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  • start of business
  •   bills
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment (towards transparency) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Abetz, Sen Eric
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • Cash, Sen Michaelia
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Furner, Sen Mark
    • australian capital territory (self-government) amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • export finance and insurance corporation amendment (finance) bill 2013
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • higher education support amendment (further streamlining and other measures) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Nash, Sen Fiona
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • third reading
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   budget
    • in committee
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • government response to report
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   motions
    • national apology for forced adoptions
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
      • Feeney, Sen David
  •   questions without notice
    • prime minister (Brandis, Sen George)
    • fisheries (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • broadband (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • animal welfare (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • asylum seekers (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • national disability insurance scheme (Moore, Sen Claire)
    • international education industry (Mason, Sen Brett)
    • environment (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
  •   motions
    • gillard government
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Wong, Sen Penny
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • division
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • environment
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   committees
    • economics legislation committee
      • reference
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   motions
    • harmony day
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • newstart
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • grandparent carers
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • world down syndrome day
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • national close the gap day
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • sri lanka: human rights
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • organ harvesting
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • syria
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • live music
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • sporting club funding
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • australian rail track corporation
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • western sahara
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • world tuberculosis day
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • membership
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • reference
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   adjournment
    • Collins, Sen Jacinta
    • vyhnalek, mr milan
      • Bushby, Sen David
    • senate
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
  •   committees
    • finance and public administration legislation committee
      • report
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   documents
    • tabling
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