Australia’s parliament is considering bills to establish inquiries into antisemitism at universities, amid the gradual dismantling of campus protest encampments in support of Palestine. Shadow education minister Sarah Henderson claimed that antisemitic incidents in Australia had surged more than sevenfold o...
Because the Parliament has been dissolved, the executive government can no longer be held to account. The caretaker conventions require that the government makes no significant policy decisions during the election period, makes no major appointment, and does not enter into contracts or arrangements tha...
However, in minority comments that form part of the joint committee report, the Coalition described the clean energy bills as "the wrong policy, for the wrong country at the wrong time." The other report, by the Coalition-dominated Senate select committee, recommended that Parliament not pass ...
Andrews said parliament would vote to recover the money if Nardella did not pay him back himself. "If he does not pay that money back before these bills come into the Parliament in just a couple of months' time, I think all of us on across the Parliament will take that out of Mr Nar...
They will instead join forces at the senate, the upper house of Australian parliament, to vote against the package, instead moving that it be split into three separate bills that can be voted on independent of one another. Morrison has repeatedly ruled out supporting such a move at the lower...
“any sensible government must consider small modular nuclear as part of the energy mix”. The Liberal leader warned that Labor’s climate change plan was putting Australia “on the wrong energy path”, driving up electricity and grocery bills for households, and threatening to shut ...
My Government proposes to place before you a Bill for a referendum on Fixed Term Parliaments, involving the setting of a fixed date for general elections to provide greater stability in the Australian political system. My Government will be supporting a systematic review of the Constitution with ...
The bills passing through the Australian Parliament of late have been mind-boggling but this one goes so far beyond the pale that it’s practically unbelievable. Why? And why is this an issue? Because just the other day, theSurveillance Legislation Amendment Bill of 2021– otherwise known as ...
WTO agreements are negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world's trading nations (about 150 member countries) and ratified in their parliaments. Finally, the emergence of the knowledge-based society has heightened public interest in science-based issues and a desire for public participation in...
The $5 note depicts Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Parliament House in Canberra, the national capital. Along with being printed on polymer, Australia’s banknotes include a range of other security features designed to combat counterfeiting. Australia’s coins Australia’s coins are produced by...