• Skip to navigation
  • Skip to content

Home - Parliament of Australia logo

  • Parliament Calendar
  • Contact
  • ParlInfo
  • ParlWork
  • Log in
  • Menu
  • Home
  • Parliamentary Business
    • Bills and Legislation
    • Tabled documents
    • Chamber documents
    • Hansard
    • Senate estimates
    • Committees
    • Statistics
    • Petitions
    • Address in Reply
  • Senators and Members
    • Senators
    • Members
    • Contacting Senators and Members
  • News & Events
    • Watch, Read, Listen
    • Events Calendar
    • What's on in the Senate
    • About the House News
    • Joint statements by the Presiding Officers
    • My First Speech
  • About Parliament
    • Senate
    • House of Representatives
    • Work of the Parliament
    • Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce
    • Parliamentary departments
    • International Program
    • Publications and policies
    • Employment
    • Media Rules and Filming Applications
    • Education Resources
    • Parliamentary Friendship Groups (non-country)
    • Sitting Calendar
  • Visit Parliament
    • What's on
    • Things to Do
    • Art at Parliament
    • Shop & Eat
    • Venue Hire
    • Plan your Visit
Australian Parliament House is open to the public.
Home Parliamentary Business Hansard Hansard Display

  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee, broadcasting legislation select committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   bills
    • electoral and referendum amendment (improving electoral administration) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Feeney, Sen David
    • fisheries legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2012
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Feeney, Sen David
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Feeney, Sen David
  •   bills
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2012-2013, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2012-2013
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Johnston, Sen David
    • electoral and referendum amendment (improving electoral administration) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Crossin, Sen Trish (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
      • in committee
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Feeney, Sen David
        • division
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • division
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   questions without notice
    • media (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • contractors voluntary exit grants program (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • budget (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • media (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • pensions and benefits (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • united kingdom (Brown, Sen Carol)
    • carbon pricing (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • health (Thorp, Sen Lin)
    • budgets (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • media
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • contractors voluntary exit grants program
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   motions
    • workplace relations
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   committees
    • cyber-safety committee
      • appointment
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   matters of public importance
    • media
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
      • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   ministerial statements
    • defence abuse response taskforce
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   committees
    • national capital and external territories committee
      • report
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • export market development grants amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • second reading
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
    • national disability insurance scheme bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • membership
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • economics legislation committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   bills
    • electoral and referendum amendment (improving electoral administration) bill 2013
      • in committee
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
      • third reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • appropriation bill (no. 3) 2012-2013, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2012-2013
      • second reading
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Wong, Sen Penny
      • third reading
        • Bishop, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   adjournment
    • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • holland, mr frank
      • Farrell, Sen Don
    • volunteering
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
    • renewable energy
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • peters, dr christopher, am, oi, jp
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
      • tabling

Chamber
on
Item
Questioner :
Answer :
Speaker :
Download Hansard
View XML
Download speech
View Video
Top

Senate

  • Senate
  • Work of the Senate
  • Dynamic Red
  • Senators
  • Seating plan

House of Representatives

  • House of Representatives
  • House of Representatives chamber and business documents
  • Live Minutes
  • Members
  • House of Representatives Seating Plan

Get informed

  • News & Events
  • Watch, Read, Listen
  • About Parliament
  • Education Resources
  • Parliamentary Library
  • International Program

Bills

  • Bills before Parliament
  • Assented Bills of previous Parliaments
  • Tariff Proposals
  • Legislative Instruments

Committees

  • Committees

Get involved

  • Getting involved in Parliamentary Committees
  • Petitions
  • Connect with us
  • Contact Parliament House

Visit Parliament

  • What's on
  • Things to Do
  • Art at Parliament
  • Shop & Eat
  • Plan your Visit
  • Media Rules and Filming Applications

Website features

  • My Parliament - Log in
  • Remote Users - Log in
  • ParlInfo Search
  • APH website survey
  • Employment
  • A - Z Index
  • Glossary
  • RSS feeds

Parliamentary Departments

  • Department of the Senate
  • Department of the House of Representatives
  • Department of Parliamentary Services
  • Parliamentary Budget Office
  • Parliamentary Library

Committees

  • Committees

We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website may contain images and voices of deceased people.

  • Accessibility information
  • Copyright information
  • Disclaimer
  • Feedback
  • Help
Back to top