The daily Question Time is the most well-known of parliamentary procedures, but there are also Questions on Notice. Parliamentary Committees Much of the work of the Parliament is done in its Committees. These committees are composed of government backbenchers and members of the Opposition and other...
Treasurer Mathias Cormann, who is the head of government business in the Senate, also tried to walk back the move. "Yesterday, as a result of an administrative process failure, the government senators in the chamber ended up, on advice, voting in support of the motion," he said. "I'm ...
CANBERRA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government could be pressured to establish a federal anti-corruption commission to stave off an early election. Members of the crossbench in the House of Representatives, the lower house of Australia's Parliament, have joined forces to push for the...
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"We know their weakness in the face of prejudice." LNP Members of Parliament (MPs) said that the government would not re-visit same-sex marriage for the foreseeable future.Editor: xuxin Related News• Indonesia plans to amend law on underage marriages • UN acknowledges Sri Lanka progre...
Of course, the problem with that analogy is that – politically speaking – some people just yell, “Look what the government has done! I’m voting for the opposition because they’ve promised to end these oppressive bandages and they’ll rip them off and let me bleed freely as God intend...
GovernmentIn parliamentary systems of government, size of parliament (in absolute terms and, especially, relative to the parliamentary executive) is an important, but often underemphasised, aspect of constitutional design. An analysis is provided of change in the size of national and sub-national ...
Members of parliament in electorates without a major urban centre of over 100,000 people will be invited to nominate three priority locations in their electorates for funding for the program. NBN Co's fixed-wireless network may also be utilised as part of the program. The guidelines state t...
[...]carer strategy, the Commonwealth government has enhanced support to carers of mentally ill persons by providing additional respite care places under the National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006-2011 introduced bytheCouncil of Australian Governments(COAG). ...
“Julian is overjoyed and so grateful to the Australian people, to the members of Parliament and to the government and also the opposition who came together to voice the need for his release,” Stella Assange said. Assange has made no public c...