The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honourable Milton Dick MP has received letters of resignation from the Honourable Bill Shorten and the Honourable Keith Pitt. The Speaker is now ...

Government funding to major sporting codes and teams is distributed through both sports-specific programs and broader programs, including infrastructure funding. This complexity makes it difficult to ...

2.114The committee recommends that the Department of Health and Aged Care commission research to establish a comprehensive evidence base about the impacts of menopause and perimenopause on women in ...

Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) provide the following statement to clarify the Committee's role in considering decisions made by the Australian Government with respect to ...

The Parliamentary Library Issues & Insights articles provide short analyses of issues that may be considered over the course of this Parliament. Each article gives a high-level perspective of ...

The formation of a National Volunteer Incentive Scheme (Climate Army) to respond to the immediate aftermath of natural disasters in Australia, with particular reference to: (a) establishing targeted ...

All DPS open business opportunities are available via Austender. From time to time DPS will also advertise details of tenders/expression of interest in the press for contracts within the Department.

On Thursday, 12 December 2024 the Public Works Committee pursuant to subsection 18(4) of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, received a referral from the Honorable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of ...

an overview of parliamentary remuneration, business resources and their frameworks an update on reforms through legislative and administrative changes links to relevant resources, including Bills ...

The normal flow of the legislative process is that a bill (a draft Act, or, in the terminology of the Constitution, a proposed law) is introduced into one House of Parliament, passed by that House and ...

When the House is debating legislation or scrutinising government activities, various phrases are used, sometimes in a shorthand way. The concepts they refer to, which describe aspects of Australia’s ...

I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her heirs and successors according to law. [59] The ...