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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • telecommunications (interception and access) amendment (data retention) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   questions without notice
    • international development assistance (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • building and construction industry (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • education funding (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • mental health (Wright, Sen Penny)
    • disability services (Williams, Sen John)
    • defence procurement (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • infrastructure (Sinodinos, Sen Arthur)
    • financial transactions tax (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • research and development (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • asylum seekers (Johnston, Sen David)
    • aboriginal legal service (Cameron, Sen Doug)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • international development assistance, education funding
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • financial transactions tax
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   condolences
    • mr lee kuan yew gcmg, ch
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   parliamentary zone
    • proposal for works
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reporting date
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • employment
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • joint committee of public accounts and audit
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   motions
    • world tuberculosis day
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • australia-israel chamber of commerce
      • Day, Sen Bob
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • division
  •   motions
    • abbott government
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • education funding
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • welfare reform
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • procedure committee
      • report
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • government response to report
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples recognition (sunset extension) bill 2015, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2014, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment (designated coastal waters) bill 2014, excess exploration credit tax bill 2014, export finance and insurance corporation amendment (direct lending and other measures) bill 2014, corporations legislation amendment (deregulatory and other measures) bill 2014, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 5) bill 2014, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 7) bill 2014, broadcasting and other legislation amendment (deregulation) bill 2015, succession to the crown bill 2015
      • assent
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee, education and employment legislation committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • telecommunications (interception and access) amendment (data retention) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   bills
    • telecommunications (interception and access) amendment (data retention) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
        • division
      • in committee
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • world tuberculosis day
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • new south wales electricity network
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • middle east
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • housing affordability
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files

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