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  • start of business
  •   motions
    • instrument of designation of the republic of nauru as a regional processing country
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
      • division
      • Thorp, Sen Lin
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
      • division
  •   bills
    • broadcasting services amendment (anti-siphoning) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   matters of public interest
    • Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • employment
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • rhiannon, senator lee
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
    • marine plastic
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
    • grey electorate: infrastructure
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • women in the australian defence force
      • Johnston, Sen David
  •   questions without notice
    • fisheries (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • education (Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt)
    • live animal exports (Abetz, Sen Eric)
    • same-sex marriage (Milne, Sen Christine)
    • fisheries (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
    • employment (Furner, Sen Mark)
    • fisheries research and development corporation (Colbeck, Sen Richard)
    • reserve bank of australia (Xenophon, Sen Nick)
    • minerals resource rent tax (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • asylum seekers
      • Lundy, Sen Kate
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • fisheries
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   personal explanations
    • Faulkner, Sen John
  •   petitions
    • australian republican movement
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • corporations and financial services committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • education, employment and workplace relations references committee
      • meeting
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   motions
    • disability employment services
      • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • economics references committee
      • reference
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • division
  •   motions
    • search and rescue
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • division
    • israel
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • division
    • foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • burma
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • environment
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • division
    • riley, ms vikki
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • division
  •   bills
    • minerals resource rent tax amendment (protecting revenue) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
      • second reading
        • Milne, Sen Christine
  •   motions
    • illicit drugs
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • construction, forestry, mining and energy union
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • division
    • fair work australia
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • division
    • israel
      • Carr, Sen Bob
      • Brandis, Sen George
  •   matters of public importance
    • military superannuation pensions
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • Feeney, Sen David
      • Wright, Sen Penny
      • Johnston, Sen David
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
      • Humphries, Sen Gary
      • Bishop, Sen Mark
  •   committees
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Bushby, Sen David
    • human rights committee
      • report
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   ministerial statements
    • national disability insurance scheme, child care
      • Evans, Sen Christopher
    • national disability insurance scheme
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • human rights committee, report
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
  •   ministerial statements
    • child care
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   bills
    • judicial misbehaviour and incapacity (parliamentary commissions) bill 2012, courts legislation amendment (judicial complaints) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
    • national portrait gallery of australia bill 2012, national portrait gallery of australia (consequential and transitional provisions) bill 2012
      • first reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   committees
    • legislation committees
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, community affairs legislation committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
  •   bills
    • broadcasting services amendment (anti-siphoning) bill 2012
      • second reading
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Eggleston, Sen Alan
        • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • Moore, Sen Claire (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • kite, ms delcia
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • defence procurement
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • bielski, ms joan margaret, ao, emergency water, sanitation and hygiene group
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • national stroke week
      • Farrell, Sen Don
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of files
      • tabling
    • departmental and agency contracts
      • tabling

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