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  • start of business
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • division
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • division
  •   bills
    • environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment bill 2013
      • in committee
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Waters, Sen Larissa
        • Milne, Sen Christine
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Joyce, Sen Barnaby
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • McLucas, Sen Jan
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   questions without notice
    • national security (Cash, Sen Michaelia)
    • national food plan (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • asylum seekers (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
    • tasmania: economy (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
    • broadband (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
    • syria (Stephens, Sen Ursula)
    • national broadband network (Boyce, Sen Sue)
    • tertiary education, skills, science and research (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
    • employment (Sinodinos, Sen Arthur)
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • national security
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • Polley, Sen Helen
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • tasmania: economy
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   petitions
    • duchenne muscular dystrophy
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
  •   notices
    • presentation
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • national capital and external territories committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • community affairs references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reporting date
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • law enforcement committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • broadcasting legislation committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • meeting
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • london declaration on combating antisemitism
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • peru
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
  •   bills
    • telecommunications amendment (get a warrant) bill 2013
      • first reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • second reading
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
  •   motions
    • melbourne: east west link
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
      • division
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • public broadcasting
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
    • prism
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
      • division
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
  •   business
    • consideration of legislation
      • Abetz, Sen Eric
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Ludwig, Sen Joe
      • division
  •   committees
    • membership
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   ministerial statements
    • planning for the anzac centenary, progress of the national road strategy 2011-20
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report nos 46 and 47 of 2012-13
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   parliamentary zone
    • proposal for works
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
  •   committees
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • report
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   distinguished visitors
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   parliamentary representation
    • valedictory
      • PRESIDENT, The
      • Crossin, Sen Trish
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Scullion, Sen Nigel
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Brandis, Sen George
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Pratt, Sen Louise
  •   bills
    • parliamentary service amendment (freedom of information) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • in committee
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • division
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • division
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • third reading
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • division
    • sex discrimination amendment (sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Brandis, Sen George
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Pratt, Sen Louise
        • Humphries, Sen Gary
        • Boyce, Sen Sue
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   adjournment
    • Fawcett, Sen David (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • camp hurriya
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
    • wind energy
      • Madigan, Sen John
    • deniehy, mr daniel
      • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • rural and regional services
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • hawke, mrs hazel, ao
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • federal election
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • disabilitycare australia
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • canberra air disaster
      • Eggleston, Sen Alan
    • regional assistance mission to solomon islands
      • Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
    • regional community leadership
      • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
    • western australia: environment
      • Ludlam, Sen Scott
    • melbourne: east west link
      • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • higher education, beckett, ms roseanne
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling

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