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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (retaining federal approval powers) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • goulburn sesquicentenary
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • fiji: human rights
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • renewable energy certificates
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • division
    • international development assistance
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
    • parenting payments
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • division
    • education funding
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • division
    • coal seam gas
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
  •   bills
    • export finance and insurance corporation amendment (finance) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • electoral and referendum amendment (improving electoral administration) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on broadcasting legislation
      • appointment
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • legislation committees
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (anti-dumping commission) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • customs amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • completion of kakadu national park (koongarra project area repeal) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • fisheries legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2012
      • second reading
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Boswell, Sen Ronald
  •   questions without notice
    • media (Sinodinos, Sen Arthur)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • parliamentary budget office (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • media (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • international development assistance (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • indigenous employment (Payne, Sen Marise)
    • migration (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • schools: computers (Mason, Sen Brett)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • agriculture (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • world wildlife fund (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • media
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • international development assistance
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • economics legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • broadcasting legislation committee, environment and communications legislation committee
      • membership
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   bills
    • courts and tribunals legislation amendment (administration) bill 2012
      • assent
  •   motions
    • free speech
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Furner, Sen Mark
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
  •   documents
    • australian agency for international development
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • constitutional recognition of local government committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
    • national broadband network committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • international women's day
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • victoria: health funding
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • charcot-marie-tooth disease
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
      • tabling

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