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  • start of business
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • joint select committee on northern australia
      • appointment
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   motions
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   bills
    • clean energy finance corporation (abolition) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Polley, Sen Helen
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   matters of public interest
    • foreign investment
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
    • ageing
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • indigenous communities
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • defence
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • blue mountains bushfires
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   ministerial statements
    • national security
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • alcohol and other drugs council of australia (McLucas, Sen Jan)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • economy (Williams, Sen John)
    • education funding (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • government policy (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • superannuation (Stephens, Sen Ursula)
    • ayers rock resort (Kroger, Sen Helen)
    • road infrastructure (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • asylum seekers (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • department of human services: online service delivery (Boyce, Sen Sue)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • education funding
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • asylum seekers
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   first speech
    • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • presentation
  •   documents
    • trans-pacific partnership agreement
      • order for the production of documents
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee
      • reference
        • Madigan, Sen John
    • electoral matters committee
      • appointment
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • ukraine famine: holodomor
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   matters of public importance
    • data collection
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   parliamentary representation
    • election petition
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
      • tabling
  •   committees
    • membership
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • australian civilian corps amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • higher education support amendment (savings and other measures) bill 2013, import processing charges amendment bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • ayers rock resort
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
    • owens, mr james cleveland
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • legal aid funding
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • petroleum industry
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
      • tabling

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