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Home About Parliament Parliamentary departments Parliamentary Library Research FlagPost Highlights of the 2024-25 Mid-year economic and fiscal update The 2024-25 Mid-year economic and fiscal update ...

Political party defections have been an ongoing issue within the Australian Parliament. Since the beginning of the current Parliament there have been 7 party defections. This number of party ...

The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit has published its report into the 2022-23 Major Projects Report. Chair of the Committee, Hon Linda Burney MP said, ‘Now in its sixteenth year, the ...

As part of its inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia, the House of Representatives Select Committee on Nuclear Energy will conduct public hearings in Collie and Perth in Western Australia ...

The sharing of Australian stories is central to Australia’s cultural policy, Revive: a place for every story, a story for every place. In line with this, the Government committed in 2023 to ...

reviewing any conflicts of interest, and if required, the development of a plan of divestiture of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) subsidiaries; whether responsibility for planning should ...

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 ...

The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power 12 to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to: The Parliament shall, subject to this ...

We provide high quality information, analysis and advice to parliamentarians and committees. This quick guide provides an overview of Australia’s emissions reports, how they are compiled and how you ...

The select committee concluded its inquiry when it tabled its report on 23/10/02.

2.67The Subcommittee recommends that the Australian Government continues to advocate for the abolition of the death penalty in all retentionist countries through bilateral, multilateral and regional ...