parliament house

5. highest house
7. deals with the most serious crimes
10. the representative of the Queen in a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
11. a collective vote of members in a house of parliament who support a proposal
12. a formal discussion in a house on a bill or other topic in which different views are put to arrive at a decision
13. the lower house
14. the senior permanent official of a house of a Parliament who advises on procedure and records the decisions of the house, and is the administrative head of the houses support services
15. the minimum number of members, specified by law, who should be in the chamber before it transacts business (one quarter of all Senators; one fifth of all Members of the House of Representatives)

1. once a weapon of war shaped like a club, and the symbol of royal authority, but now the symbol of authority of a lower house of Parliament and its Speaker
2. an arrangement between parties whereby two members from opposing sides of a house do not vote on a particular occasion, so that one or both can be absent without affecting the result of the vote
3. a vote by all voters on a question; in Australia, nearly always a public vote on a proposed law to alter the Constitution
4. the highest court
6. an official whose job is to look into peoples complaints against the government or public servants
8. where laws are made
9. the period between sessions of Parliament, but in ordinary usage the word is often used to describe the periods between the main sitting periods each year, as in the winter recess