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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Wong, Sen Penny
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
    • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • marine engineers qualifications bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Williams, Sen John
      • second reading
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • division
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
        • division
        • Cameron, Sen Doug (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Williams, Sen John
    • migration amendment (reinstatement of temporary protection visas) bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
  •   petitions
    • environmental activists
    • native forestry industry
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   bills
    • fair trade (australian standards) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Madigan, Sen John
      • second reading
        • Madigan, Sen John
    • copyright legislation amendment (fair go for fair use) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • guardian for unaccompanied children bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • second reading
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   motions
    • united states: climate change
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   bills
    • reserve bank amendment (australian reconstruction and development board) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
    • environment and communications references committee
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • cyber safety select committee
      • appointment
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   motions
    • carbon pricing
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
      • division
    • convention on biological diversity
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • division
    • convention on wetlands of international importance
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • division
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • infrastructure and transport funding: roe highway
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • myanmar
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • shale gas
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • hansard services
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • dampier archipelago
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • sleep health foundation
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   regulations and determinations
    • social security (administration) (vulnerable welfare payment recipient) principles 2013
      • disallowance
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
  •   bills
    • family assistance and other legislation amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • third reading
        • Pratt, Sen Louise (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • migration amendment (offshore resources activity) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • veterans' affairs legislation amendment (military compensation review and other measures) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Wong, Sen Penny
      • third reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   questions without notice
    • labor party leadership (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • dental health (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • labor party leadership (Brandis, Sen George)
    • asylum seekers (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • economy (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • papua new guinea: tuberculosis, international development assistance (Furner, Sen Mark)
    • asylum seekers (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • defence: naval vessels (Madigan, Sen John)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • carbon pricing (Humphries, Sen Gary)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • labor party leadership
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
    • asylum seekers
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   ministerial statements
    • taxation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • defence
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   committees
    • report
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • government response to report
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings committee
      • report
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee, environment, communications, information technology and the arts committee
      • government response to report
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • reports nos 52, 53, 54 and 55 of 2012-13
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • competition and consumer amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • third reading
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • health insurance amendment (medicare funding for certain types of abortion) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • criminal code amendment (misrepresentation of age to a minor) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Furner, Sen Mark
    • charities bill 2013, charities (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • crimes legislation amendment (law enforcement integrity, vulnerable witness protection and other measures) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • third reading
        • Crossin, Sen Trish (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • fair work amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • private health insurance amendment (lifetime health cover loading and other measures) bill 2012, private health insurance legislation amendment (base premium) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • canberra centenary
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
    • vaccination
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • north-west tasmania
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • prime minister
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency grants
      • tabling

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