On 9 April 2024, the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training adopted an inquiry into the digital transformation of workplaces following a referral from the Minister for ...

On 26 March 2024, the Senate referred an inquiry into Excess Mortality to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 August 2024. Further detail about the scope of ...

6.15The committee recommends that the Australian Government re-establish a governance structure under the National Cabinet architecture, bringing together representatives with responsibility for law ...

Most formal meetings require secretariat support to ensure they are conducted according to certain rules and procedure. The Senate is no different. Every sitting day senior officers of the Department ...

Coal miner, unionist, and teetotaller, Andrew Fisher (1862-1928) was three times Prime Minister (and Treasurer). He was the first leader to secure a majority in both Houses of Parliament, and the ...

This chapter explores the opportunities and challenges facing Australian agriculture in Southeast Asia. It outlines findings of the Moore report, the Australian Government’s response to it, and ...

Senate standing order 23(3)(c) requires the committee to scrutinise each instrument as to whether it makes rights, liberties, obligations or interests unduly dependent on insufficiently defined ...

Access to affordable and safe housing is essential to people’s health and wellbeing. Housing also forms a significant part of the economy. It is central to economic participation and productivity and ...

Although data sources show income inequality in Australia has fallen slightly in recent years, wealth is distributed much less equally than income among Australian households. Australia’s highly ...

3.1The committee heard that feral horses cause serious environmental damage to the Australian Alps. These animals cause environmental degradation and can increase the risk of extinction of threatened ...

Closing the Gap started as a collective commitment of Australian federal, state and territory governments to address ‘the fundamental divide between the health outcomes and life expectancy of the ...

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 ...