Parliament Australia

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  1. 2. having two chambers or houses
  2. 4. correct or proper actions or conduct in meetings of a house or committee
  3. 8. A member of the Australian Senate
  4. 10. A vote by all voters on a question; in Australia, nearly always a public vote on a proposed law to alter the Constitution
  5. 11. A question to the Chair as to whether proceedings in a meeting are in accord with the rules or in the correct form
  6. 13. An official public announcement, usually published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
  7. 15. Name of the lower house of Parliament in South Australia and Tasmania
  8. 17. A matter that has been referred to a parliamentary committee for consideration and report; a subject being considered by a committee
  9. 18. A document produced as a result of an order for the production of documents
  10. 20. The upper house of Parliament in all Australian states except Queensland
  11. 21. The meeting room of a house in Parliament
  12. 24. The building where the two houses of Parliament meet, on Capital Hill in the Australian Capital Territory
  13. 26. A law made under the authority of an Act of Parliament
  14. 28. Rules for and methods of carrying out the business of a House of Parliament
  15. 29. Government formed by a party or coalition of parties which does not have a majority in the House of Representatives in its own right
  16. 30. A person who gives evidence
  17. 32. A document presented to a house of Parliament by a person or group of people asking for action on a matter
  18. 33. A place for a member in a house of Parliament
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  1. 1. An official whose job is to look into peoples complaints against the government or public servants
  2. 3. The number of votes a candidate must receive before they are elected to the Senate
  3. 5. One of the two houses of the federal Parliament of Australia, there Members are elected on a population basis
  4. 6. The idea that everyone in a country has equal rights
  5. 7. A group of senior ministers in a government
  6. 9. A member of parliament who is not a minister
  7. 12. The people of a nation or state
  8. 13. The head of the national government, the chief minister in some countries, including Australia
  9. 14. The minister who arranges and manages government business in the House of Representatives
  10. 16. An organisation which exists to get certain public policy objectives by having members elected to Parliament
  11. 19. The joining together of two or more groups or parties
  12. 22. The minimum number of members, specified by law, who should be in the chamber before it goes ahead with business
  13. 23. The principle that all people are equal before the law, and that all government action will be undertaken with the law
  14. 25. the second chamber in a two-chamber Parliament; the Senate is the upper house in the federal Parliament
  15. 27. In Australia, an assembly of elected representatives, usually having an upper and a lower house which, with the head of state, makes the laws for the country or state
  16. 31. A proposal for a new law that has been presented to Parliament