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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (research and development) bill 2013
      • in committee
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • ministry (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • cost of living (Canavan, Sen Matthew)
    • defence procurement (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • health care (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • former member for dobell (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • liberal party leadership (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • autism spectrum disorder: traineeships (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • asylum seekers (Muir, Sen Ricky)
    • budget (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • do not call register (Williams, Sen John)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • health care
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • gardens of stone
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
    • south australian bushfires
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • coal seam gas
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • procedural text
  •   committees
    • national capital and external territories committee
      • meeting
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • death penalty
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   documents
    • intergenerational report
      • order for the production of documents
        • Milne, Sen Christine
    • report on recent allegations at nauru
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • telecommunications legislation amendment (deregulation) bill 2014, telecommunications (industry levy) amendment bill 2014
      • reference to committee
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • division
  •   documents
    • affordable housing and homelessness policy
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   matters of urgency
    • maules creek coalmine
      • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • publications joint committee
      • report
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • environment and communications references committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee, national capital and external territories committee, northern australia committee
      • government response to report
        • Brandis, Sen George
    • environment and communications references committee
      • government response to report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   documents
    • intergenerational report
      • order for the production of documents
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (bargaining processes) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • biosecurity bill 2014, biosecurity (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2014, quarantine charges (imposition—general) amendment bill 2014, quarantine charges (imposition—customs) amendment bill 2014, quarantine charges (imposition—excise) amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • migration amendment (protecting babies born in australia) bill 2014
      • report of legislation committee
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • tax laws amendment (research and development) bill 2013
      • in committee
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
    • treasury legislation amendment (repeal day) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Polley, Sen Helen
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • ferguson, ms adele
      • Williams, Sen John
    • sydney: martin place siege
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • speed limits
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • singapore: distinguished visitor program
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • ibrahim, mr anwar
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • bristow, sergeant carol
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • liberation of auschwitz: 70th anniversary
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • horvath, ms corinna
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
    • climate change
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • queensland
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • australia day
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • islamic state
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
    • the nationals
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • death penalty
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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