This infosheet outlines the roles of the parliamentary staff who can be seen at work in the Chamber when the House is sitting. Many of these roles have their origins in the English (Westminster) ...

All revenues or moneys raised or received by the Executive Government of the Commonwealth shall form one Consolidated Revenue Fund, to be appropriated for the purposes of the Commonwealth in the ...

Each new Parliament begins with the opening by the Governor-General on the first day the two houses meet after a general election. The current Parliament is the forty-seventh since federation in 1901.

George Rose, The Rose Stereograph Company (1861–1942), Great Suffragette Demonstration in London: Mrs Andrew Fisher (centre), Mrs McGowen (right) and Miss Vida Goldstein (far right), 1911. Image ...

Cultural warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that the following contains the names and images of people who are deceased. On 24 March 1927 the federal Parliament met for ...

The Parliamentary Library Issues & Insights articles provide short analyses of issues that may be considered over the course of the 48th Parliament. Each article gives a high-level perspective of ...

8.15The committee recommends the Australian Government legislate a Circular Economy Act, in accordance with the recommendation of the Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group (CEMAG), to implement ...

In addition to the committee's major functions of examining and reporting on bills and legislative instruments that come before the Parliament and undertaking inquiries, the committee completes other ...

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights' functions are mainly set out in section 7 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011: to examine Bills for Acts, and legislative ...

Australia’s democracy ranks highly when compared to other nations. However, our democratic institutions face challenges in areas such as declining trust and engagement, ideological extremism, external ...

While this inquiry was underway, global talks to sign a high ambition treaty on tackling plastic pollution ground to a halt, dashing hopes for a binding international agreement to reduce plastic ...

Declining home ownership, particular among the young and less wealthy, is likely to continue. Emphasising home ownership as the primary path to secure housing can inadvertently exclude vulnerable and ...