On 19 September 2024, the Senate referred the provisions of the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 (the bill) to the Environment and ...

Biography Parliamentary service State: Elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Victoria, 2014. Retired prior to general elections 2018 to contest election to the House of ...

Biography Parliamentary service Elected to the House of Representatives for Brand, Western Australia, 2016. Re-elected 2019, 2022 and 2025. Ministerial appointments Cabinet Minister from 1.6.2022.

The Committee adopted an inquiry into Diabetes on 25 May 2023, following a referral from the Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler MP. The Committee published its report The State of ...

The Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023 would legalise cannabis for adult recreational use in Australia. The deadline for submissions is 3 November 2023. The reporting date is 31 May 2024. Submissions must ...

The 2023–24 Budget’s ‘Economic outlook’ (Statement 2 in Budget strategy and outlook: budget paper no. 1: 2023–24) provides: the Australian Government’s assessment of the overall health of the ...

On 29 January 2025, under Standing Order 25(2)(a)(v), the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee agreed to inquire into the quality of governance at Australian higher education ...

Enjoy once-in-a-lifetime, behind-the-scenes access to Australian Parliament House, along with a dining experience usually reserved for visiting dignitaries. Discover exclusive behind-the-scenes access ...

3.1In 2009, the National Human Rights Consultation chaired by Father Frank Brennan released its final report, which included 31 recommendations concerning protection of human rights in Australia. The ...

Why getting legal advice matters. Getting free legal advice. Finding the right lawyer to help you and why that can be hard. Choosing between redress or a civil claim. Court cases that got blocked ...

Coal miner, unionist, and teetotaller, Andrew Fisher (1862-1928) was three times Prime Minister (and Treasurer). He was the first leader to secure a majority in both Houses of Parliament, and the ...

Alfred Deakin (1856-1919) – first Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, and three times Prime Minister – was ‘one of the makers of Australia’. 1 A member of colonial and federal parliaments for over ...