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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   condolences
    • mr herbert (bert) charles nicholls
      • Hogg, Sen John
  •   committees
    • electoral matters committee
      • appointment
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   bills
    • therapeutic goods legislation amendment (copyright) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Bishop, Sen Mark
    • electoral and referendum amendment (provisional voting) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Senator WORTLEY
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Senator FIELDING
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • division
    • electoral and referendum amendment (enrolment and prisoner voting) bill 2010
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • in committee
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • division
    • sex and age discrimination legislation amendment bill 2010
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
  •   matters of public interest
    • The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT
    • r v arthur phillip freeman
      • Senator McGAURAN
    • building the education revolution, teaching and learning capital fund for vocational education and training
      • Senator HUTCHINS
    • papua new guinea
      • Brown, Sen Bob
    • budget
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • budget (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • budget (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
    • forestry (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • carbon pricing (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
    • budget (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • budget (Bushby, Sen David)
    • crime (Senator FIELDING)
    • asylum seekers (Eggleston, Sen Alan)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • budget
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Senator FORSHAW
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Senator WORTLEY
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   petitions
    • australian war memorial
    • marriage
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • postponement
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reporting date
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • senators' interests committee
      • reporting date
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • meeting
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • environment and communications references committee
      • meeting
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
    • migration committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • division
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Williams, Sen John
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
  •   motions
    • israel
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Senator FORSHAW
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
      • division
    • middle east
      • Brown, Sen Bob
    • budget
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • division
    • nuclear safety
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   matters of public importance
    • The DEPUTY PRESIDENT
    • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • Williams, Sen John
    • Polley, Sen Helen
    • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • procedural text
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • documents
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • corrigenda to report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • credit card surcharging
      • tabling
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to bhutan and mongolia
      • Senator HURLEY
    • parliamentary delegation to the 19th annual meeting of the asia pacific parliamentary forum, ulaanbaatar
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • membership
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • public works committee, national broadband network committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • families, housing, community services and indigenous affairs and other legislation amendment (budget and other measures) bill 2010
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • midwife professional indemnity legislation amendment bill 2011
      • returned from the house of representatives
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • sex and age discrimination legislation amendment bill 2010
      • second reading
        • Senator WORTLEY
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • in committee
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • Crossin, Sen Trish
    • royal australian air force welfare recreational company, report for 2008-09
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • royal australian air force welfare recreational company, report for 2009-10
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • natural heritage trust of australia
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Crossin, Sen Trish
    • harrington, mr ian
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • fitzgerald, mr alan
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
    • cluster bombs
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • relay for life
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
  •   questions on notice
    • banking (question no. 61) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • banking (question no. 62) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • banking (question no. 63) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • banking (question no. 64) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • banking (question no. 66 (Johnston, Sen David)
    • banking (question no. 67) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • banking (question no. 68) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • banking (question no. 69) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • banking (question no. 70) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • banking (question no. 71) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • banking (question no. 75) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • superannuation (question no. 196) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • superannuation (question no. 197) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • superannuation (question no. 198) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • superannuation (question no. 199) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • superannuation (question no. 200) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • superannuation (question no. 201) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • defence force retirement and death benefits (question no. 202) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • veterans' affairs: funding (question no. 223) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • veterans' affairs (question no. 301) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • international commission on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament (question no. 328) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • uranium mining (question no. 335) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • uranium mining (question no. 337) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • extractive industries transparency initiative (question no. 343) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • broadband (question no. 355) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • automotive transformation scheme (question no. 379) (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • south australian innovation and investment fund (question no. 384) (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: furniture (question no. 388) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: water (question no. 389) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: plants (question no. 390) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills and workplace relations: floor coverings (question no. 391) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: window furnishings (question no. 392) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: coffee machines (question no. 393) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: subscriptions (question no. 395) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: stationery (question no. 397) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: reports (question no. 398) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations (question no. 402) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: staffing (question no. 403) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • tertiary education, skills, jobs and workplace relations: staffing (question no. 404) (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • special minister of state (question no. 431) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • superannuation (question no. 432) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)

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