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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   parliamentary representation
    • senators sworn
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • president
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Parry, Sen Stephen
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   condolences
    • chidgey, lance corporal todd john
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • deputy president and chairman of committees
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • temporary chairmen of committees
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   shadow ministerial arrangements
    • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   party office holders
    • australian greens
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • palmer united party
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   bills
    • clean energy legislation (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], true-up shortfall levy (general) (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], true-up shortfall levy (excise) (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], customs tariff amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], excise tariff amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) (transitional provisions) bill 2013 [no. 2], ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (manufacture levy) amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], clean energy (income tax rates and other amendments) bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • first reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice
    • budget (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • budget (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • budget (McLucas, Sen Jan)
    • carbon pricing (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • carbon pricing (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • child care (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • employment (Madigan, Sen John)
    • budget (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • financial services (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • industry (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • commonwealth cleaning services guidelines (Lines, Sen Susan)
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • question no. 621
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • budget, carbon pricing
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • climate change
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • first speeches
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • human rights: brunei darussalam
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   matters of urgency
    • commonwealth cleaning services
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • income tax (bearer debentures) amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, income tax (first home saver accounts misuse tax) amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, income tax rates amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, income tax (tfn withholding tax (ess)) amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, tax laws amendment (interest on non-resident trust distributions) (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, tax laws amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, tax laws amendment (untainting tax) (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, trust recoupment tax amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, superannuation (departing australia superannuation payments tax) amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, superannuation (excess non-concessional contributions tax) amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, superannuation (excess untaxed roll-over amounts tax) amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, taxation (trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax) (no. 1) amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, taxation (trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax) (no. 2) amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014, appropriation bill (no. 5) 2013-2014, appropriation bill (no. 6) 2013-2014, public governance, performance and accountability amendment bill 2014, public governance, performance and accountability (consequential modifications of appropriation acts (parliamentary departments)) bill 2014, public governance, performance and accountability (consequential modifications of appropriation acts (no. 1), (no. 3) and (no. 5)) bill 2014, public governance, performance and accountability (consequential modifications of appropriation acts (no. 2), (no. 4) and (no. 6)) bill 2014, public governance, performance and accountability (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2014, appropriation bill (no. 1) 2014-2015, appropriation bill (no. 2) 2014-2015, appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 1) 2014-2015, family assistance legislation amendment (child care measures) bill 2014, tax laws amendment (implementation of the fatca agreement) bill 2014, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 2) bill 2014, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 3) bill 2014, customs tariff amendment (product stewardship for oil) bill 2014, excise tariff amendment (product stewardship for oil) bill 2014, railway agreement (western australia) amendment bill 2014, social security legislation amendment (green army programme) bill 2014, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (mental health and other measures) bill 2014, environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (cost recovery) bill 2014, australian workforce and productivity agency repeal bill 2014
      • assent
    • public governance, performance and accountability (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • climate change authority (abolition) bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • minerals resource rent tax repeal and other measures bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee, economics legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • division
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   bills
    • clean energy legislation (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], true-up shortfall levy (general) (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], true-up shortfall levy (excise) (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], customs tariff amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], excise tariff amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013 [no. 2], ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) (transitional provisions) bill 2013 [no. 2], ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (manufacture levy) amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, clean energy (income tax rates and other amendments) bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   adjournment
    • Smith, Sen Dean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • financial services
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • budget
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • carbon pricing
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • brabham, sir jack, ao, obe
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   statement by the president
    • address by the prime minister of japan
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling

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