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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • temporary chairmen of committees
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   motions
    • manus island
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • division
      • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • division
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (independent expert scientific committee on coal seam gas and large coal mining development) bill 2012
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Fawcett, Sen David (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • division
    • customs amendment (anti-dumping improvements) bill (no. 2) 2011, customs amendment (anti-dumping improvements) bill (no. 2) 2012, customs tariff (anti-dumping) amendment bill (no. 1) 2012, customs amendment (anti-dumping improvements) bill (no. 3) 2012
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   matters of public interest
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • breast cancer
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • water
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
    • refugees
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • child protection
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
    • food allergies
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • mental health (Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • national broadband network (Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt)
    • defence budget (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • newstart allowance (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • setka, mr john (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • parliamentary budget office (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • superannuation (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • malaysian elections (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • carbon pricing (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • mental health (Moore, Sen Claire)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • carbon pricing
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • newstart allowance
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • postponement
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • migration and security legislation amendment (review of security assessments) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   committees
    • economics legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • national broadband network committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • anti-poverty week
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • world mental health day
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   documents
    • productivity commission report
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • north west slope trawl fishery
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • reef rescue program
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • medicare
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   matters of public importance
    • mental health
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Boswell, Sen Ronald
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   bills
    • defence trade controls bill 2011
      • report of legislation committee
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
  •   committees
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • intelligence and security committee
      • report
        • Faulkner, Sen John
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Feeney, Sen David
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • treaties committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (anti-dumping improvements) bill (no. 2) 2011, customs amendment (anti-dumping improvements) bill (no. 2) 2012, customs tariff (anti-dumping) amendment bill (no. 1) 2012, customs amendment (anti-dumping improvements) bill (no. 3) 2012
      • in committee
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Feeney, Sen David
  •   documents
    • australian research council
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • australian defence force parliamentary program
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
    • bowel cancer
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • gs kidd memorial school
      • Williams, Sen John
    • owens, mr joe, murray, mr arthur
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency appointments
    • departmental and agency grants
  •   questions on notice
    • bureau of meteorology (question no. 1849 amended) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • strategic reform program (question no. 2050) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • royal australian navy (question no. 2051) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • royal australian navy (question no. 2052) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • royal australian navy (question no. 2053) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • royal australian navy (question no. 2054) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • royal australian navy (question no. 2055) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • royal australian navy (question no. 2056) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • royal australian navy (question no. 2057) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: naval vessels (question no. 2058) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • network centric warfare capability policy and plans (question no. 2059) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: media monitoring (question nos 2060 to 2062) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: travel (question nos 2072 to 2074) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence (question no. 2078) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence (question no. 2080) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence (question no. 2081) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence (question no. 2083) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence (question no. 2084) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence (question no. 2085) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence (question no. 2088) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • health (question no. 2090) (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • education, employment and workplace relations (question no. 2094) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • employment and workplace relations (question no. 2096) (Abetz, Sen Eric)

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