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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • climate change authority (abolition) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   matters of public interest
    • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • violence
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • abbott government
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • sri lanka
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • sugar
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
    • closing the gap
      • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   questions without notice
    • automotive industry (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • building and construction industry (Kroger, Sen Helen)
    • assistant minister for health (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • national commission of audit, medibank private (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • asylum seekers (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • assistant minister for health (McLucas, Sen Jan)
    • asylum seekers (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • financial services (Madigan, Sen John)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • defence personnel (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • veterans' affairs (Edwards, Sen Sean)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • assistant minister for health
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • national commission of audit
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reporting date
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • australian commission for law enforcement integrity committee, meeting
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • law enforcement committee, meeting
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, reporting date
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • public accounts and audit committee, meeting
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • national disability insurance scheme committee, meeting
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • environment and communications legislation committee, meeting
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • human rights
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • australian curriculum
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • tasmanian wilderness world heritage area
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • international day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • ovarian cancer awareness month
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • sharks
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • adelaide airport curfew amendment (protecting residents' amenity) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Wright, Sen Penny
      • second reading
        • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   motions
    • great barrier reef
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • sport
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   motions
    • economy
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • asylum seekers
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • division
  •   committees
    • national capital and external territories committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   matters of public importance
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • Madigan, Sen John
    • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   committees
    • parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • publications committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   ministerial statements
    • closing the gap
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 19 of 2013-14
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • membership
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • joint select committee on northern australia
      • appointment
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • education services for overseas students amendment bill 2013, migration amendment bill 2013, private health insurance legislation amendment bill 2013, therapeutic goods amendment (2013 measures no. 1) bill 2013, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • second reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   bills
    • climate change authority (abolition) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • mid-year economic and fiscal outlook 2013-14
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   adjournment
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • bushfires
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • abbott government
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • mining
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • parliament house: security
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
    • departmental and agency appointments and vacancies

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