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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee, legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • division
  •   bills
    • labor 2013-14 budget savings (measures no. 1) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • third reading
        • Seselja, Sen Zed (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2015 measures no. 1) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • renewable energy (electricity) amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
  •   statements by senators
    • Sterle, Sen Glenn (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • dementia
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • australian broadcasting corporation: country hour
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • trade
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • clarke, mr ronald william (ron), ao, mbe, taxation
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • nauru
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • budget
      • Wang, Sen Zhenya
    • defence procurement
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • kirner, ms joan elizabeth, ac
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • kirner, ms joan elizabeth, ac
      • Lines, Sen Susan
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   questions without notice
    • national security: citizenship (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • trade (McGrath, Sen James)
    • asylum seekers (O'Neill, Sen Deb)
    • asylum seekers (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • student visas (Johnston, Sen David)
    • higher education (Wang, Sen Zhenya)
    • higher education (Edwards, Sen Sean)
  • distinguished visitors
  •   questions without notice
    • housing affordability (Day, Sen Bob)
    • national security: citizenship (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • illicit drugs (O'Sullivan, Sen Barry)
    • defence procurement (Carr, Sen Kim)
  •   documents
    • asylum seekers
      • order for the production of documents
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • national security: citizenship, asylum seekers
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Dastyari, Sen Sam
      • McGrath, Sen James
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • asylum seekers
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • marine reserves
      • order for the production of documents
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   motions
    • toyne, mr phillip
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   documents
    • broadband
      • order for the production of documents
        • McAllister, Sen Jenny
        • division
  •   motions
    • environmental conservation
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
      • division
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
  •   motions
    • housing affordability
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
  •   documents
    • rural industries development corporation: report
      • order for the production of documents
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   motions
    • budget
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • division
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • additional information
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • treaties committee
      • report
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • community affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
  •   ministerial statements
    • china-australia free trade agreement
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • airports amendment bill 2015, customs amendment (australian trusted trader programme) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   first speech
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • Gallagher, Sen Katy
  •   bills
    • excise tariff amendment (ethanol and biodiesel) bill 2015, energy grants and other legislation amendment (ethanol and biodiesel) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • export charges (imposition—general) bill 2015, export charges (imposition—customs) bill 2015, export charges (imposition—excise) bill 2015, export charges (collection) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • australian small business and family enterprise ombudsman bill 2015, australian small business and family enterprise ombudsman (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • business services wage assessment tool payment scheme bill 2014, governance of australian government superannuation schemes legislation amendment bill 2015
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, economics legislation committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • renewable energy (electricity) amendment bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Muir, Sen Ricky
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
      • in committee
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • reference to committee
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • division
      • in committee
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   adjournment
    • Edwards, Sen Sean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • food labelling
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • ravenshoe: cafe explosion
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
    • housing affordability, new south wales government
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • higher education
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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