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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (making marine parks accountable) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Boswell, Sen Ronald
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   petitions
    • foreign aid budget
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • international brain tumour awareness week
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • malaria
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   business
    • appropriation (implementation of the report of the expert panel on asylum seekers) bill (no. 1) 2012-2013, appropriation (implementation of the report of the expert panel on asylum seekers) bill (no. 2) 2012-2013
      • consideration of legislation
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • division
  •   motions
    • global hydrofluorocarbons
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
  •   documents
    • carbon pricing
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
    • mining
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
  •   motions
    • india: nuclear power industry
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • newstart
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • division
  •   documents
    • indigenous health
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • indigenous communities
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • healing foundation
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • anti-money laundering amendment (gaming machine venues) bill 2012
      • reference to committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • bushfires
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • electricity prices committee
      • report
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   bills
    • higher education support amendment (maximum payment amounts and other measures) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • social security and other legislation amendment (further 2012 budget and other measures) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • commonwealth government securities legislation amendment (retail trading) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • migration legislation amendment (student visas) bill 2012
      • second reading
      • in committee
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   committees
    • electricity prices committee
      • report
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   questions without notice
    • mining (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • health (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
    • environment (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • gambling (Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta)
    • asian century (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • defence equipment (Nash, Sen Fiona)
    • renewable energy (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • broadband (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • drug testing in sport (Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • environment
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   documents
    • affordable housing
      • order for the production of documents
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • audit report no. 9 of 2012-13
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • electoral and referendum amendment (improving electoral procedure) bill 2012
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • australian charities and not-for-profits commission bill 2012, australian charities and not-for-profits commission (consequential and transitional) bill 2012
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • fair work amendment bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   motions
    • biosecurity
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Furner, Sen Mark
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   bills
    • equal opportunity for women in the workplace amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   documents
    • australian war memorial
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • ausaid
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • nbn co. limited
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • department of broadband, communications and the digital economy
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • australia post
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • australian institute of family studies
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • repatriation commission, military rehabilitation and compensation commission, department of veterans' affairs
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • department of sustainability, environment, water, population and communities
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   personal explanations
    • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • fair work amendment (transfer of business) bill 2012, personal liability for corporate fault reform bill 2012
      • first reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   committees
    • constitutional recognition of local government joint select committee
      • appointment
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • constitutional recognition of local government committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
    • electricity prices committee
      • report
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • government response to report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • gambling reform committee
      • report
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • environment, communications, information technology and the arts references committee
      • government response to report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • grey electorate: education funding
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • murray-darling basin plan
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
    • wakakirri festival
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • health and aged care
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • fair work act (question no. 1990) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 2131) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • budget estimates: question no. ew0292_13 (question no. 2160) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 2164) (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • medical services advisory committee (question nos 2167 and 2168) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • employment participation and child care (question no. 2227) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • medicare (question no. 2381) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)

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