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statement by the president
former clerk of the senate's wig and gown
Hogg, Sen John
committees
foreign affairs, defence and trade joint committee
meeting
Furner, Sen Mark
gambling reform committee
meeting
Crossin, Sen Trish
rural affairs and transport legislation committee
meeting
McEwen, Sen Anne
bills
minerals resource rent tax bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—general) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—customs) bill 2011, minerals resource rent tax (imposition—excise) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax assessment amendment bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—general) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—customs) bill 2011, petroleum resource rent tax (imposition—excise) bill 2011, tax laws amendment (stronger, fairer, simpler and other measures) bill 2011, superannuation guarantee (administration) amendment bill 2011
first reading
Arbib, Sen Mark
second reading
Arbib, Sen Mark
documents
minerals resource rent tax
order for the production of documents
Cormann, Sen Mathias
Fifield, Sen Mitch
Johnston, Sen David
Arbib, Sen Mark
Macdonald, Sen Ian
Sterle, Sen Glenn
division
bills
tobacco advertising prohibition amendment bill 2010
Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
Di Natale, Sen Richard
Urquhart, Sen Anne
Singh, Sen Lisa
ministerial arrangements
Evans, Sen Christopher
Abetz, Sen Eric
questions without notice
member for dobell (Abetz, Sen Eric)
economy (Moore, Sen Claire)
gillard government (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
forestry (Brown, Sen Bob)
carbon pricing (Birmingham, Sen Simon)
automotive industry (Gallacher, Sen Alex)
carbon pricing (Williams, Sen John)
australian federal police (Milne, Sen Christine)
carbon pricing (Edwards, Sen Sean)
economy (Polley, Sen Helen)
questions without notice: take note of answers
carbon pricing
Cormann, Sen Mathias
Moore, Sen Claire
Birmingham, Sen Simon
Sherry, Sen Nick
Boswell, Sen Ronald
forestry, australian federal police
Milne, Sen Christine
condolences
cowen, sir zelman, ak, gcmg, gcvo, qc
Hogg, Sen John
Evans, Sen Christopher
Brandis, Sen George
Brown, Sen Bob
Parry, Sen Stephen
Scullion, Sen Nigel
motions
queen elizabeth ii: diamond jubilee
Hogg, Sen John
Evans, Sen Christopher
Abetz, Sen Eric
Brown, Sen Bob
petitions
global greens
notices
presentation
Wright, Sen Penny
business
consideration of legislation
Arbib, Sen Mark
committees
public accounts and audit committee
meeting
McEwen, Sen Anne
business
leave of absence
Kroger, Sen Helen
committees
community affairs legislation committee
meeting
McEwen, Sen Anne
electoral matters committee
meeting
Brown, Sen Carol
notices
postponement
Brown, Sen Bob
committees
cyber-safety committee
meeting
McEwen, Sen Anne
motions
papua new guinea
Brown, Sen Bob
middle east
Brown, Sen Bob
division
sovereign wealth fund
Brown, Sen Bob
division
matters of public importance
gillard government
Parry, Sen Stephen
Cormann, Sen Mathias
Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
McKenzie, Sen Bridget
Bilyk, Sen Catryna
Sinodinos, Sen Arthur
Faulkner, Sen John
ministerial statements
queensland and new south wales floods, foreign aid budget, people trafficking, murray-darling basin, afghanistan
Feeney, Sen David
documents
tabling
Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
committees
foreign affairs, defence and trade references committee
reporting date
Bushby, Sen David
rural affairs and transport references committee
reporting date
Bushby, Sen David
documents
tabling
Polley, Sen Helen
Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
Siewert, Sen Rachel
privilege
Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
documents
business of the senate
tabling
Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
questions on notice summary
tabling
Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
register of senate senior executive officers' interests
tabling
Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
Brown, Sen Bob
auditor-general's reports
reports nos 14, 22 and 23 of 2011-12
Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
documents
tabling
Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
committees
government response to report
Feeney, Sen David
documents
tabling
Feeney, Sen David
committees
corporations and financial services committee
report
Bushby, Sen David
public accounts and audit committee
report
Polley, Sen Helen
documents
tabling
committees
membership
Boyce, Sen Sue (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
Feeney, Sen David
bills
excise tariff amendment (condensate) bill 2011, deterring people smuggling bill 2011, tax laws amendment (2011 measures no. 8) bill 2011, work health and safety bill 2011, personal property securities amendment (registration commencement) bill 2011, national health reform amendment (independent hospital pricing authority) bill 2011, excise legislation amendment (condensate) bill 2011, clean energy (household assistance amendments) bill 2011, coal mining industry (long service leave) legislation amendment bill 2011, climate change authority bill 2011, corporations (fees) amendment bill 2011, social security and other legislation amendment bill 2011, work health and safety (transitional and consequential provisions) bill 2011, tax laws amendment (2011 measures no. 7) bill 2011, tobacco plain packaging bill 2011, trade marks amendment (tobacco plain packaging) bill 2011, clean energy (income tax rates amendments) bill 2011, australian renewable energy agency bill 2011, australian renewable energy agency (consequential amendments and transitional provisions) bill 2011, clean energy (charges—customs) bill 2011, clean energy (charges—excise) bill 2011, clean energy (customs tariff amendment) bill 2011, clean energy (excise tariff legislation amendment) bill 2011, clean energy (fuel tax legislation amendment) bill 2011, clean energy (international unit surrender charge) bill 2011, clean energy (tax laws amendments) bill 2011, clean energy (unit issue charge—auctions) bill 2011, clean energy (unit issue charge—fixed charge) bill 2011, clean energy (unit shortfall charge—general) bill 2011, clean energy regulator bill 2011, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) amendment bill 2011, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (manufacture levy) amendment bill 2011, territories self-government legislation amendment (disallowance and amendment of laws) bill 2011, maritime legislation amendment bill 2011, navigation amendment bill 2011, veterans’ affairs legislation amendment (participants in british nuclear tests) bill 2011, parliamentary service amendment (parliamentary budget officer) bill 2011, national vocational education and training regulator amendment bill 2011, business names registration (application of consequential amendments) bill 2011, social security legislation amendment (family participation measures) bill 2011, crimes legislation amendment act (no. 2) 2011, national residue survey (excise) levy amendment (deer) bill 2011, protection of the sea (prevention of pollution from ships) amendment (oils in the antarctic area) bill 2011, broadcasting services amendment (review of future uses of broadcasting services bands spectrum) bill 2011, higher education support amendment act (no. 2) 2011, social security amendment (student income support reforms) bill 2011, aviation transport security amendment (air cargo) bill 2011, safety, rehabilitation and compensation and other legislation amendment bill 2011, safety, rehabilitation and compensation amendment (fair protection for firefighters) bill 2011, defence legislation amendment bill 2011, competition and consumer legislation amendment bill 2011, competition and consumer amendment bill (no. 1) 2011, human rights (parliamentary scrutiny) bill 2011, human rights (parliamentary scrutiny) (consequential provisions) bill 2011, indigenous affairs legislation amendment bill (no. 2) 2011, family law legislation amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2011, auditor-general amendment bill 2011
assent
aviation transport security amendment (air cargo) bill 2011, family law legislation amendment (family violence and other measures) bill 2011
returned from the house of representatives
business names registration (application of consequential amendments) bill 2011, coal mining industry (long service leave) legislation amendment bill 2011, social security legislation amendment (family participation measures) bill 2011
returned from the house of representatives
offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage amendment (significant incident directions) bill 2011
first reading
Feeney, Sen David
second reading
Feeney, Sen David
committees
cyber-safety committee
membership
motions
dissent from ruling
Brown, Sen Bob
Abetz, Sen Eric
Milne, Sen Christine
Arbib, Sen Mark
Boswell, Sen Ronald
documents
australian curriculum assessment and reporting authority
Mason, Sen Brett
Marshall, Sen Gavin
documents
consideration
adjournment
Crossin, Sen Trish (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
sydney cricket ground
Faulkner, Sen John
b-24 liberator restoration project, employment
Ronaldson, Sen Michael
beetson, mr arthur, ao, sydney street choir
Rhiannon, Sen Lee
banking
Marshall, Sen Gavin
bingara living classroom
Williams, Sen John
wind farms
Madigan, Sen John
national space policy
Gallacher, Sen Alex
defence equipment
Humphries, Sen Gary
safer internet day
Bilyk, Sen Catryna
murray-darling basin
McKenzie, Sen Bridget
centenary of the brisbane general strike
Moore, Sen Claire
employment
Thistlethwaite, Sen Matt
employment
Boyce, Sen Sue
workplace relations
McEwen, Sen Anne
australian flag
Kroger, Sen Helen
defence procurement
Bishop, Sen Mark
documents
tabling
tabling
departmental and agency appointments
departmental and agency grants
order for the production of documents
questions on notice
foreign affairs and trade: overseas travel (question no. 549) (Johnston, Sen David)
foreign affairs and trade (question no. 681) (Brown, Sen Bob)
human rights (question no. 685) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
australian bureau of statistics (question no. 686 amended) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
sudan (question no. 892) (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
foreign affairs and trade (question no. 904) (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
foreign affairs and trade (question no. 930) (Johnston, Sen David)
foreign affairs and trade (question no. 931) (Johnston, Sen David)
australian broadcasting corporation (question no. 1021) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
wizard projects pty ltd (question no. 1041) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
foreign affairs and trade: code of conduct investigations (question nos 1049 and 1063) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
school education, early childhood and youth (question no. 1096) (Brown, Sen Bob)
indigenous communities (question no. 1097) (Siewert, Sen Rachel)
ausaid: agent orange (question no.1102) (Rhiannon, Sen Lee)
attorney-general, home affairs and justice: staffing (question nos 1127, 1136 and 1137) (Humphries, Sen Gary)
foreign affairs and trade (question nos 1164 and 1178) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
finance and deregulation (question no. 1201) (Cormann, Sen Mathias)
broadband, communications and the digital economy (question no. 1208) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
climate change (question no. 1215) (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
climate change (question no. 1217) (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
national rental affordability scheme (question no. 1226) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
tertiary education, skills, science and research, and school education, early childhood and youth (question nos 1234 and 1235) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
tertiary education, skills, science and research, and school education, early childhood and youth (question nos 1236 and 1237) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
foreign affairs and trade: advertising (question no. 1244) (Johnston, Sen David)
foreign affairs and trade (question no. 1248) (Johnston, Sen David)
foreign affairs and trade (question no. 1249) (Johnston, Sen David)
seal products (question no. 1261) (Brown, Sen Bob)
thailand (question no. 1264) (Brown, Sen Bob)
pontville detention centre (question no. 1268) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
sustainability, environment, water, population and communities (question no. 1271) (Boswell, Sen Ronald)
uranium mining (question no. 1273) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
whaling (question no. 1277) (Brown, Sen Bob)
australian health survey (question no. 1278) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
carbon pricing (question no. 1283) (Milne, Sen Christine)
broadband, communications and the digital economy (question no. 1284) (Ludlam, Sen Scott)
pontville detention centre (question no. 1285) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
pontville detention centre (question no. 1287) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
pontville detention centre (question no. 1288) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
tasman national park (question no. 1289) (Brown, Sen Bob)
tasmanian regional forest agreement (question no. 1290) (Brown, Sen Bob)
tasmanian regional forest agreement (question no. 1291) (Brown, Sen Bob)
immigration and citizenship (question no. 1292) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
pontville detention centre (question no. 1293) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
pontville detention centre (question no. 1294) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
defence: special purpose aircraft (question no. 1296) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
prime minister: stationery (question no. 1302) (Abetz, Sen Eric)
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