012, coastal trading (revitalising australian shipping) bill 2012, coastal trading (revitalising australian shipping) (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2012, tax laws amendment (shipping reform) bill 2012, tax laws amendment (2012 measures no. 3) bill 2012, income tax (seasonal labour mobility program withholding tax) bill 2012, tax laws amendment (income tax rates) bill 2012
      • assent
    • corporations amendment (future of financial advice) bill 2012, corporations amendment (further future of financial advice measures) bill 2012
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee, education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • clean energy finance corporation bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • clean energy legislation amendment bill 2012, clean energy (customs tariff amendment) bill 2012, clean energy (excise tariff legislation amendment) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2012-2013, appropriation bill (no. 1) 2012-2013, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2012-2013
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • superannuation legislation amendment (stronger super) bill 2012, superannuation supervisory levy imposition amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   adjournment
    • defence budget
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
    • new south wales central coast
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • international day in support of victims of torture
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • whiteley, mr brett, allen, mr peter
      • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • immigration and citizenship (question no. 1806) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • cabinet (question no. 1867) (Abetz, Sen Eric)

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