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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • omnibus repeal day (spring 2014) bill 2014
      • in committee
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • higher education and research reform amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Ketter, Sen Christopher
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   questions without notice
    • defence procurement (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • budget, economy (Canavan, Sen Matthew)
    • indigenous communities (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • national security (Fawcett, Sen David)
    • indigenous affairs (Peris, Sen Nova)
    • australian customs and border protection service (Williams, Sen John)
    • tasmania: boyer paper mill (Lambie, Sen Jacqui)
    • indigenous affairs (McLucas, Sen Jan)
    • broadband (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • indigenous affairs (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • australian war memorial (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • defence procurement, indigenous affairs
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   petitions
    • china’s actions in the south china sea
    • china’s actions in the south china sea
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • leave of absence
      • Wang, Sen Zhenya
  •   committees
    • trade and investment growth committee
      • meeting
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • northern australia committee
      • Bushby, Sen David
  •   documents
    • air warfare destroyer
      • order for the production of documents
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • greste, mr peter
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • international day of people with disability
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   bills
    • defence amendment (fair pay for members of the adf) bill 2014
      • first reading
      • second reading
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
  •   motions
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   documents
    • china-australia trade agreement.
      • order for the production of documents
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • division
  •   motions
    • east west link
      • Rice, Sen Janet
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Rice, Sen Janet
    • sydney harbour: terminal 10 development
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • Lines, Sen Susan (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • australian human rights commission
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • public works committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • additional information
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • health committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
  •   bills
    • higher education and research reform amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Lazarus, Sen Glenn
        • Madigan, Sen John
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • division
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • division
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 6) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • in committee
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
        • division
      • third reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • social security legislation amendment (strengthening the job seeker compliance framework) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • in committee
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • third reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • division
    • national water commission (abolition) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • abbott government
      • McGrath, Sen James
    • queensland: occupational health and safety
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • international day of people with disability
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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