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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • veterans' affairs legislation amendment (2015 budget measures) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • reference to committee
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2015 measures no. 2) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • third reading
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   bills
    • social services legislation amendment (no. 2) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • abbott government (Wong, Sen Penny)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • trade with china (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • economy (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
    • trade with china (Sinodinos, Sen Arthur)
    • asylum seekers (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • china-australia free trade agreement (Lindgren, Sen Joanna)
    • climate change, mining (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • trade with china (Canavan, Sen Matthew)
    • canning electorate (Lines, Sen Susan)
    • trade with china (Johnston, Sen David)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • abbott government
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • climate change, mining
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • presentation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • division
  •   motions
    • first speech—senator mckim
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • aboriginal recognition in western australian constitution
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   matters of public importance
    • asylum seekers
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • Seselja, Sen Zed (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • australian institute of health and welfare
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • membership
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • asian infrastructure investment bank bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • tax laws amendment (small business measures no. 3) bill 2015, migration amendment (strengthening biometrics integrity) bill 2015, medical research future fund bill 2015, medical research future fund (consequential amendments) bill 2015
      • assent
    • social services legislation amendment (no. 2) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Lindgren, Sen Joanna
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • in committee
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • third reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • fair work amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   adjournment
    • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • equal pay day
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • equal pay day
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • canning electorate
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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