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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   statement by the president
    • mandela, mr rolihlahla (nelson) dalibhunga, ac
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   ministerial statements
    • afghanistan
      • Johnston, Sen David
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • climate change authority (abolition) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   matters of public interest
    • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • road safety remuneration tribunal
      • Williams, Sen John
    • racial equality
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • pensions and benefits
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • parliamentary processes
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • mandela, mr rolihlahla (nelson) dalibhunga, ac
      • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice
    • organ and tissue donation (McLucas, Sen Jan)
    • carbon pricing (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander legal services (Peris, Sen Nova)
    • environmental conservation (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • carbon pricing (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • automotive industry (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • budget (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • asylum seekers (Madigan, Sen John)
    • automotive industry (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • asylum seekers (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • asylum seekers (Wong, Sen Penny)
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • automotive industry
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Farrell, Sen Don
    • environmental conservation
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   documents
    • statement of ministerial standards
      • tabling
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • division
  •   motions
    • broadcasting senate and committee proceedings
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • criminal code amendment (harming australians) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • gleeson, mr craig and lucas, mr alistair
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • syria
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • homelessness
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
    • education funding
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   motions
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   documents
    • trade
      • order for the production of documents
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   motions
    • whaling and illegal fishing
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • great white shark
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • wildlife conservation
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • saudi arabia: migrant workers
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   committees
    • select committee on the abbott government's commission of audit
      • appointment
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   motions
    • whaling
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   matters of public importance
    • great barrier reef
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Tillem, Sen Mehmet
  •   matters of public importance
    • great barrier reef
      • Furner, Sen Mark
  •   committees
    • legislation committees
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • education and employment legislation committee, finance and public administration legislation committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • alert digest
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • additional information
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • education and employment legislation committee, education and employment references committee
      • additional information
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • reporting date
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   statement by the president
    • pacific parliamentary partnerships
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   parliamentary representation
    • election petition
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the 129th inter-parliamentary union assembly
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 10 of 2013-14
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   bills
    • australian capital territory water management legislation amendment bill 2013
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • environment legislation amendment bill 2013, infrastructure australia amendment bill 2013, migration amendment (regaining control over australia's protection obligations) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • second reading
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   motions
    • national library of australia
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   regulations and determinations
    • residential care subsidy amendment (workforce supplement) principle 2013, aged care subsidies amendment (workforce supplement) determination 2013
      • disallowance
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • fitz-nead, ms joan, am
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • alcohol abuse
      • Peris, Sen Nova
    • murray-darling basin
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • federal election
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • return to order
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files

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