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  • start of business
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   bills
    • royal commissions amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
      • in committee
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • third reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • national disability insurance scheme bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   questions without notice
    • prime minister (Brandis, Sen George)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • migration (Crossin, Sen Trish)
    • media (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • child care (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • media reforms (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • freedom of speech (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • national broadband network (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • iraq (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • western sydney: regional development australia fund (Payne, Sen Marise)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • national broadband network, media
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Johnston, Sen David
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • meeting
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • law enforcement committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • public works committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • pope francis
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   bills
    • health insurance amendment (medicare funding for certain types of abortion) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Madigan, Sen John
      • second reading
        • Madigan, Sen John
  •   motions
    • iraq
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
    • public interest disclosure
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
    • quinkan rock art galleries
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • whales: james price point
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   matters of public importance
    • northern australia
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Heffernan, Sen Bill
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
  •   ministerial statements
    • un commission on the status of women: 57th session
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • community affairs legislation committee, education, employment and workplace relations legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • corrigenda to report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • australian commission for law enforcement integrity committee
      • report
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • migration committee
      • report
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (2012 measures no. 6) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
      • second reading
        • Feeney, Sen David
  •   committees
    • cyber-safety committee
      • membership
  •   bills
    • financial framework legislation amendment bill (no. 4) 2012, marine safety (domestic commercial vessel) national law amendment bill 2013, migration amendment (reform of employer sanctions) bill 2012, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (compliance measures) bill 2012, protection of cultural objects on loan bill 2012, federal circuit court of australia (consequential amendments) bill 2013
      • assent
  •   committees
    • legislation committees
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • national disability insurance scheme bill 2013
      • second reading
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • murray-darling basin
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • medal of the order of australia
      • Williams, Sen John
    • abortion
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
    • goulburn sesquicentenary
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • national close the gap day
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • national broadband network
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • goods and services tax
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • creative industries plan for tasmania
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • commonwealth grants commission: report on state revenue sharing relativities
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • national cultural policy
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • therapeutic goods administration
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  • distinguished visitors
  •   adjournment
    • education
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • mining: kangaroo island
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • serbia
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • diabetes research: jump for a cure
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • media reform
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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