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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee, rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • in committee
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • Heffernan, Sen Bill
  •   matters of public interest
    • cost of living
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • minister for foreign affairs
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • charitable organisations
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • tasmanian forests intergovernmental agreement: contractors voluntary exit grants program
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • western australia: election
      • Johnston, Sen David
  •   questions without notice
    • national broadband network (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • pensions and benefits (Stephens, Sen Ursula)
    • anti-discrimination legislation (Humphries, Sen Gary)
    • human rights (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • industry fees and charges (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • rural research and development (Pratt, Sen Louise)
    • south australia: employment (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • water (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • income equalisation reserve
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • tibet
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • peacekeepers
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (great barrier reef) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • second reading
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   documents
    • department of immigration and citizenship
      • order for the production of documents
        • Madigan, Sen John
    • review of commonwealth fisheries management legislation
      • order for the production of documents
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • education, employment and workplace relations references committee
      • government response to report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • snowy scientific committee
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • division
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • division
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • division
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • division
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme bill 2013
      • in committee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • division
  •   bills
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (convergence review and other measures) bill 2013
      • report of legislation committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (convergence review and other measures) bill 2013, television licence fees amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • second reading
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
      • report of legislation committee
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • membership
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • broadcasting legislation amendment (digital dividend) bill 2013, financial framework legislation amendment bill (no. 2) 2013, foreign affairs portfolio miscellaneous measures bill 2013, insurance contracts amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • water efficiency labelling and standards (registration fees) bill 2013, water efficiency labelling and standards amendment (registration fees) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
    • environment and communications references committee
      • report
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   adjournment
    • Feeney, Sen David
    • western australia
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
    • indigenous employment
      • Payne, Sen Marise
    • asylum seekers
      • Madigan, Sen John
    • open government partnership
      • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   documents
    • tabling

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