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  Table of contents

  • start of business
  •   bills
    • privacy amendment (privacy alerts) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Ludwig, Sen Joe
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Seselja, Sen Zed
        • Back, Sen Chris
  •   petitions
    • coal seam gas
    • western australia: shark cull
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • fulton, ms roseanne
      • Peris, Sen Nova
  •   notices
    • presentation
    • withdrawal
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reporting date
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   regulations and determinations
    • migration regulations 1994
      • disallowance
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (woomera prohibited area) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   bills
    • live animal export (slaughter) prohibition bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • second reading
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • school funding select committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • abbott government's commission of audit select committee
      • appointment
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   motions
    • duke and duchess of cambridge
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Milne, Sen Christine
    • barton highway
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • polio
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • research funding
      • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   documents
    • draft labour market growth rate projections
      • order for the production of documents
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • private health insurance amendment (gp services) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • second reading
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • additional information
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • amending acts 1901 to 1969 repeal bill 2014, omnibus repeal day (autumn 2014) bill 2014, statute law revision bill (no. 1) 2014
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • marriage (celebrant registration charge) bill 2014, marriage amendment (celebrant administration and fees) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • second reading
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   bills
    • marriage (celebrant registration charge) bill 2014, marriage amendment (celebrant administration and fees) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • third reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • defence force retirement benefits legislation amendment (fair indexation) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • third reading
        • Smith, Sen Dean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   committees
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   ministerial arrangements
    • Abetz, Sen Eric
  •   questions without notice
    • racial discrimination act 1975 (Singh, Sen Lisa)
    • workplace relations (Back, Sen Chris)
    • aged care (Polley, Sen Helen)
    • medibank private (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • asylum seekers (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • veterans' affairs (Farrell, Sen Don)
    • public service (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • migration (Madigan, Sen John)
    • mental health (Lines, Sen Susan)
    • early childhood education (Eggleston, Sen Alan)
    • australian honours (Dastyari, Sen Sam)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • answers to questions
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Farrell, Sen Don
    • medibank private
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   committees
    • treaties committee
      • government response to report
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   documents
    • education funding
      • tabling
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • great barrier reef marine park authority
      • order for the production of documents
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   committees
    • environment and communications references committee
      • corrigenda to report
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • education and employment references committee
      • report
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Fawcett, Sen David
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
      • report
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • report
        • Sterle, Sen Glenn
        • Edwards, Sen Sean
        • Gallacher, Sen Alex
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   motions
    • commonwealth procurement policy
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   bills
    • clean energy finance corporation (abolition) bill 2013 [no. 2]
      • first reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • second reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   committees
    • national broadband network select committee
      • report
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • report
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee, government response to report
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   committees
    • consideration
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   business
    • days and hours of meeting
      • Mason, Sen Brett
    • leave of absence
      • Mason, Sen Brett
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • harmony day
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • regional development australia fund
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
    • industrial relations
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • queensland: rural debt
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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