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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • low aromatic fuel bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   petitions
    • indigenous australians
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • senate temporary orders
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (prohibition of live imports of primates for research) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • law enforcement committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • withdrawal
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • stretton, major general alan, ao, cbe
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • whistleblower legislation
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • homosexuality
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • endangered species
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • international energy agency
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
    • native title: pilbara region
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • middle east
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • superannuation laws amendment (capital gains tax relief and other efficiency measures) bill 2012, superannuation auditor registration imposition bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • tax laws amendment (clean building managed investment trust) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • tax laws amendment (2012 measures no. 5) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • corporations legislation amendment (derivative transactions) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • personal liability for corporate fault reform bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • superannuation legislation amendment (new zealand arrangement) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • freedom of information amendment (parliamentary budget office) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • third reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • judicial misbehaviour and incapacity (parliamentary commissions) bill 2012, courts legislation amendment (judicial complaints) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   questions without notice
    • corruption (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
    • murray-darling basin (McEwen, Sen Anne)
    • economy (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • murray-darling basin (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • prime minister (Brandis, Sen George)
    • vocational education and training (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • asylum seekers (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • intellectual property rights (Madigan, Sen John)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • asylum seekers
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • asylum seekers
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • murray-darling basin
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • privacy amendment (enhancing privacy protection) bill 2012
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  • documents
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • social security and other legislation amendment (further 2012 budget and other measures) bill 2012, commonwealth government securities legislation amendment (retail trading) bill 2012, higher education support amendment (maximum payment amounts and other measures) bill 2012, water amendment (long-term average sustainable diversion limit adjustment) bill 2012
      • assent
  •   motions
    • australian labor party
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   bills
    • access to justice (federal jurisdiction) amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • national health security amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • third reading
        • Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • superannuation legislation amendment (mysuper core provisions) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Wong, Sen Penny
      • in committee
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
      • third reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
    • equal opportunity for women in the workplace amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • division
      • in committee
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • third reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
    • dental benefits amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • people's republic of china
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • joyce, mr matthew
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • anangu pitjantjatjara yankunytjatjara lands
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • education
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   documents
    • tabling

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