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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • trade and foreign investment (protecting the public interest) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
      • PRESIDENT, The
    • community affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   motions
    • ibrahim, mr anwar
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • nuclear energy
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • division
  •   documents
    • mental health
      • order for the production of documents
        • Urquhart, Sen Anne
        • division
  •   bills
    • competition and consumer amendment (australian country of origin food labelling) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
      • second reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   motions
    • mining
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
    • domestic violence
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
    • vocational education and training
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • dairy industry
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • illegal fishing
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
  •   committees
    • membership
  •   bills
    • building energy efficiency disclosure amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • civil law and justice legislation amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • federal courts legislation amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • acts and instruments (framework reform) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • in committee
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Wright, Sen Penny
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • environment legislation amendment bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • in committee
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • division
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Wang, Sen Zhenya
      • third reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • fair work (registered organisations) amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   questions without notice
    • defence procurement (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • trade with china (Back, Sen Chris)
    • east west link (Carr, Sen Kim)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • veterans: legal aid (Brown, Sen Carol)
    • defence procurement (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • shipping (Bushby, Sen David)
    • iraq and syria (Milne, Sen Christine)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • ministerial expenditure (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • centenary of anzac (Fawcett, Sen David)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   documents
    • trade
      • order for the production of documents
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Wong, Sen Penny
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   committees
    • senate publications committee
      • report
        • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   budget
    • consideration by estimates committees
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • proposed expenditure
      • Payne, Sen Marise
    • portfolio additional estimates statements
      • Payne, Sen Marise
    • portfolio additional estimates statements
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • order for the production of documents
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   committees
    • membership
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   motions
    • national archives of australia
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • tax laws amendment (research and development) bill 2013
      • returned from the house of representatives
  •   motions
    • abbott government
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
  •   documents
    • defence materiel organisation
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
    • national health funding body
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
    • national mental health commission
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
    • australian human rights commission
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Williams, Sen John
      • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • PRESIDENT, The
    • australian labor party
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • australia post
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
    • health care
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • domestic violence
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • ovarian cancer
      • Polley, Sen Helen
    • building and construction industry
      • Lines, Sen Susan
    • australian human rights commission
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • bushfires
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • magna carta: 800th anniversary
      • Leyonhjelm, Sen David
    • murray-darling basin
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   documents
    • tabling

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