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  • start of business
  •   parliamentary representation
    • new south wales
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • senators sworn
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • meeting
        • Furner, Sen Mark
  •   bills
    • national radioactive waste management bill 2010
      • in committee
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   questions without notice
    • minister for defence (Johnston, Sen David)
    • economy (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • fair work australia (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • asylum seekers (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • economy (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • future fund (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • live animal exports (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • carbon pricing (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • minister for defence
      • Johnston, Sen David
      • Feeney, Sen David
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Madigan, Sen John
    • presentation
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • treaties committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • reporting date
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • electoral matters committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • live animal exports
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • economy
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • responses to senate resolutions
      • tabling
        • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee, national broadband network committee, rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee, rural and regional affairs and transport references committee, fuel and energy select committee, scrutiny of new taxes committee
      • government response to report
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • national broadband network committee
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • electoral matters committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • education services for overseas students legislation amendment (tuition protection service and other measures) bill 2011
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • corporations amendment (phoenixing and other measures) bill 2012, financial framework legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2012
      • first reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • crimes legislation amendment (powers and offences) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
  •   committees
    • human rights committee
      • appointment
        • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Feeney, Sen David
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (new zealand rules of origin) bill 2012, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (significant incident directions) bill 2012, nuclear terrorism legislation amendment bill 2012, members of parliament (life gold pass) and other legislation amendment bill 2012, tobacco advertising prohibition amendment bill 2012, higher education support amendment (vet fee-help and other measures) bill 2012
      • assent
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Feeney, Sen David
  •   bills
    • fairer private health insurance incentives bill 2012, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge) bill 2012, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) bill 2012
      • reference to committee
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • fairer private health insurance incentives bill 2012, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge) bill 2012, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • scotland's radical exports: book launch
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • climate change
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • palestine
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • international women's day
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • f1 in schools
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • rural and regional health services
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • world war i
      • Farrell, Sen Don
    • human rights
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • commonwealth heads of government meeting
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • international women's day
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • military discipline
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
    • water
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • workplace relations
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
    • australian natural disasters
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
    • national women's alliances
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
    • bailey, mr raymond frederick
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • female genital mutilation
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • people with disability
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • beetson, mr arthur, ao
      • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files
  •   questions on notice
    • great barrier reef (question no. 1525) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • defence (question no. 1527) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • treasury (question no. 1532) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • curtin detention centre (question no. 1536) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • defence: air travel (question no. 1543) (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities: air travel (question no. 1544) (Macdonald, Sen Ian)

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