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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee, finance and public administration legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee, select committee on the regional processing centre in nauru
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   statement by the president
    • questions without notice
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • acts and instruments (framework reform) (consequential provisions) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • omnibus repeal day (spring 2014) bill 2014
      • consideration of house of representatives message
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • division
    • crimes legislation amendment (powers, offences and other measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • in committee
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • division
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   statements by senators
    • samoan coffee and cocoa industry
      • Williams, Sen John
    • central coast: roads
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • illicit drugs
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • employment
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • trade with china
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • sugar industry
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
    • dainere's rainbow brain tumour research fund, anzac day schools' awards, free trade agreements
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • broadband
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   questions without notice
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • environment (Canavan, Sen Matthew)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • procedural text
    • nauru: surveillance (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • mining (Williams, Sen John)
    • renewable energy (Lazarus, Sen Glenn)
    • perth freight link (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • workplace relations (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • cabinet (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • trade with china (Bushby, Sen David)
    • trade with china (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   statements
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • renewable energy
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
    • trade with china
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   petitions
    • paid parental leave
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   motions
    • country of origin labelling
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   bills
    • marriage equality plebiscite bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Rice, Sen Janet
      • second reading
        • Rice, Sen Janet
  •   documents
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption
      • order for the production of documents
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • division
  •   motions
    • beef industry
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • sugar industry
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • division
    • beef industry
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Peris, Sen Nova
        • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Carr, Sen Kim
      • report
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
  •   documents
    • higher education
      • order for the production of documents
        • Brandis, Sen George
  •   bills
    • australian defence force superannuation bill 2015, australian defence force cover bill 2015, defence legislation amendment (superannuation and adf cover) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2015 measures no. 2) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
    • civil law and justice legislation amendment bill 2014
      • assent
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (powers, offences and other measures) bill 2015
      • in committee
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • division
      • third reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • migration amendment (maintaining the good order of immigration detention facilities) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   ministerial statements
    • science and innovation: building australia's industries of the future
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   adjournment
    • Dastyari, Sen Sam (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • land rover
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • canning electorate
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • lapoinya
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • country to canberra essay competition, women in parliament
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed list of files

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