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  • start of business
  •   statement by the president
    • donation of senate department items to the museum of australian democracy
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • superannuation legislation amendment (stronger super) bill 2012, superannuation supervisory levy imposition amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • third reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
  •   questions without notice
    • carbon pricing (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • syria (Bishop, Sen Mark)
    • carbon pricing (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • live animal exports (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • carbon pricing, mining (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • carbon pricing (Thorp, Sen Lin)
    • carbon pricing (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • great barrier reef (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • carbon pricing (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • great barrier reef
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   petitions
    • exports
    • medical services
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • postponement
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • cyber-safety committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • education, employment and workplace relations references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • migration committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • law enforcement committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • education, employment and workplace relations references committee
      • reference
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • international day in support of victims of torture
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • division
    • member for dobell
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • division
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   ministerial statements
    • inspector of transport security
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report nos 51 and 52 of 2011-12
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • procedure committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • federal financial relations amendment (national health reform) bill 2012, national health reform amendment (administrator and national health funding body) bill 2012
      • assent
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   bills
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • social security and other legislation amendment (2012 budget and other measures) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Smith, Sen Dean
      • third reading
    • water efficiency labelling and standards amendment (scheme enhancements) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • third reading
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   adjournment
    • Farrell, Sen Don
    • same-sex marriage
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
    • defence procurement
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • rio+20
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • palliative care
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • mackell, mr austin
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • australian army nurses
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • wheat industry
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • ostrom, professor elinor, lawrence, mr steve, ao, bell, mr graeme, ao, mbe
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • black caviar
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • aung san suu kyi
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • victorian power industry
      • Madigan, Sen John
    • refugees, nuclear energy, palestine
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • victorian power industry
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • carbon pricing
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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