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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • assisting victims of overseas terrorism bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Faulkner, Sen John
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
        • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
  •   petitions
    • baniyala
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • australian commission for law enforcement integrity committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • murray-darling basin
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • privileges committee
      • Brown, Sen Bob
    • university fees
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
  •   motions
    • coal
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
    • nuclear submarines
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Brown, Sen Bob
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • higher education support amendment bill (no. 1) 2012
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • legislation committees
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • fairer private health insurance incentives bill 2012, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge) bill 2012, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  • distinguished visitors
  •   questions without notice
    • grants allocation
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • procedural text
    • mining (Sherry, Sen Nick)
    • future fund (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • small business (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • employment (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • family court (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • small business: enterprise connect (Madigan, Sen John)
    • rural and regional health services (Williams, Sen John)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • grants allocation, future fund
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Sherry, Sen Nick
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   business
    • senate temporary orders
      • The PRESIDENT
  •   condolences
    • scott, the hon. douglas barr
      • The PRESIDENT
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   bills
    • fairer private health insurance incentives bill 2012, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge) bill 2012, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • division
        • The PRESIDENT
        • division
      • third reading
        • The PRESIDENT
        • division
    • minerals resource rent tax bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—general) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—customs) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—excise) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax assessment amendment bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—general) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—customs) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—excise) bill 2011, tax laws amendment (stronger, fairer, simpler and other measures) bill 2011, superannuation guarantee (administration) amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sherry, Sen Nick
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Bishop, Sen Mark
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
  •   adjournment
    • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • national day of action against bullying and violence
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • fair work australia
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • justice reinvestment
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • trojan's trek
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex

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