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BILLS
- Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011
- Customs Amendment (Export Controls and Other Measures) Bill 2011
- Customs Tariff Amendment (2012 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2011
- Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (MRCA Supplement) Bill 2011
- Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Amendment Bill 2010
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Australian Labor Party
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Live Animal Exports
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Live Animal Exports
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Forestry
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Housing
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Indigenous Employment
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Carbon Pricing
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Synthetic Cannabinoids
(Senator FIELDING, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Climate Change
(Macdonald, Sen Ian, Wong, Sen Penny)
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Australian Labor Party
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: ADDITIONAL ANSWERS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
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BILLS
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2011-2012, Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011, Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011
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PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION
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Valedictories
- Senator HUTCHINS
- Senator HURLEY
- Senator FIELDING
- Evans, Sen Christopher
- Abetz, Sen Eric
- Faulkner, Sen John
- Wong, Sen Penny
- Joyce, Sen Barnaby
- Sterle, Sen Glenn
- Arbib, Sen Mark
- Stephens, Sen Ursula
- Bishop, Sen Mark
- Farrell, Sen Don
- Pratt, Sen Louise
- Brown, Sen Carol
- Feeney, Sen David
- Brown, Sen Carol
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Valedictories
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Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (10:13): Like Senator Williams, I have a very keen interest in the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011. The bill is one that relates to facts and what reality is all about. If I might slightly digress by saying: I just cannot understand how a political party can have a particular approach to actions—like a political party that might have an approach to plebiscites and getting the views of various people on issues like this legislation. But I am aware that Family First, for example, had a very strong policy in favour of consultation, of plebiscites, of getting the ideas of other people, and that is why—
Senator Lundy: Madam Acting Deputy President, I rise on a point of order: relevance. I understand that Senator Macdonald is waiting for the shadow minister, but it is still appropriate to maintain his comments relevant to the bill at hand.
The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Hurley ): Yes. Senator Macdonald, please relate your remarks to the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011.
Senator IAN MACDONALD: Madam Acting Deputy President, I am highly offended that anyone might suggest that I was not being relevant. My high dudgeon is such that I will not take part in this debate any longer.