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There is more to a jar of honey than its sweetness! Join Parliament House Volunteer Head Beekeeper, Cormac Farrell, for an insightful tour of the Australian Parliament House beehives. Meet the busy ...

This infosheet outlines the roles of the parliamentary staff who can be seen at work in the Chamber when the House is sitting. Many of these roles have their origins in the English (Westminster) ...

All revenues or moneys raised or received by the Executive Government of the Commonwealth shall form one Consolidated Revenue Fund, to be appropriated for the purposes of the Commonwealth in the ...

Each new Parliament begins with the opening by the Governor-General on the first day the two houses meet after a general election. The current Parliament is the forty-seventh since federation in 1901.

The Parliamentary Library Issues & Insights articles provide short analyses of issues that may be considered over the course of the 48th Parliament. Each article gives a high-level perspective of ...

the qualification of electors of Members of the House of Representatives be that which was prescribed by State laws; [5] and the laws in force in each State relating to elections apply to elections of ...

Cultural warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that the following contains the names and images of people who are deceased. On 24 March 1927 the federal Parliament met for ...

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights resolved to meet regularly by teleconference to continue its important work of scrutinising all federal ...

George Rose, The Rose Stereograph Company (1861–1942), Great Suffragette Demonstration in London: Mrs Andrew Fisher (centre), Mrs McGowen (right) and Miss Vida Goldstein (far right), 1911. Image ...

8.15The committee recommends the Australian Government legislate a Circular Economy Act, in accordance with the recommendation of the Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group (CEMAG), to implement ...