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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee, rural and regional affairs and transport legislation committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • new south wales
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • australian citizenship amendment (intercountry adoption) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • third reading
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (unexplained wealth and other measures) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   statements
    • sydney: martin place siege
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (unexplained wealth and other measures) bill 2014
      • in committee
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • division
      • third reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
    • crimes legislation amendment (psychoactive substances and other measures) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • liberal party leadership (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • economy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • abbott government (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • royal commission into trade union governance and corruption (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • taxation (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • national security (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • homelessness (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • asylum seekers (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • defence procurement (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • higher education (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • health care (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Seselja, Sen Zed)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Brown, Sen Carol
    • homelessness
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   condolences
    • enderby, hon. keppel earl, qc
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
    • uren, hon. thomas, ac
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • wright, mr keith webb, fitzgibbon, mr eric john
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
  •   motions
    • indigenous employment
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   documents
    • mental health
      • order for the production of documents
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   motions
    • israel
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   bills
    • australian centre for social cohesion bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • defence procurement
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
    • palestine
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • taxation
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   matters of public importance
    • abbott government
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • government response to report
  •   ministerial statements
    • education
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (military justice enhancements—inspector-general adf) bill 2014
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • migration and maritime powers legislation amendment (resolving the asylum legacy caseload) bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • customs amendment (japan-australia economic partnership agreement implementation) bill 2014, customs tariff amendment (japan-australia economic partnership agreement implementation) bill 2014, aged care and other legislation amendment bill 2014, health and other services (compensation) care charges (amendment) bill 2014, australian war memorial amendment bill 2014, migration amendment (character and general visa cancellation) bill 2014, tertiary education quality and standards agency amendment bill 2014, social security legislation amendment (strengthening the job seeker compliance framework) bill 2014, act government loan bill 2014, tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 6) bill 2014, counter-terrorism legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2014, migration and maritime powers legislation amendment (resolving the asylum legacy caseload) bill 2014
      • assent
    • guardian for unaccompanied children bill 2014
      • report of legislation committee
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • crimes legislation amendment (psychoactive substances and other measures) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • in committee
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • third reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • intellectual property laws amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • tax laws amendment (research and development) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Wang, Sen Zhenya
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
      • in committee
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
        • Wang, Sen Zhenya
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   adjournment
    • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • agriculture
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • greste, mr peter, paris: terrorist attacks
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • ebola virus
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • bushfires
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • tabling

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