The Senate delegates a range of tasks to its committees. As committee proceedings are flexible, they are able to meet in a variety of places, receive written submissions and hear evidence on specified ...

Senate elections Senators are elected on a different basis to Members of the House of Representatives. Key features of Senate elections are: Each State or Territory votes as one electorate.[97] Twelve ...

By voting at elections for the House of Representatives the people of each electoral division (also called an electorate or a constituency) select a person to represent them in the House. By selecting ...

Number of Members The Constitution determines the composition of the House of Representatives and provides that it shall consist of Members directly chosen by the people of the Commonwealth and that ...

On Thursday, 31 July 2025 the Minister for Finance, Public Service, Government Services and Women Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher, asked the Committee to inquire into and report on Airservices ...

Electoral divisions Determination of divisions The Constitution provides that: the House of Representatives shall be composed of Members directly chosen by the people of the Commonwealth; and the ...

Senate Standing Committees on Education and Employment The Education and Employment Committees cover the following portfolios: Education, and Employment and Workplace Relations.

Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs The Community Affairs Committees cover the following portfolios: Health, Disability and Ageing, and Social Services.

Migration, Pathway to Nation Building6.20The Committee recommends that as part of any upgrade to information technology upgrades to migration and visa processing systems that the Australian Government ...

Dr Helen Haines MPBiography Parliamentary service Elected to the House of Representatives for Indi, Victoria, 2019. Re-elected 2022 and 2025. Parliamentary positions Member of the Speaker's Panel from ...

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human RightsParliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights' functions are to examine bills, Acts and legislative ...

Legislative InstrumentsSenate disallowable instruments list An informal listing of tabled instruments for which disallowance motions may be moved in the Senate (published for each sitting).