The Scrutiny of Bills Committee was established in 1981. Its functions, which are set out in Senate standing order 24, are to assess bills against a set of accountability standards that focus on the ...

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The 47th Australian federal parliament was elected on Saturday 21 May 2022. The election was notable for being held in the late stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, amid concerns about increasing ...

Political party defections have been an ongoing issue within the Australian Parliament. Since the beginning of the current Parliament there have been 7 party defections. This number of party ...

The sharing of Australian stories is central to Australia’s cultural policy, Revive: a place for every story, a story for every place. In line with this, the Government committed in 2023 to ...

The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit has published its report into the 2022-23 Major Projects Report. Chair of the Committee, Hon Linda Burney MP said, ‘Now in its sixteenth year, the ...

As part of its inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia, the House of Representatives Select Committee on Nuclear Energy will conduct public hearings in Collie and Perth in Western Australia ...

As part of its inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia, the House of Representatives Select Committee on Nuclear Energy will conduct multiple public hearings in New South Wales from 10 to ...

The Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, through the Human Rights Subcommittee (the Subcommittee), has commenced a review of the amendments made by the Autonomous Sanctions ...

2.126That the Australian Government establish a mechanism for co-design with victim-survivors of financial abuse (including through representative groups) in relation to the implementation of ...

2.97The committee recommends that the Australian Government establish the National Sports Injury Database as a matter of urgency, noting this will significantly help address the lack of sports injury ...

No proposed amendments have been circulated. Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changes to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to ...