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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • PRESIDENT, The
        • Ryan, Sen Scott
  •   bills
    • australian crime commission amendment (criminology research) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Collins, Sen Jacinta
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • rearrangement
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   committees
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   bills
    • education services for overseas students amendment (streamlining regulation) bill 2015, education services for overseas students (registration charges) amendment (streamlining regulation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Lines, Sen Susan
        • Singh, Sen Lisa
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
  •   questions without notice
    • special minister of state (Collins, Sen Jacinta)
    • emissions reduction fund (Reynolds, Sen Linda)
    • defence procurement (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
    • economy (Bushby, Sen David)
    • climate change (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • australia post (Back, Sen Chris)
    • whaling (Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter)
  •   distinguished visitors
    • PRESIDENT, The
  •   questions without notice
    • child care (Smith, Sen Dean)
    • special minister of state (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • tobacco (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
    • economy (Ketter, Sen Christopher)
    • tourism (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • economy (Peris, Sen Nova)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • arts funding (Fifield, Sen Mitch)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • special minister of state
      • Collins, Sen Jacinta
      • Smith, Sen Dean
      • Ketter, Sen Christopher
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
    • defence procurement
      • Gallacher, Sen Alex
    • environment
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Canavan, Sen Matthew
    • leave of absence
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • reporting date
  •   motions
    • defence facilities: contamination
      • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • hiv-aids
      • Simms, Sen Robert
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • centenary of anzac
      • Williams, Sen John
    • medicinal cannabis
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
    • phytophthora dieback
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • senate estimates training
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • Ryan, Sen Scott
    • puppy farms
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   matters of public importance
    • climate change
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Reynolds, Sen Linda
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
      • Lines, Sen Susan
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • Day, Sen Bob
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   documents
    • consideration
      • Edwards, Sen Sean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • workplace gender equality agency
      • McAllister, Sen Jenny
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • marine reserves
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
      • consideration
  •   ministerial statements
    • gosford waterfront
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
  •   committees
    • economics references committee
      • membership
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
    • community affairs legislation committee, report
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • education and employment legislation committee, report
      • Fawcett, Sen David
    • community affairs legislation committee, report
      • Fawcett, Sen David
  •   bills
    • defence legislation amendment (first principles) bill 2015
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • crimes legislation amendment (powers, offences and other measures) bill 2015, education legislation amendment (overseas debt recovery) bill 2015, student loans (overseas debtors repayment levy) bill 2015, fair work amendment bill 2014, health legislation amendment (ehealth) bill 2015, social services legislation amendment (no jab, no pay) bill 2015, social services legislation amendment (more generous means testing for youth payments) bill 2015
      • assent
    • social services legislation amendment (family payments structural reform and participation measures) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Ruston, Sen Anne
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • O'Neill, Sen Deb
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
        • division
      • third reading
        • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Payne, Sen Marise
  •   bills
    • veterans' affairs legislation amendment (2015 budget measures) bill 2015
      • in committee
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Conroy, Sen Stephen
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Lambie, Sen Jacqui
        • Payne, Sen Marise
        • Payne, Sen Marise
      • third reading
        • Payne, Sen Marise
    • education services for overseas students amendment (streamlining regulation) bill 2015, education services for overseas students (registration charges) amendment (streamlining regulation) bill 2015
      • second reading
        • Canavan, Sen Matthew
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • in committee
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • Simms, Sen Robert
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Carr, Sen Kim
        • division
        • CHAIRMAN, The
        • division
      • third reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • division
    • australian citizenship amendment (allegiance to australia) bill 2015
      • first reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • McKim, Sen Nicholas
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • division
      • second reading
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Carr, Sen Kim
  •   adjournment
    • Peris, Sen Nova (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • tom uren memorial fund
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • international development assistance
      • Day, Sen Bob
    • united states: planned parenthood clinic shootings
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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