3.1 Term of reference (b) requires the committee to: ...review the evidence on the short- and long-term effects of viewing or buying sexualising and objectifying images and products and their ...

The Catholic Church used their considerable influence to have the case heard in Western Australia where the Statute of Limitations was such that the case could not be heard. Such legal tactics by ...

These minutes are a draft record of the proceedings of the House of Representatives as they occur, and are subject to revision. The official record of proceedings is the Votes and Proceedings. This ...

Each year three of the four parliamentary departments offer exciting and challenging placement opportunities to graduates of Commonwealth departments and agencies. The 2025 Parliament of Australia ...

The Finance and Public Administration Committees covers the following portfolios: Finance, and Prime Minister and Cabinet. The Committee also maintains oversight over three Parliamentary Departments: ...

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, ...

Senators are elected on a different basis to Members of the House of Representatives. Key features of Senate elections are: ...

Tabled papers include documents and artefacts presented to Parliament in the course of its proceedings. The term ‘tabled’ literally means that a document has been laid on the Table in either or both ...

The Education and Employment Committees cover the following portfolios: Education, and Employment and Workplace Relations.

It is the right of any person or organisation to petition Parliament. Petitions generally express views on matters of public policy and ask the Parliament to take—or, in some cases, not to take—a ...

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 ...