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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Sitting week beginning Monday, 25 November 2024 — 7th House sitting week of the 47th Parliament’s 2024 Spring sittings. This page summarises matters expected to be considered by the House of ...

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 Surveillance Legislation (Confirmation of Application) Bill 2024 (Bill) clarifies that information obtained under specific warrants issued to the Australian Federal Police (AFP), as part of ...

This is a preliminary Bills Digest produced to assist early consideration of the Bill. It provides some background and links to relevant resources. It will be replaced with a more comprehensive Bills ...