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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   statement by the president
    • parlview
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • constitution alteration (local government) 2013
      • second reading
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • division
      • division
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   questions without notice
    • senate (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • tasmanian wilderness world heritage area (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • superannuation (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • superannuation (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • homelessness (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • disabilitycare australia (Lines, Sen Susan)
    • australian education bill 2013 (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • myanmar (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • migration amendment (temporary sponsored visas) bill 2013 (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • tourism (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • national broadband network
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • indigenous employment
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • homelessness
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question no. 2992
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • superannuation, australian education bill 2013, migration amendment (temporary sponsored visas) bill 2013
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • tasmanian wilderness world heritage area
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   personal explanations
    • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   condolences
    • hodgman, hon. william michael, am, qc (DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The)
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   petitions
    • doctor shortages in colac
    • support for the retention of existing australian national flag
    • torquay postal service
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   motions
    • food security
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   documents
    • pollution reduction program
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
  •   motions
    • dialysis services
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • appointment
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   ministerial statements
    • defence
      • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 51 of 2012-13
      • Edwards, Sen Sean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • constitution alteration (local government) 2013
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • additional information
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • cyber-safety committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • report
        • Furner, Sen Mark
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Faulkner, Sen John
        • Johnston, Sen David
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
    • gambling reform committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to papua new guinea
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (fairer taxation of excess concessional contributions) bill 2013, superannuation (excess concessional contributions charge) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • tax laws amendment (2013 measures no. 3) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • public interest disclosure bill 2013, public interest disclosure (consequential amendments) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • superannuation laws amendment (mysuper capital gains tax relief and other measures) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • australian citizenship amendment (special residence requirements) bill 2013, asbestos safety and eradication agency bill 2013, corporations and financial sector legislation amendment bill 2013, environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment bill 2013
      • assent
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, economics legislation committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • broadcasting legislation committee
      • report
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • constitution alteration (local government) 2013
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
        • division
      • third reading
        • division
    • sex discrimination amendment (sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • australian sports anti-doping authority amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • third reading
    • superannuation legislation amendment (service providers and other governance measures) bill 2013, superannuation laws amendment (mysuper capital gains tax relief and other measures) bill 2013, tax and superannuation laws amendment (increased concessional contributions cap and other measures) bill 2013, superannuation (sustaining the superannuation contribution concession) imposition bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Williams, Sen John
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • regional australia
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • indigenous business australia, indigenous land corporation
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • supermarkets
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • climate change
      • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   documents
    • tabling

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