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 ...

The House Select Committee on Nuclear Energy was established by a resolution of appointment that passed the House of Representatives on 10 October 2024. The committee will inquire into and report on ...

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 ...

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 authority for payment of salaries to Members of Parliament and Ministers was expressly provided for in the Constitution, [125] which reflected the practice followed by various State Parliaments.

the House of Representatives shall be composed of Members directly chosen by the people of the Commonwealth; and the number of Members chosen in the several States shall be in proportion to the ...

A national constitution is a set of rules for governing a country. Such rules may be based on tradition or may be written down in the form of a law or a number of laws. In some countries laws forming ...

School tours of Parliament House are available to all Australian Primary and Secondary schools. For bookings and information on school programs, please click on the links below. Both the Department of ...

Petitioning the Parliament is a long-established fundamental right of the citizen. It is the only direct means by which an individual or group can ask the Parliament to take action—all other processes ...

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

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 safety of Australians online is primarily supported by the Online Safety Act 2021 (the Act) and the associated regulator, the eSafety Commissioner. Children’s online safety is a key focus of ...