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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (bioregional plans) bill 2011
      • second reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • division
    • renewable energy (electricity) amendment (excessive noise from wind farms) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Furner, Sen Mark (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   petitions
    • asylum seekers
    • release of mr joyce and mr lee
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • national broadband network committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   parliamentary zone
    • approval of works
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   motions
    • christian assyrians in iraq
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • freedom of information
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • national asbestos awareness week
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • finance and public administration references committee
      • reference
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • iran
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • cancer treatments
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • senate publications committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • documents
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • education, employment and workplace relations references committee
      • report
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Marshall, Sen Gavin
    • senators' interests committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • water amendment (water for the environment special account) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • division
      • division
  •   bills
    • wheat export marketing amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
  •   questions without notice
    • united nations security council (Kroger, Sen Helen)
    • education funding (Marshall, Sen Gavin)
    • privatisation (Joyce, Sen Barnaby)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • environment (Waters, Sen Larissa)
    • indigenous employment (Payne, Sen Marise)
    • queensland floods recovery (Furner, Sen Mark)
    • carbon pricing (Williams, Sen John)
    • food labelling (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • new south wales: grazing trial (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • education (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   bills
    • wheat export marketing amendment bill 2012
      • second reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • in committee
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • third reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • treasury legislation amendment (unclaimed money and other measures) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Mason, Sen Brett
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • division
      • third reading
        • division
  •   committees
    • membership
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Wong, Sen Penny
    • government response to report
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • register of senate senior executive officers’ interests
      • tabling
  •   delegation reports
    • parliamentary delegation to pakistan
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • commonwealth ombudsman report 2011-12
      • tabling
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • privacy amendment (enhancing privacy protection) bill 2012
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee, australia's immigration detention network committee
      • government response to report
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • maritime powers bill 2012
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   documents
    • murray-darling basin plan
      • order for the production of documents
        • Wong, Sen Penny
    • special purpose flights
      • tabling
        • Wong, Sen Penny
  •   bills
    • superannuation legislation amendment (further mysuper and transparency measures) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
    • national gambling reform bill 2012, national gambling reform (related matters) bill (no. 1) 2012, national gambling reform (related matters) bill (no. 2) 2012
      • first reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • division
      • in committee
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • division
    • customs amendment (malaysia-australia free trade agreement implementation and other measures) bill 2012, customs tariff amendment (malaysia-australia free trade agreement implementation) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
      • third reading
        • Evans, Sen Christopher
    • wheat export marketing amendment bill 2012
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   committees
    • constitutional recognition of aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples committee
      • appointment
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   adjournment
    • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   statements
    • valedictories
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   adjournment
    • Evans, Sen Christopher
    • east china sea: diaoyutai islands
      • Furner, Sen Mark
    • parliamentary democracy, murray-darling basin, rural and regional health services, defence
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   questions on notice
    • community affairs: supplementary budget estimates (question no. 2397) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • asylum seekers (question no. 2506) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • asylum seekers (question no. 2509) (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • employment and workplace relations (question no. 2524) (Abetz, Sen Eric)

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