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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • higher education and research reform amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   questions without notice
    • defence procurement (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • budget (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • defence personnel (Lines, Sen Susan)
    • australian public service (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • public transport (Rice, Sen Janet)
    • higher education (Back, Sen Chris)
    • climate change (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • asylum seekers (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • automotive industry: armoured car tender (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Bushby, Sen David)
    • prime minister's office (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • hiv-aids (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • health care (Polley, Sen Helen)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • defence procurement, defence personnel
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • public transport
      • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • select committee on health
      • meeting
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   motions
    • youth connections program
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   documents
    • income management proposals
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • world aids day
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   documents
    • ipswich motorway
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • supertrawlers
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • division
  •   matters of urgency
    • corporate tax evasion
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • regional development australia fund
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Williams, Sen John
    • aboriginal and torres strait islander social justice commissioner
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • national children's commissioner
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (strengthening the job seeker compliance framework) bill 2014
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   documents
    • national mental health commission
      • order for the production of documents
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   committees
    • wind turbines select committee
      • membership
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • corporations legislation amendment (deregulatory and other measures) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • telecommunications legislation amendment (deregulation) bill 2014, telecommunications (industry levy) amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • national mental health commission
      • order for the production of documents
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   bills
    • higher education and research reform amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   bills
    • omnibus repeal day (spring 2014) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
      • in committee
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   adjournment
    • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • australian defence force
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • sydney walking trails
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • rural and regional mental health services
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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