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  • start of business
  •   statement by the president
    • department of the senate: donations to museum of australian democracy
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • national radioactive waste management bill 2010
      • in committee
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Parry, Sen Stephen (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Fawcett, Sen David (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • division
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • gillard government (Brandis, Sen George)
    • broadband (Singh, Sen Lisa)
  • distinguished visitors
  •   questions without notice
    • carbon pricing (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
  • distinguished visitors
  •   questions without notice
    • dental health (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • australian defence force academy (Johnston, Sen David)
    • economy (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • workplace relations (Back, Sen Chris)
    • indigenous suicide (Wright, Sen Penny)
    • small business (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
    • food and grocery industry (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • water
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • australian federal police
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • gillard government, small business
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • indigenous suicide
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   committees
    • education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • meeting, reporting date
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • australia's immigration detention network committee
      • meeting
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • inspector-general of intelligence and security
      • order for the production of documents
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • division
  •   motions
    • higher education
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • gillard government
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Feeney, Sen David
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Furner, Sen Mark
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • australian defence force academy
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Johnston, Sen David
  •   documents
    • kurdish society of victoria
      • tabling
        • Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe, australian parliamentary delegation to the nato parliamentary assembly
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the asia pacific parliamentary forum
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • higher education support amendment (vet fee-help and other measures) bill 2011
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • building and construction industry improvement amendment (transition to fair work) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
      • second reading
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
    • national radioactive waste management bill 2010
      • in committee
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Brown, Sen Bob
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • division
    • extradition and mutual assistance in criminal matters legislation amendment bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • in committee
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   documents
    • commonwealth grants commission
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
    • australian customs and border protection service
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • mining
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
    • human trafficking
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • mental health
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • anglesea barracks
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • ovarian cancer
      • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
    • world war ii
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • australian public service
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
    • ovarian cancer
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • havel, mr vaclav
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • western australia: infrastructure, building the education revolution program
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • trade unions
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • world population
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • gillard government
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • schools
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • vietnam: human rights
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
    • world war ii
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
    • world war ii, livestock exports, private health insurance
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • colvin, ms marie, sri lanka, asian forum of parliamentarians on population and development
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • member for dobell
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
    • departmental and agency contracts
  •   questions on notice
    • finance and deregulation (question no. 1305) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • fair work ombudsman (question no. 1522) (Abetz, Sen Eric)

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