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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (bioregional plans) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Williams, Sen John
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Mason, Sen Brett
  •   petitions
    • marriage
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Farrell, Sen Don
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   motions
    • beetson, mr arthur, ao
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • gambling reform committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (monitoring of whaling) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Brown, Sen Bob
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Bob
  •   motions
    • syria
      • Brown, Sen Bob
    • russia
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • australia's food processing sector committee
      • meeting
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • community affairs legislation committee, community affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • economics legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • forestry
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • division
    • australian year of the farmer
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • mining
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Parry, Sen Stephen
      • division
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • communist party of australia
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • division
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • competition policy
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • register of the national estate
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • division
  •   documents
    • gambling
      • order for the production of documents
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Arbib, Sen Mark
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • division
    • sri lanka
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   committees
    • publications joint committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural affairs and transport legislation committee, rural affairs and transport references committee
      • membership
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   bills
    • telecommunications universal service management agency bill 2011, telecommunications legislation amendment (universal service reform) bill 2011, telecommunications (industry levy) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • second reading
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
    • members of parliament (life gold pass) and other legislation amendment bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • second reading
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (significant incident directions) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • third reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
    • customs amendment (new zealand rules of origin) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • third reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
    • higher education support amendment (vet fee-help and other measures) bill 2011 [2012]
      • second reading
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
      • third reading
        • Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   questions without notice
    • government advertising (Brandis, Sen George)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • Hogg, Sen John
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • carbon pricing (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • murray-darling basin (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • asylum seekers (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • broadband (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • aged care (Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta)
    • broadband (Madigan, Sen John)
    • ministerial arrangements (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • broadband (Madigan, Sen John)
    • ministerial arrangements (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • procedural text
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • murray-darling basin
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • australian federal police, asylum seekers, aviation
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • government advertising, carbon pricing
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   ministerial statements
    • live animal exports, defence security authority vetting
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Johnston, Sen David
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   budget
    • proposed additional expenditure
      • Carr, Sen Kim
    • portfolio additional estimates statements
      • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Carr, Sen Kim
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee, australian commission for law enforcement integrity committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee, treaties committee
      • government response to report
        • Carr, Sen Kim
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • government response to report
        • Johnston, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Carr, Sen Kim
    • mining
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   motions
    • brown, senator bob
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Bishop, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Arbib, Sen Mark
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   documents
    • Crossin, Sen Trish (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • tourism australia
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • torres strait regional authority
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • australian fisheries management authority
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • great barrier reef marine park authority
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • australian crime commission
      • Parry, Sen Stephen
      • consideration
  •   committees
    • electoral matters committee
      • report
        • Faulkner, Sen John
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • national broadband network committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   adjournment
    • tasmanian tourism, broadband
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • vietnamese australians
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • fair work australia
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency appointments
    • departmental and agency grants
  •   questions on notice
    • infrastructure and transport: code of conduct investigations (question no. 1052) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • australian broadcasting corporation (question no. 1243) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • australian men's shed association (question nos 1299 and 1300) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • association of building sustainability assessors (question no. 1301) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • employment and workplace relations (question no. 1309) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • treasury (question no. 1317) (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • james price point (question no. 1426) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • immigration and citizenship (question no. 1428) (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • health and ageing (question no. 1429) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • immigration and citizenship (question no. 1430) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • curtin detention centre (question no. 1432) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • attorney-general's (question no. 1433) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • crisis coordination centre (question no. 1435) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • natural disaster relief and recovery arrangements (question no. 1436) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • attorney-general's (question no. 1437) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • emergency management australia (question no. 1438) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • attorney-general's (question no. 1439) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: projects of concern (question no. 1440) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: early indicators and warning system (question no. 1441) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence (question no. 1442) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: strategic reform program (question no. 1443) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence (question no. 1444) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1445) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1446) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: air warfare destroyer program (question no. 1447) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence (question no. 1448) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 1449) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence (question no. 1450) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: program funding (question no. 1451) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: program funding (question no. 1452) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence: projects (question no. 1453) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence (question no. 1454) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • export finance and insurance corporation (question no. 1457) (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • christmas island detention centre (question nos 1461 and 1462) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 1464) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • afghanistan (question no. 1466) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • olympic dam (question no. 1467) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • taxation (question no. 1469) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • national heritage list (question no. 1471) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • regional australia, regional development and local government: travel allowance (question no. 1472) (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
    • australian defence force (question no. 1473) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • australian defence force (question no. 1474) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • australian defence force (question no. 1475) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • australian defence force (question no. 1476) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 1477) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • firearms (question no. 1478) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • centrelink (question no. 1481) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • attorney-general's (question no. 1482) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • assange, mr julian (question no. 1483) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • bureau of meteorology (question no. 1484) (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • treasury (question no. 1485) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • agriculture, fisheries and forestry (question no. 1486) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • prime minister (question no. 1487) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • marine sanctuaries (question no. 1489) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • employment and workplace relations: staffing (question no. 1490) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • employment and workplace relations: staffing (question no. 1491) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • marine bioregional planning program (question no. 1494) (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
    • medicare locals (question no. 1509) (Humphries, Sen Gary)

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