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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) bill 2013, building and construction industry (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2014 [no. 2]
      • second reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Johnston, Sen David
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   questions without notice
    • sir garfield barwick address (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • building and construction industry (Johnston, Sen David)
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • taxation (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • nauru: surveillance (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • migration (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • coal industry (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • northern australia, live animal exports
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • procedural text
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Williams, Sen John)
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • indigenous health (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • workplace relations (Cameron, Sen Doug)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reporting date
  •   motions
    • reference to economic references committee
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • tasmania: timber industry
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • division
    • audio description
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   matters of public importance
    • marriage
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Gallagher, Sen Katy
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   bills
    • australian radiation protection and nuclear safety amendment bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • medical research future fund (consequential amendments) bill 2015, migration amendment (strengthening biometrics integrity) bill 2015
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • australian radiation protection and nuclear safety amendment bill 2015
      • report of legislation committee
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2014 [no. 2]
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
    • crimes legislation amendment (powers, offences and other measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   adjournment
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • netball world cup
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • goodes, mr adam
      • Peris, Sen Nova
    • people for the ethical treatment of animals
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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