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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • renewable energy (electricity) amendment (excessive noise from wind farms) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Boswell, Sen Ronald
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • division
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • foreign acquisitions amendment (agricultural land) bill 2010
      • second reading
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • therapeutic goods amendment (pharmaceutical transparency) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • second reading
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
  •   motions
    • charcot-marie-tooth disease
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   bills
    • migration amendment (reinstatement of temporary protection visas) bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • first reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • second reading
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   motions
    • australian quarantine and inspection service licence system
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • military superannuation pensions
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • coal seam gas
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
    • defence procurement
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
    • whaling
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • division
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • national health reform funding
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • asbestos
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • national parks
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • publications committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • national broadband network committee
      • report
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (compliance measures) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • international tax agreements amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • financial framework legislation amendment bill (no. 4) 2012
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • marine safety (domestic commercial vessel) national law amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • courts and tribunals legislation amendment (administration) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Brandis, Sen George
    • federal circuit court of australia (consequential amendments) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • third reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
    • protection of cultural objects on loan bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • third reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   questions without notice
    • gillard government: western sydney (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • economy (Stephens, Sen Ursula)
    • gillard government: western sydney (Payne, Sen Marise)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • lyssavirus (Macdonald, Sen Ian)
    • queensland floods recovery (Furner, Sen Mark)
    • foreign investment (Nash, Sen Fiona)
    • building materials imports (Madigan, Sen John)
    • australia post (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
  •   motions
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • suspension of standing orders
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • gillard government: western sydney
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Nash, Sen Fiona
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
      • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • government response to report
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • no. 26 of 2012-13
      • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   committees
    • procedure committee
      • Parry, Sen Stephen
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • membership
        • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   bills
    • minerals resource rent tax amendment (protecting revenue) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Bishop, Sen Mark
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   documents
    • australian war memorial
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • department of regional australia, regional development and local government
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
    • australian national preventive health agency
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • austrade
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • commonwealth superannuation corporation
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • government response to report
        • Williams, Sen John
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 24 of 2012-13
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • report no. 15 of 2012-13
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • report no. 24 of 2012-13
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Furner, Sen Mark
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • report no. 25 of 2012-13
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   adjournment
    • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • mobile technology
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • polyamory action lobby
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • public service
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
    • australian water holdings
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
      • tabling

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