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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • telecommunications universal service management agency bill 2011, telecommunications legislation amendment (universal service reform) bill 2011, telecommunications (industry levy) bill 2011
      • in committee
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • building and construction industry improvement amendment (transition to fair work) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Furner, Sen Mark
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   questions without notice
    • mining (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • mining (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • health services union (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • queensland economy (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • member for dobell (Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta)
    • small business (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • customs (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • west papua (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • agriculture (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
    • economy
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
    • family court
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • asylum seekers
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   personal explanations
    • Brandis, Sen George
    • Brown, Sen Bob
    • Brandis, Sen George
    • Milne, Sen Christine
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • Evans, Sen Christopher
    • division
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • cyber-safety committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • migration committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • coal seam gas
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 27 of 2011-12
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   bills
    • stronger futures in the northern territory bill 2012
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   committees
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • road safety remuneration bill 2012, road safety remuneration (consequential amendments and related provisions) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • insurance contracts amendment bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • classification (publications, films and computer games) amendment (r 18+ computer games) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   committees
    • national broadband network committee
      • membership
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   bills
    • building and construction industry improvement amendment (transition to fair work) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • higher education support amendment bill (no. 1) 2012
      • second reading
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • road safety remuneration bill 2012, road safety remuneration (consequential amendments and related provisions) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Fisher, Sen Mary Jo
        • Furner, Sen Mark
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • crimes legislation amendment (powers and offences) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   adjournment
    • Crossin, Sen Trish (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • radisich, ms jaye amber mp
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • raaf accident, canberra 1957
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • mining
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • food and grocery industry
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • sky news (question no. 1022) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • immigration and citizenship (question no. 1534) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)

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