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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • constitutional recognition of atsip, economics legislation committee, select committee on the regional processing centre in nauru
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • freedom of information amendment (requests and reasons) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Bullock, Sen Joesph
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   motions
    • greste, mr peter
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   documents
    • headspace
      • order for the production of documents
        • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   motions
    • motorcycle safety
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • egg labelling
      • Williams, Sen John
    • higher education
      • Wang, Sen Zhenya
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • division
  •   committees
    • meeting
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   motions
    • aboriginal legal service: new south wales
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • aboriginal legal service: tasmania
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • liquefied natural gas exports
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • greece: economy
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • perth freight link
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   bills
    • customs amendment (australian trusted trader programme) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (medicare levy and medicare levy surcharge) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • in committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • superannuation guarantee (administration) amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • private health insurance (national joint replacement register levy) amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • crimes legislation amendment (penalty unit) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • personal property securities amendment (deregulatory measures) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • defence legislation (enhancement of military justice) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   questions without notice
    • australia council (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • economy (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • national security: citizenship (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • trade (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • asylum seekers (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • automotive transformation scheme (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • infrastructure (Canavan, Sen Matthew)
    • renewable energy (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • national security (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • centenary of anzac (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • renewable energy (Urquhart, Sen Anne)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • renewable energy
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • national security
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Brown, Sen Carol
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • trade
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • membership
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   documents
    • rural industries development corporation: report, national broadband network
      • order for the production of documents
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   committees
    • wind turbines select committee
      • report
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Day, Sen Bob
  •   bills
    • copyright amendment (online infringement) bill 2015, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2015 measures no. 3) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • imported food charges (imposition—general) bill 2015, imported food charges (imposition—customs) bill 2015, imported food charges (imposition—excise) bill 2015, imported food charges (collection) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • biosecurity bill 2014, biosecurity (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2014, national water commission (abolition) bill 2015, judiciary amendment bill 2015, governance of australian government superannuation schemes legislation amendment bill 2015
      • assent
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • marriage equality
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Muir, Sen Ricky
      • Williams, Sen John
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • report
        • Wright, Sen Penny
    • economics references committee
      • report
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 37 of 2014-15
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • bartels, mr greg
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   documents
    • tabling

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