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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (visa maximum numbers determinations) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   petitions
    • environmental conservation
    • great white shark
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • reference
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • marriage equality amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • defence legislation amendment (woomera prohibited area) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • criminal code amendment (misrepresentation of age to a minor) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • mobile home parks
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • westconnex motorway project
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   motions
    • closing the gap
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • select committee on school funding
      • appointment
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • qantas
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   motions
    • live animal exports
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • division
  •   committees
    • gambling reform committee
      • appointment
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • report
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • publications committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   bills
    • indigenous education (targeted assistance) amendment bill (no. 2) 2013
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • import processing charges amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • grape and wine legislation amendment (australian grape and wine authority) bill 2013, primary industries (customs) charges amendment (australian grape and wine authority) bill 2013, primary industries (excise) levies amendment (australian grape and wine authority) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (cash bidding) bill 2013, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • rural research and development legislation amendment bill 2013, primary industries (excise) levies amendment bill 2013, primary industries (customs) charges amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • customs amendment (anti-dumping commission transfer) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • australian civilian corps amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • social services and other legislation amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • division
  •   questions without notice
    • automotive industry (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • broadband (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • automotive industry (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • broadband (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • automotive industry (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • same-sex marriage (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • automotive industry (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • defence (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • defence (Fawcett, Sen David)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • automotive industry
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 11 of 2013-14
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • register of senate senior executive officers' interests
      • tabling
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • commonwealth inscribed stock amendment bill 2013
      • assent
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • procedure committee
      • report
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   regulations and determinations
    • residential care subsidy amendment (workforce supplement) principle 2013, aged care subsidies amendment (workforce supplement) determination 2013
      • disallowance
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • division
  •   motions
    • abbott government
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   documents
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • australian agency for international development
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • productivity commission
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • intelligence and security committee, treaties committee
      • membership
  •   adjournment
    • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   statement by the president
    • valedictory
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   adjournment
    • indigenous affairs
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • sport
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • return to order

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