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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • meeting
  •   bills
    • racial discrimination amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Day, Sen Bob
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment bill 2014, second reading
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee, economics references committee, rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
  •   motions
    • national rugby league grand final 2014
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • australian hearing services
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • abbot point
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
    • electricity network companies
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
    • taxation
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   motions
    • medical internships
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • korea-australia free trade agreement
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   documents
    • australian government solicitor
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   motions
    • western australia: oombulgurri
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   documents
    • data retention
      • order for the production of documents
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • indigenous communities
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • medicare
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Payne, Sen Marise
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • membership
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • social services and other legislation amendment (2014 budget measures no. 6) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Moore, Sen Claire
    • australian transaction reports and analysis centre supervisory cost recovery levy amendment bill 2014, australian transaction reports and analysis centre supervisory cost recovery levy (collection) amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • social services and other legislation amendment (2014 budget measures no. 6) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   questions without notice
    • australian war memorial (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • queensland government (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • aged care (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • ebola (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • defence procurement (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • road safety (Muir, Sen Ricky)
    • department of human services (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • international development assistance (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • superannuation (Bullock, Sen Joesph)
  •   questions to the president
    • parliament house: security
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • nauru detention centre
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • department of the prime minister and cabinet (Scullion, Sen Nigel)
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • procedural text
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • aged care, superannuation
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   motions
    • higher education
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • order for the production of documents
  •   committees
    • membership
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   bills
    • automotive transformation scheme amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • second reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • national security legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2014
      • assent
  •   documents
    • department of infrastructure and regional development, indigenous affairs portfolio
      • tabling
  •   committees
    • government response to report
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   committees
    • school funding select committee
      • report
        • Carr, Sen Kim
    • economics references committee, national broadband network select committee, community affairs references committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • joint select committee on northern australia
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • environment
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • peter sculthorpe
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • national centre for farmer health
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • world sight day
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • tasmanian jobs
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • mining: gloucester valley
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • deregulation
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • iran
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • central queensland
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • freedom of speech
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
    • united nations international day of the girl child
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • national security
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • order for the production of documents

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