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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • environment protection (beverage container deposit and recovery scheme) bill 2010
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
    • government investment funds amendment (ethical investments) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • senate temporary orders
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • economics legislation committee, electricity prices committee, public works committee
      • meeting
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (making marine parks accountable) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
      • second reading
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • r u ok? day
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • endangered species
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
    • united nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • commonwealth government securities legislation amendment (retail trading) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
  •   bills
    • equal opportunity for women in the workplace amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • maritime legislation amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • transport safety investigation amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • legislative instruments amendment (sunsetting measures) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • statute law revision bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • customs tariff amendment (2012 measures no. 1) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • customs tariff amendment (schedule 4) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • third reading
        • Edwards, Sen Sean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • greenhouse and energy minimum standards bill 2012, greenhouse and energy minimum standards (registration fees) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • third reading
        • Edwards, Sen Sean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • international monetary agreements amendment (loans) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • third reading
        • Edwards, Sen Sean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • statute stocktake (appropriations) bill (no. 1) 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • third reading
        • Edwards, Sen Sean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • equal opportunity for women in the workplace amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • education (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • economy (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • regional australia (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
    • australia awards (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • united states of america: terrorist attacks (Sinodinos, Sen Arthur)
    • clean technology investment program (Madigan, Sen John)
    • housing (Payne, Sen Marise)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • economy
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   personal explanations
    • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   motions
    • gillard government
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
  •   documents
    • australian meat and live-stock industry act 1997—live-stock mortalities during exports by sea—report for the period 1 january to 30 june 2012
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • air services australia
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • department of health and ageing
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • grey electorate: trade training centres
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • r u ok? day
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • member for gilmore
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
    • justice reinvestment
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
      • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • prime minister and cabinet: speechwriting assistance and communications advice (question no. 2020) (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • freedom of information (question nos 2069 to 2071) (Johnston, Sen David)

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