On 21 November 2024, the Senate referred the provisions of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for report by 26 ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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: ...

When the House is debating legislation or scrutinising government activities, various phrases are used, sometimes in a shorthand way. The concepts they refer to, which describe aspects of Australia’s ...

The Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024 (the Bill) amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 to reform Australia’s ...

The Department of the Senate provides the Senate, its committees, the President of the Senate and Senators with a broad range of advisory and support services related to the exercise of the ...

The term parliamentary privilege refers to special legal rights and immunities which apply to each House of the Parliament, its committees and members. These provisions are part of the law of the ...