Police charges against two doctors who were involved in an abortion in West Australia in February 1998 prompted the introduction of two bills to the states Legislative Assembly and Upper House. West Australias
The case opened in the Queanbeyan Court on the Monday before the 1975 federal election and continued — despite having little or no legal merit — until early 1979. In 1977 the case was being heard by magistrate Darcy Leo. A Labor MP had attacked Sankey and Leo in parliament, and ...
the written record of what is said in parliament is known as Hansard. While the Australian Hansard has always been publicly available, it has been difficult to use for the purpose of large-scale macro- and
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...
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 ...
That sum and upwards, bills with two names, at three months.“ Phew! Clearly the family hadn’t been roughing it in Van Diemen’s Land. They were certainly leaving behind in the colony a lot of unfinished business. Eight months after their arrival, the Caledonia had arrived from Calcutta,...
2010, http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Legislation/Bills/0/f/e/00DBHOH_BILL9875_1-New-Zealand-Public-Health-and-Disability-Amendment.htm, Oct . The New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists Inc: Standards of physiotherapy practice 4th edition. 2008, Wellington: The New Zealand Society of ...
“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 ...
(Parliament of Australia2008) was introduced and enacted creating the Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority (ACARA) as “an independent statutory authority” which “will manage the creation and implementation of the national curriculum, national student assessment and reporting of school education ...
There is growing evidence suggesting that Medicare ineligible asylum seekers have been turned away from hospitals, have not completed their required medical treatment, or have been asked to pay outstanding hospital bills and this is of significant concern [20]. Although some State governments have ...