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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • carbon credits (carbon farming initiative) bill 2011, carbon credits (consequential amendments) bill 2011, australian national registry of emissions units bill 2011
      • in committee
        • Parry, Sen Stephen
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
  •   matters of public interest
    • Marshall, Sen Gavin
    • united states: road transport industry
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • member for dobell
      • Brandis, Sen George
    • body image
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • member for dobell
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • tarkine wilderness
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   questions without notice
    • member for dobell (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • superannuation (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • energy efficiency (Scullion, Sen Nigel)
    • james price point (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • carbon pricing (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • workplace relations (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • carbon pricing (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
    • carbon pricing (Madigan, Sen John)
    • forestry (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • aged care (Polley, Sen Helen)
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • questions nos 338 and 364
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Adams, Sen Judith
    • james price point
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   petitions
    • marriage
    • farming
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Brown, Sen Bob
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • reference
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   motions
    • evans, mr cadel
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • migration committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • gambling reform committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • treaties committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • community affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • rural affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • air navigation and civil aviation amendment (aircraft crew) bill 2011
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
  •   documents
    • tasmanian forests intergovernmental agreement
      • order for the production of documents
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Brown, Sen Bob
  •   motions
    • burdekin falls dam
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • gunns ltd
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • division
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • division
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • report
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   first speech
    • Hogg, Sen John
    • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   first speech
    • Hogg, Sen John
    • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • senators' interests committee
      • documents
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Senator COONAN
  •   ministerial statements
    • economy, new zealand imports
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • petition under standing order 207
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • responses to senate resolutions
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • community hospitals
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   ministerial statements
    • new zealand imports
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • israel
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • productivity commission
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   adjournment
    • Moore, Sen Claire
    • united nations convention relating to the status of refugees
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • member for corangamite
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • ceduna: bureau of meteorology
      • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   documents
    • order for the production of documents
  •   questions on notice
    • operation talisman sabre 2011 (question no. 449) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 467) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 468) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 469) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 471) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 472) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 473) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: staffing (question no. 475) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 476) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 477) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 478) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 479) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 480) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 481) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 482) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • operation talisman sabre 2011 (question no. 563) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 635) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • defence: submarines (question no. 636) (Johnston, Sen David)
    • treasury (question no. 683) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • organisation for economic cooperation and development (question no. 684) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • live animal exports (question no. 688) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • centrelink (question no. 689) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • heritage assessments (question no. 690) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • innovation, industry, science and research (question no. 700) (Boyce, Sen Sue)
    • innovation, industry, science and research (question no. 701) (Boyce, Sen Sue)
    • innovation, industry, science and research (question no. 702) (Boyce, Sen Sue)
    • innovation, industry, science and research (question no. 703) (Boyce, Sen Sue)
    • taxation (question no. 706) (Brown, Sen Bob)
    • australian competition and consumer commission (question no. 708) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • taxation (question no. 724) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • carbon pricing (question no. 727) (Ronaldson, Sen Michael)
    • australian nuclear science and technology organisation (question no. 728) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • mining (question no. 833) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • tourism (question no. 836) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 837) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • australian nuclear science and technology organisation (question no. 841) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)

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