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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   statement by the president
    • questions without notice
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   motions
    • australian water holdings
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • division
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   matters of public interest
    • western australia senate election
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • middle east
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • mental health
      • Williams, Sen John
    • homelessness
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • australian water holdings
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • australian water holdings
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice
    • australian water holdings (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • mining (Eggleston, Sen Alan)
    • australian water holdings (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • racial equality
    • racial equality (Wright, Sen Penny)
    • carbon pricing (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • education (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • aged care
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • procedural text
    • export finance and insurance corporation (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • superannuation (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • education (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • science (Carr, Sen Kim)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • cambodia: election
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • australian water holdings
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • racial equality
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
  •   motions
    • coal seam gas
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
    • building and construction industry
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • carers
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • south sudan
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   matters of public importance
    • ministerial conduct
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   matters of public importance
    • ministerial conduct
      • Mason, Sen Brett
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • legislation committees
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • reporting date
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   ministerial statements
    • deregulation
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, national broadband network select committee
      • membership
        • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • membership
  •   bills
    • social services and other legislation amendment bill 2013
      • consideration of house of representatives message
    • farm household support bill 2014, farm household support (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • social security legislation amendment (increased employment participation) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • customs tariff amendment (tobacco) bill 2014, excise tariff amendment (tobacco) bill 2014, primary industries (excise) levies amendment (dairy produce) bill 2013, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 1) bill 2014
      • assent
  •   regulations and determinations
    • aboriginal land rights (northern territory) amendment (delegation) regulation 2013
      • disallowance
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Peris, Sen Nova
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Ruston, Sen Anne (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • illicit drugs
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • sri lanka
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • oil and gas industry
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • south australia state election
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
      • tabling

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