Practically speaking, the case has exposed the Commonwealth to significant liability for actions impacting native title in a territory from the early 1900s. More recent relevant actions were already ...

Amid a mounting arms race, including missile proliferation, in a fraught security and geopolitical environment in the Asia-Pacific region, the release by Japan’s Cabinet on 16 December 2022 of its 3 ...

In 2024, 2 states and 2 territories signed the Better and Fairer Schools Agreement, 2025–2034 (the first agreement), committing to a replacement education agreement for the expired 2018 National ...

The word ‘parliament’ originally meant a talk and was derived from the French parler (to speak or parley) and the Latin parliamentum. In the latter form it was applied to the after-dinner ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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) ...

3.1 Term of reference (b) requires the committee to: ...review the evidence on the short- and long-term effects of viewing or buying sexualising and objectifying images and products and their ...

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 façade of Australian Parliament House will be illuminated with the striking colours and design of Michelle’s Tjala Dreaming (Honey Ant), a 2023 artwork by Michelle Lewis. Michelle Lewis is a ...