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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • export finance and insurance corporation amendment (direct lending and other measures) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • enhancing online safety for children bill 2014, enhancing online safety for children (consequential amendments) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • in committee
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) bill 2013, building and construction industry (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   statements by senators
    • Dastyari, Sen Sam (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • nasheed, president mohamed
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • queensland: cyclone marcia
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • carbon pricing, education
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • domestic violence
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • international women's day
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • road safety
      • Muir, Sen Ricky
    • ageing population
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • workplace relations
      • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   questions without notice
    • higher education (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • death penalty (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • economy (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • budget, pensions and benefits (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • defence personnel (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • mining (Wang, Sen Zhenya)
    • indigenous affairs (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • employment (Day, Sen Bob)
    • australian human rights commission (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • green army program (Back, Sen Chris)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • higher education
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Bullock, Sen Joesph
    • budget
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   motions
    • forestry tasmania
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • asylum seekers
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • landholders' right to refuse (gas and coal) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • defence legislation amendment (parliamentary approval of overseas service) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • employment
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • budget
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • division
    • workplace relations
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • donations to political parties
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   matters of public importance
    • higher education
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Mason, Sen Brett
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • death penalty
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   documents
    • national mental health commission
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   committees
    • select committee on health, national broadband network select committee, public works committee
      • membership
        • Williams, Sen John (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   bills
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2014, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment (designated coastal waters) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (miscellaneous matters) bill 2015, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment (miscellaneous matters) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • australian river co. limited bill 2015, defence trade controls amendment bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   regulations and determinations
    • competition and consumer (industry code—port terminal access (bulk wheat)) regulation 2014
      • disallowance
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • division
  •   bills
    • building and construction industry (improving productivity) bill 2013, building and construction industry (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   adjournment
    • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • hadgkiss, mr nigel, senator rhiannon
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • homelessness
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • raupach, professor michael, mcmichael, professor emeritus anthony
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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