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  • start of business
  •   statements
    • democratic labour party
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (parliamentary approval of overseas service) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Reynolds, Sen Linda
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • division
  •   documents
    • democratic labour party
      • tabling
        • Madigan, Sen John
  •   petitions
    • great barrier reef
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • division
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
  •   bills
    • stop dumping on the great barrier reef bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   motions
    • australian workforce
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on the australia fund establishment
      • appointment
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   motions
    • climate change
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on trade and investment growth
      • appointment
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   motions
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • sport
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • division
  •   bills
    • competition and consumer amendment (industry code penalties) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • military rehabilitation and compensation amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • international tax agreements amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • third reading
        • Smith, Sen Dean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • energy efficiency opportunities (repeal) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   questions without notice
    • superannuation (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • national security (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • higher education (McLucas, Sen Jan)
    • carbon pricing (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • health (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • university fees (Muir, Sen Ricky)
    • national security (Back, Sen Chris)
    • india: nuclear cooperation agreement (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
    • budget (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • water infrastructure (Canavan, Sen Matthew)
    • goods and services tax (Bilyk, Sen Catryna)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • education
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
    • india: nuclear cooperation agreement
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • tabling
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • register of senate senior executive officers' interests
      • tabling
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • national security
      • order for the production of documents
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on northern australia
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
    • education and employment references committee
      • additional information
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • tabling
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   committees
    • senate publications committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee, economics legislation committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • membership
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
    • joint standing committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade
      • membership
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • minerals resource rent tax repeal and other measures bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   motions
    • bank levies
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   bills
    • higher education and research reform amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • second reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   documents
    • national broadband network - select committee
      • consideration
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • membership
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • agriculture
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
    • rwanda
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • qantas
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • royal adelaide show
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
      • tabling

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