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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   business
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • clean energy legislation (carbon tax repeal) bill 2014, true-up shortfall levy (general) (carbon tax repeal) bill 2014, true-up shortfall levy (excise) (carbon tax repeal) bill 2014, customs tariff amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2014, excise tariff amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2014, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2014, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (manufacture levy) amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2014, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) (transitional provisions) bill 2014
      • in committee
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
      • adoption of report
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • division
    • asset recycling fund bill 2014, asset recycling fund (consequential amendments) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Peris, Sen Nova
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • national water commission
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (parliamentary approval of overseas service) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   documents
    • australian defence force
      • order for the production of documents
        • Madigan, Sen John
  •   motions
    • national electricity rules
      • Madigan, Sen John
    • budget
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • division
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • division
  •   documents
    • abbot point
      • order for the production of documents
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   motions
    • international aids conference
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • aboriginal eye health
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   bills
    • asset recycling fund bill 2014, asset recycling fund (consequential amendments) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Peris, Sen Nova
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
  •   statement by the president
    • clerk of the senate
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (McEwen, Sen Anne)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Canavan, Sen Matthew)
    • employment (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • renewable energy (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • world war ii: japanese troops, australian defence force (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • budget (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • budget (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • mcgrath, senator james (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • national security (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • budget (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • employment, renewable energy
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • budget
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • treaties committee
      • government response to report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • additional information
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • publications joint committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • select committee into the abbott government's budget cuts, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (woomera prohibited area) bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • australian commission for law enforcement integrity committee, law enforcement committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • corporations amendment (simple corporate bonds and other measures) bill 2014, fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2014, meteorology amendment (online advertising) bill 2014, national health amendment (pharmaceutical benefits) bill 2014, social security legislation amendment (stronger penalties for serious failures) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • asset recycling fund bill 2014, asset recycling fund (consequential amendments) bill 2014
      • in committee
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • minerals resource rent tax repeal and other measures bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • in committee
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • division
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • division
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Moore, Sen Claire
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
  •   statement by the president
    • wearing of campaign material in the senate
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statements
    • ukraine air disaster
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • business
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • national capital and external territories committee, public works committee
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   bills
    • social services and other legislation amendment (seniors health card and other measures) bill 2014
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • qantas sale amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Johnston, Sen David
        • division
      • in committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Johnston, Sen David
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Johnston, Sen David
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Johnston, Sen David
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Johnston, Sen David
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Johnston, Sen David
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Johnston, Sen David
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
      • third reading
        • Johnston, Sen David
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • asset recycling fund bill 2014, asset recycling fund (consequential amendments) bill 2014
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
    • minerals resource rent tax repeal and other measures bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • DAY, Sen Bob
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   regulations and determinations
    • migration amendment (2014 measures no. 1) regulation 2014
      • disallowance
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • division
  •   documents
    • air warfare destroyer
      • order for the production of documents
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   adjournment
    • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   statements
    • DAY, Sen Bob
  •   documents
    • tabling

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