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  • start of business
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • senate temporary orders
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • allocation of departments and agencies
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • portfolio additional estimates statements
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   matters of public interest
    • Ludlam, Sen Scott (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • parliament
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • tasmania: genetically modified crops
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
    • science
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • defence: commemorations
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • blue mountains bushfires
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   questions without notice
    • superannuation (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • national commission of audit (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • climate change (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • carbon pricing (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • budget (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • syria (Eggleston, Sen Alan)
    • environment: waubra wind farm (Madigan, Sen John)
    • automotive industry (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • medical workforce (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
    • asylum seekers (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • superannuation, national commission of audit
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Williams, Sen John
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • climate change
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • australian capital territory water management legislation amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • indigenous education (targeted assistance) amendment bill (no. 2) 2013
      • first reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   documents
    • reserve bank of australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   bills
    • national integrity commission bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
      • second reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   documents
    • intergovernmental panel on climate change 5th assessment report
      • order for the production of documents
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   motions
    • international day of the girl child
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • world sight day
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   bills
    • parliamentary proceedings broadcasting amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • commonwealth electoral amendment (above the line voting) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • world sight day
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • wheat exports
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
    • great barrier reef
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • division
  •   matters of urgency
    • australian automotive industry
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   first speech
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   first speech
    • Peris, Sen Nova
  •   matters of urgency
    • australian automotive industry
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
      • division
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • division
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
  •   bills
    • parliamentary proceedings broadcasting amendment bill 2013, commonwealth electoral amendment (above the line voting) bill 2013
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • department of families, housing, community services and indigenous affairs
      • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • remembrance day
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • female orphan school building
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • federal election, climate change
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • cardwell and mission beach reconstruction
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency appointments
      • tabling

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