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Ellenbrook Secondary College from Perth will present a vibrant musical performance. Seventy students from the College’s acclaimed Specialist Music Program will showcase their talents across a range of ...
View full image Governor-General 1 July 2019 to 1 July 2024 Former Chief of the Defence Force and NSW Governor, David Hurley (b.1953) is Australia’s 27th Governor-General. He is the first ...
Live Minutes3 MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE Messages from the Senate, 26 March 2025, were reported returning the following bills without amendments or requests: No. 434—Environment Protection and ...
This Bills Digest replaces a preliminary Digest published on 24 June 2024 to assist in early consideration of the Bill. Key points The Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024 (the ...
Key points The Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Omnibus Bill) was introduced into the House of Representatives on 5 June 2024. On 27 June 2024, the ...
Australia’s Migration Program has two main components, the skilled stream and the family stream. A third much smaller category is provided by the Humanitarian and Refugees program. 5.2 The Skilled ...
The Chamber The Chamber, like the Chamber of the British House of Commons and the Chamber of the provisional Parliament House, is furnished predominantly in green. The derivation of the traditional ...
Women’s suffrage was achieved in Australia after decades of peaceful yet determined campaigning by thousands of women. The Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 granted most Australian men and women the ...
Sources: Services Australia (SA), A guide to Australian Government payments: 20 March 2024–30 June 2024, (Canberra: SA, 2024), 38; Schedule 1 of the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment ...
4.1 This chapter provides background on the Australian Government's Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) program, and outlines the current structure and administration of the program. It ...
History of the Historic Memorials CollectionScope and overview of the collection Since 1912, the Committee has commissioned portraits of Governors-General, the Presiding Officers, Prime Ministers, and ...
Bills—the parliamentary process 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 ...