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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   bills
    • flags amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
  •   petitions
    • budget
    • australia network
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
  •   motions
    • motor neurone disease
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • workplace gender equality
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   documents
    • live animal exports
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • youth mental health
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (woomera prohibited area) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • in committee
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (regulatory powers and other measures) bill 2014, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Smith, Sen Dean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • health insurance amendment (extended medicare safety net) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Smith, Sen Dean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • public governance, performance and accountability (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2014, public governance, performance and accountability (consequential modifications of appropriation acts (no. 1), (no. 3) and (no. 5)) bill 2014, public governance, performance and accountability (consequential modifications of appropriation acts (no. 2), (no. 4) and (no. 6)) bill 2014, public governance, performance and accountability (consequential modifications of appropriation acts (parliamentary departments)) bill 2014
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • agricultural and veterinary chemicals legislation amendment (removing re-approval and re-registration) bill 2014
      • in committee
        • Smith, Sen Dean (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   questions without notice
    • indigenous affairs (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • asylum seekers (Eggleston, Sen Alan)
    • tasmanian shipping and freight (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
    • climate change (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • aged care (Boyce, Sen Sue)
    • indigenous health (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • centre for policy development (Kroger, Sen Helen)
    • defence (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • budget (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • anzac centenary (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
    • asylum seekers (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • budget (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
  •   parliamentary office holders
    • president
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • tobacco
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • indigenous health
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • indigenous affairs
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • indigenous affairs, indigenous health, budget
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
  •   condolences
    • kent, mr lewis
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report nos 51, 52, 53 and 54 of 2013-14
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Bishop, Sen Mark
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • procedure committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • export legislation amendment bill 2014, export inspection (quantity charge) amendment bill 2014, export inspection (service charge) amendment bill 2014, export inspection (establishment registration charges) amendment bill 2014, family trust distribution tax (primary liability) amendment (temporary budget repair levy) bill 2014
      • assent
    • infrastructure australia amendment bill 2013
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on northern australia
      • reporting date
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • excise tariff amendment (fuel indexation) bill 2014, customs tariff amendment (fuel indexation) bill 2014, fuel indexation (road funding) special account bill 2014, fuel indexation (road funding) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • carbon farming initiative amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • social services and other legislation amendment (2014 budget measures no. 1) bill 2014, social services and other legislation amendment (2014 budget measures no. 2) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • trade support loans bill 2014, trade support loans (consequential amendments) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   motions
    • budget
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
      • Furner, Sen Mark
  •   documents
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • great barrier reef marine park authority
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • australian reinsurance pool corporation
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • racial discrimination act 1975
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • tobacco plain packaging
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • fair work commission
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • coal seam gas
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   documents
    • tabling

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