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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   personal explanations
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   bills
    • water amendment (water for the environment special account) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • in committee
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • division
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • division
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • division
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • division
  •   matters of public interest
    • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • australian natural disasters
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • member for dobell
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • great barrier reef
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • ovarian cancer
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • national security strategy
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   questions without notice
    • obeid, mr eddie (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • indigenous affairs (Crossin, Sen Trish)
    • superannuation (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • mining (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
    • mali (Stephens, Sen Ursula)
    • housing affordability (Payne, Sen Marise)
    • international student visas (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • carbon pricing (Williams, Sen John)
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question no. 2384
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • obeid, mr eddie, superannuation
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   business
    • senate temporary orders
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • australian sports anti-doping authority amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • economics legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • law enforcement committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • constitutional recognition of aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • law enforcement committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs legislation committee, community affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • minerals resource rent tax
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • board of taxation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   motions
    • whitehaven coal
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • access to justice
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • minerals resource rent tax
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • final budget outcome for 2012-13
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • division
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • tasmanian wilderness world heritage area
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • division
    • parenting payments
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • international automatic tax information exchange
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   matters of public importance
    • renewable energy
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to the united kingdom and poland
      • Crossin, Sen Trish (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (organised crime and other measures) bill 2012, social security and other legislation amendment (income support bonus) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • second reading
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   committees
    • constitutional recognition of local government committee
      • reporting date
        • Crossin, Sen Trish (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • membership
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   regulations and determinations
    • migration amendment regulation 2012 (no. 5)
      • disallowance
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • division
  •   bills
    • water amendment (water for the environment special account) bill 2012
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • gilbert, mr edward (eddie)
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • international day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • cyber security, swartz, aaron
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • stolen generations
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency appointments
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency grants
      • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • budget: efficiency dividend (question nos 2176 and 2216) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • financial management and accountability (question nos 2337 and 2377) (Ryan, Sen Scott)
    • australian communications and media authority: closed captioning (question no. 2387) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • defence integrated distribution system contract (question no. 2392) (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • tenix (question no. 2393) (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • australian nuclear science and technology organisation (question no. 2396) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • australian sports commission (question no. 2398) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • prime minister and cabinet (question no. 2399) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • treasury (question nos 2400, 2423 and 2444) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • tertiary education, skills, science and research (question no. 2401) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • defence: electorate data spending (question nos 2405, 2434 and 2438) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • government programs (question no. 2408, 2409, 2439 and 2440) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • foreign affairs; and trade and competitiveness: programs, initiatives and decisions (question nos 2412 and 2419) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities: programs, initiatives or decisions (question no. 2413) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • finance and deregulation: government programs, initiatives and decisions (question no. 2414) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • government program initiatives (question nos 2415, 2424, 2431, 2432 and 2443) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • agriculture, fisheries and forestry: government programs, initiatives and decisions (question no. 2416) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • resources and energy and tourism: government programs, iniatives and decisions (question nos 2417 and 2418) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • industry, innovation, science, research and tertiary education (question no. 2420) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • climate change and energy efficiency (question no. 2421) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • social inclusion (question no. 2425) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • industry, innovation, science, research and tertiary education (question no. 2427) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • housing; and homelessness: programs, initiatives or decisions (question nos 2428 and 2429) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • human services: electorate data spending (question no. 2430) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • veterans' affairs: government programs, initiatives or decisions (question no. 2433) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • public service and integrity (question no. 2436) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • special minister of state: government programs, initiatives and decisions (question no. 2437) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • community services and status of women (question nos 2441 and 2442) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • tax studies institute (question no. 2449) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • council of australian governments: meetings (question no. 2450) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • tasmanian forests intergovernmental agreement (question no. 2452) (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • financial management and accountability (question no. 2454) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • financial management and accountability (question nos 2455, 2478 and 2499) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • defence; defence personnel and science; and defence materiel (question nos 2460, 2489 and 2493 amended) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • infrastructure and transport: staffing (question no. 2462) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • finance and deregulation: financial management and accountabililty (question nos 2465, 2466, 2483, 2484, 2496 and 2497) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • financial management and accountability (question no. 2468) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • financial management and accountability (question no. 2469) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • financial management and accountability (question nos 2470, 2479, 2486, 2487 and 2498) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • agriculture, fisheries and forestry (question no. 2471) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • resources and energy, and tourism: staffing (question nos 2472 and 2473) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • financial management and accountability (question nos 2477, 2481 and 2490) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • financial management and accountability (question no. 2480) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • human services: staffing (question no. 2485) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • financial management and accountability (question no. 2491) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • financial management and accountability (question no. 2492) (Bushby, Sen David)
    • clean energy legislation (question no. 2502) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • asylum seekers (question no. 2507) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • immigration and citizenship: staffing (question no. 2511) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • immigration and citizenship: advertising and marketing (question no. 2514) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)

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