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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • division
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   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
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   matters of public interest
    • defence procurement
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
    • service clubs
      • Williams, Sen John
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • automotive industry
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • indonesian language in australia
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
    • australian republican movement
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   questions without notice
    • carbon pricing (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • economy (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • carbon pricing (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • afghanistan (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • carbon pricing (Nash, Sen Fiona)
    • syria (Stephens, Sen Ursula)
    • aged care (Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta)
    • foreign investment (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • shipping (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Farrell, Sen Don
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   motions
    • cyber-safety committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • migration committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • treaties committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • law enforcement committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • Wright, Sen Penny
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • solar hot water rebate bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
      • second reading
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • parliamentary library
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • division
    • convention on the rights of the child
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
    • afghanistan
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • division
    • nuclear submarines
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • division
    • syria
      • Brown, Sen Bob
    • agribusiness
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • education funding
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • division
      • Brown, Sen Bob
    • future fund
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • division
    • libya: war graves
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • national radioactive waste management bill 2010
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • indirect tax laws amendment (assessment) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • corporations legislation amendment (audit enhancement) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee
      • reference
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
    • community affairs legislation committee, economics legislation committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • fairer private health insurance incentives bill 2012, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge—fringe benefits) bill 2012, fairer private health insurance incentives (medicare levy surcharge) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
        • Crossin, Sen Trish
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   adjournment
    • The PRESIDENT
    • lymphoedema awareness month
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • coal
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • whyalla tafe
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • forced adoption
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files
  •   questions on notice
    • lowy institute (question no. 1517) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • tertiary education, skills, science and research: air travel (question no. 1542) (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • industry and innovation: air travel (question no. 1545) (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • prime minister (question no. 1546) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)

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