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  • start of business
  •   statements
    • palmer united party
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • abbott government's budget cuts select committee, economics legislation committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (protection and other measures) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice
    • higher education (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • death penalty (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • superannuation (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
    • higher education (Sinodinos, Sen Arthur)
    • renewable energy (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • indigenous health (Johnston, Sen David)
    • telecommunications data retention (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • industry (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • indigenous communities (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • vocational education and training (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • indigenous communities (Peris, Sen Nova)
    • competition policy (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • higher education
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • higher education
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • renewable energy
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • presentation
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • leave of absence
      • Bushby, Sen David
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • reporting date
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   business
    • senate temporary orders
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • country of origin labelling
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • tibet
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
  •   matters of public importance
    • higher education
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
  •   documents
    • auditor-general's report
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • acts and instruments (framework reform) bill 2014, environment legislation amendment bill 2013, crimes legislation amendment (psychoactive substances and other measures) bill 2014, tax laws amendment (research and development) bill 2013
      • assent
    • australian securities and investments commission amendment (corporations and markets advisory committee abolition) bill 2014, tribunals amalgamation bill 2014
      • report of legislation committee
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Payne, Sen Marise
    • rearrangement
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • national vocational education and training regulator amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • fair work amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Rice, Sen Janet
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • McGrath, Sen James
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   adjournment
    • Peris, Sen Nova (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • workplace relations
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • tasmania: gunns ltd
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • sexism report
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • new south wales state election
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files

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