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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   privilege
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   bills
    • equal opportunity for women in the workplace amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • division
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • consideration of legislation
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • rearrangement
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • water amendment (long-term average sustainable diversion limit adjustment) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • convention against corruption (Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta)
    • economy (Crossin, Sen Trish)
    • indigenous employment (Payne, Sen Marise)
    • mining (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • asylum seekers (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • education funding (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • carbon pricing (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
    • pensions and benefits (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • carbon pricing (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • east asia summit (Singh, Sen Lisa)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • convention against corruption
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Furner, Sen Mark
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Williams, Sen John
    • pensions and benefits
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
      • reference
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • gambling reform committee
      • meeting
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • economics legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • law enforcement committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • gambling reform committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • water and sanitation
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (special protection scheme for afghan coalition employees) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   motions
    • university of western sydney
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • budget
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • water amendment (long-term average sustainable diversion limit adjustment) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
  •   adjournment
    • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • equal pay
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • australian defence force parliamentary program
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • united states of america: military bases in australia
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • malaysia
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • world toilet day
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • hancock, mr lang
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • equality
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • frontier services
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
    • live animal exports
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • world toilet day
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • western australia: infrastructure
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • middle east, koalas
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • indigenous employment (question no. 2000) (Wright, Sen Penny)
    • round one energy efficiency information grants (question no. 2140) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • superannuation (question no. 2141) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 2163) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • immigration and citizenship (question no. 2222) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • australian securities and investments commission (question no. 2230) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • immigration and citizenship: financial management and accountability (question nos 2239 and 2279) (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • resources and energy and tourism: financial management and accountability (question nos 2250 and 2251) (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • resources and energy (question no. 2389) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)

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