Senator Lambie moved to suspend standing orders to allow for a motion to be moved regarding the Government's proposed variation to the routine of business ...

The normal flow of the legislative process is that a bill (a draft Act, or, in the terminology of the Constitution, a proposed law) is introduced into one House of Parliament, passed by that House and ...

The Parliament consists of two Houses (the Senate and the House of Representatives), and the King, represented in Australia by the Governor General. In 1901 the Australian Constitution established the ...

A parliamentary committee is a sub-group of the Parliament that does inquiry and oversight work on behalf of the Parliament. It contains Members of the House of Representatives and/or Senators.

The Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) is collecting this information for the purposes of advising you about Australian Parliament House visitor events, programs and exhibitions; special ...

A concise introduction to the procedures of the House of Representatives, intended for participants in and observers of proceedings in the Chamber of the House and the Federation Chamber. This 6th ...

The word ‘parliament’ originally meant a talk and was derived from the French parler (to speak or parley) and the Latin parliamentum. In the latter form it was applied to the after-dinner ...

5.1 The need for governments to develop adequate legislative mechanisms to protect the environment is often highlighted in the face of development proposals that threaten the ecology of an area. The ...

Information on significant events and decisions made by the Senate each sitting day. The summaries contain links to video replays of debates, as well as source documents such as the Senate Journals, ...

3.1 The Indigenous visual arts and craft sector provides very significant economic, social and cultural benefits.[1] These benefits extend to Indigenous individuals and communities, and the wider ...

Download the List of Senators (PDF 366KB). Further information is available from the Senators’ parliamentary home pages. In those instances where senators prefer to be known by other than his/her ...

Each government portfolio is allocated to a committee for the consideration of estimates, and each year the Senate adopts a schedule for the following year's estimates hearings. Additionally, cross ...