A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.
Documents used to facilitate the conduct of business. The documents include the agenda for each sitting day, the business currently before each House and the minutes of meeting for each sitting day.
Documents presented (tabled) in the Senate and the House of Representatives, including government documents, legislative instruments and committee reports.
The Hansard is the report of the proceedings of the Australian parliament and its committees. This includes the Senate, House of Representatives, the Federation Chamber and all parliamentary committees.
Estimates of government expenditure are referred to Senate committees as part of the annual budget cycle. This opportunity to examine the operations of government plays a key role in the parliamentary scrutiny of the executive.
A parliamentary committee is a group of members of Parliament who look into issues in a way that is not possible in the chambers. They then report their findings to Parliament.
Statistics on a range of business items, including legislation, questions, statements and petitions.
A petition is a request for action. The right to petition federal Parliament has been one of the rights of citizens since federation and is the only way an individual can directly place grievances before the Parliament.
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