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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • private health insurance legislation amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Moore, Sen Claire
      • third reading
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • appropriation (parliamentary departments) bill (no. 2) 2013-2014, appropriation bill (no. 3) 2013-2014, appropriation bill (no. 4) 2013-2014
      • second reading
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • third reading
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   budget
    • advance to the finance minister
      • in committee
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • export market development grants amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   governor-general's speech
    • address-in-reply
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
  •   matters of public interest
    • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • cattle industry
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
    • international year of solidarity with the palestinian people
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • whaling
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • wind farms
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • inter-parliamentary union delegation
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
    • inter-parliamentary union delegation
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • future of financial advice (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • budget (Boyce, Sen Sue)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • renewable energy (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • western australia: infrastructure (Eggleston, Sen Alan)
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Peris, Sen Nova)
    • industrial relations (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
    • wind farms (Madigan, Sen John)
    • national science week (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • broadband (Williams, Sen John)
    • south australia state election (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
  •   answers to questions on notice
    • questions nos 223, 224, 225, 226, 227 and 234
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • renewable energy
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • withdrawal
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • human rights: sri lanka
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • meeting
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • national broadband network select committee
      • meeting
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • education
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • somphone, mr sombath
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • cognitive impairment
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • division
    • commonwealth land: sydney harbour
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Tillem, Sen Mehmet
  •   committees
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • publications committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • national broadband network select committee
      • report
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Bishop, Sen Mark
    • national broadband network select committee
      • membership
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • classification (publications, films and computer games) amendment (classification tools and other measures) bill 2014, defence force retirement benefits legislation amendment (fair indexation) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Milne, Sen Christine
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   documents
    • income management
      • tabling
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • glaucoma
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • human rights: sri lanka
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • world down syndrome day, national disability insurance scheme
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
  •   documents
    • tabling

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