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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   bills
    • privacy amendment (privacy alerts) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Back, Sen Chris
        • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
        • Ludlam, Sen Scott
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
        • Fawcett, Sen David
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
        • Williams, Sen John
        • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
  •   petitions
    • employment pathways for people with disability
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   committees
    • selection of bills committee
      • report
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
        • Moore, Sen Claire
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
        • division
        • PRESIDENT, The
  •   notices
    • withdrawal
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • postponement
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   business
    • rearrangement
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   committees
    • rural and regional affairs and transport references committee
      • reference
        • McEwen, Sen Anne
    • education and employment references committee
      • reference
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • division
    • world refugee day
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Cash, Sen Michaelia
      • division
    • tobacco plain packaging
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
      • division
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • reference
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
    • regulations and ordinances committee
      • delegated legislation monitor
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   bills
    • public governance, performance and accountability amendment bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Mason, Sen Brett
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Mason, Sen Brett
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 2) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Mason, Sen Brett
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Mason, Sen Brett
    • tax and superannuation laws amendment (2014 measures no. 3) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Mason, Sen Brett
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Mason, Sen Brett
    • tax laws amendment (implementation of the fatca agreement) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Mason, Sen Brett
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Mason, Sen Brett
    • excise tariff amendment (product stewardship for oil) bill 2014, customs tariff amendment (product stewardship for oil) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Mason, Sen Brett
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Mason, Sen Brett
    • railway agreement (western australia) amendment bill 2014
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Mason, Sen Brett
    • student identifiers bill 2014
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Mason, Sen Brett
      • third reading
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Mason, Sen Brett
    • veterans' affairs legislation amendment (mental health and other measures) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Wright, Sen Penny
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
      • third reading
        • Smith, Sen Dean (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
        • Ronaldson, Sen Michael
  •   regulations and determinations
    • australian meat and live-stock industry (export of live-stock to egypt) repeal order 2014
      • disallowance
        • Colbeck, Sen Richard
        • Farrell, Sen Don
        • Fifield, Sen Mitch
        • division
        • division
    • social security legislation amendment (green army programme) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Cormann, Sen Mathias
    • third reading
      • Cormann, Sen Mathias
  •   questions without notice
    • defence procurement (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • asylum seekers (Bernardi, Sen Cory)
    • budget (Peris, Sen Nova)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • school chaplaincy program (Seselja, Sen Zed)
    • budget (McLucas, Sen Jan)
    • carbon pricing (Ruston, Sen Anne)
    • australia post (Madigan, Sen John)
    • budget (Tillem, Sen Mehmet)
    • budget (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
  •   questions without notice: additional answers
    • asylum seekers (Abetz, Sen Eric)
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (green army programme) bill 2014
      • second reading
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • budget
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Peris, Sen Nova
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
      • Tillem, Sen Mehmet
    • asylum seekers
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
  •   ministerial statements
    • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   committees
    • economics references committee, education, employment and workplace relations references committee
      • government response to report
        • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • reports nos 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46 of 2013-14
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
  •   committees
    • abbott government's commission of audit select committee
      • report
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
        • Lundy, Sen Kate
        • Dastyari, Sen Sam
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • scrutiny of bills committee
      • report
        • Polley, Sen Helen
    • public accounts and audit committee
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
    • education and employment legislation committee
      • additional information
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • membership
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   bills
    • social security legislation amendment (increased employment participation) bill 2014
      • returned from the house of representatives
    • australian workforce and productivity agency repeal bill 2014, environment protection and biodiversity conservation amendment (bilateral agreement implementation) bill 2014, family assistance legislation amendment (child care measures) bill 2014, migration legislation amendment bill (no. 1) 2014
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • business services wage assessment tool payment scheme bill 2014, business services wage assessment tool payment scheme (consequential amendments) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
    • offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (regulatory powers and other measures) bill 2014, offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage (regulatory levies) amendment bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
      • second reading
        • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   motions
    • paid parental leave
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Edwards, Sen Sean
      • Moore, Sen Claire
      • Ruston, Sen Anne
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   documents
    • mid-year economic and fiscal outlook 2013-14
      • Birmingham, Sen Simon
  •   committees
    • electoral matters committee
      • report
        • Faulkner, Sen John
        • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • consideration
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   adjournment
    • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
    • pharmaceutical benefits scheme
      • O'Sullivan, Sen Barry
    • fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
      • McLucas, Sen Jan
    • australian broadcasting corporation
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling

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