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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • health insurance (dental services) bill 2012 [no. 2]
      • second reading
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • division
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • fred hollows foundation
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
    • international black ribbon day
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • kimberley girl program
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • hepatitis c
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • affordable housing
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • carbon permits
      • order for the production of documents
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • inequality
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • division
  •   documents
    • reserve bank of australia
      • order for the production of documents
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
  •   motions
    • goods and services tax
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • wind farms
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   committees
    • electricity prices committee
      • appointment
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee, finance and public administration legislation committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • cybercrime legislation amendment bill 2011
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • customs amendment (smuggled tobacco) bill 2012, tax laws amendment (2012 measures no. 4) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • international monetary agreements amendment (loans) bill 2012, statute law revision bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
  •   regulations and determinations
    • small pelagic fishery total allowable catch (quota species) determination 2012
      • disallowance
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (investment manager regime) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • corporations legislation amendment (financial reporting panel) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • navigation bill 2012, navigation (consequential amendments) bill 2012, marine safety (domestic commercial vessel) national law (consequential amendments) bill 2012, marine safety (domestic commercial vessel) national law bill 2012
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • migration (visa evidence) charge bill 2012, migration (visa evidence) charge (consequential amendments) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • australian citizenship amendment (defence families) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • third reading
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • maritime legislation amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   questions without notice
    • mining: olympic dam (Brandis, Sen George)
    • mobile phone services (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • carbon pricing (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • asylum seekers (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • mining: olympic dam (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • support for women: aid (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • mining: olympic dam (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • south australia: private hospital funding (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • union of agricultural work committees (Abetz, Sen Eric)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • mining: olympic dam, carbon pricing
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Farrell, Sen Don
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
    • asylum seekers
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • wind farms
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   committees
    • appropriations and staffing committee
      • report
        • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   delegation reports
    • australian parliamentary delegation to the united states of america
      • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • official visit to peru
      • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • australia-vietnam human rights dialogue
      • tabling
        • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • legislative instruments amendment (sunsetting measures) bill 2012
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   committees
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • membership
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   regulations and determinations
    • small pelagic fishery total allowable catch (quota species) determination 2012
      • disallowance
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   bills
    • marriage equality amendment bill 2010
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Farrell, Sen Don
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • australia's food processing sector committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • gambling reform committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • national broadband network committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 48 of 2010-11
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • abilities for all program
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • aged care
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • palestine
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • national bilby day
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
  •   questions on notice
    • australian securities and investments commission (question no. 1503) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • australian taxation office (question no. 1868) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • prime minister (question no. 1880) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • prime minister (question no. 1885) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • health services union (question no. 1909) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • health: auditor-general hospital report (question no. 1977) (Humphries, Sen Gary)

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