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  • start of business
  •   ministerial statements
    • anzac centenary
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • Madigan, Sen John
  •   business
    • senate temporary orders
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • heaney, mr seamus
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • australian automotive industry
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • workplace relations
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
  •   committees
    • select committee on the national broadband network
      • appointment
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • division
  •   motions
    • sri lanka
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   motions
    • japan natural disasters
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
    • agriculture
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
    • agriculture
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • division
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • commonwealth inscribed stock amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • in committee
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • division
      • third reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • asylum seekers (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • philippines: typhoon haiyan (Kroger, Sen Helen)
    • asylum seekers (Lundy, Sen Kate)
    • climate change (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • economy (Williams, Sen John)
    • department of immigration and border protection (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • asylum seekers (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • australian competition and consumer commission: fuel discount dockets inquiry (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • australian government disaster recovery payments (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • higher education (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • afghanistan: war memorial (Farrell, Sen Don)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • asylum seekers, department of immigration and border protection
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • asylum seekers, department of immigration and border protection
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • reserve bank of australia
      • tabling
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   motions
    • commission of audit
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   documents
    • departmental and agency appointments and vacancies, and grants
      • tabling
    • department of foreign affairs and trade—report—australia in the asian century: towards 2025—country strategy
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • moorebank intermodal company
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • australian research council
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • cyber-safety committee
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • abbott government
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • grey electorate: labor government achievements
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • sri lanka
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • aviation
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency appointments and vacancies
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency grants
      • tabling

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