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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee, law enforcement committee, joint standing committee on treaties
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • customs amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • amending acts 1970 to 1979 repeal bill 2014, statute law revision bill (no. 2) 2014
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • third reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   statements by senators
    • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • defence procurement
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
    • health care
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • health care, abbott government
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • abbott government
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • child care
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • national capital
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
    • smoke alarms
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
    • budget
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   questions without notice
    • prime minister's office (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • national security (Sinodinos, Sen Arthur)
    • defence procurement (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • closing the gap (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
    • indigenous employment (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • environmental policies (Wang, Sen Zhenya)
    • workplace relations (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • economy (Leyonhjelm, Sen David)
    • economy (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • industry innovation and competitiveness agenda (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • defence procurement
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • closing the gap
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • criminal code amendment (animal protection) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Back, Sen Chris
      • second reading
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   committees
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   motions
    • greste, mr peter
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • kangaroo meat and hide industry
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • ovarian cancer
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • ovarian cancer
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • trade
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • division
    • white sharks
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • closing the gap
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   motions
    • white sharks
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   matters of public importance
    • abbott government
      • Edwards, Sen Sean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Muir, Sen Ricky
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   motions
    • white sharks
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • australian human rights commission
      • tabling
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • joint standing committee on treaties
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • privileges committee
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • membership
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   documents
    • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   committees
    • economics legislation committee, foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   bills
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   adjournment
    • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • faulkner, senator john philip
      • Mason, Sen Brett
    • queensland state election
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • environment
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • building and construction industry
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • order for the production of documents

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