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Keep up-to-date with the current numbers and work of the Australian Parliament with these facts and figures.
This fact sheet explores the Australian Government’s annual statement of how it plans to collect and spend money.
Parliamentary committees investigate issues and proposed laws in detail.
If a member of a parliamentary party votes against their party it is called ‘crossing the floor’.
The official written record of what is said in the Australian Parliament is called Hansard.
Regular federal elections are an important feature of Australia’s democracy.
This fact sheet explores Question Time, the time when the Australian Parliament examines the work of the government by asking them questions.
Official records are kept of everything that is said and done in the Australian Parliament.
Several times a year senators investigate how the government is spending taxpayers' money in meetings called Senate estimates.
Standing orders are the rules used to manage the work of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Learn about voting in Australian Parliament with this fact sheet.
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Find out the timings, traditions and requirements of establishing a new Australian Parliament with this in-depth video.
Explore the function of committees and how they support the work of the Australian Parliament with this explanatory video.
In Question Time members of parliament ask the government to explain its actions and decisions.
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