Parliament Australia

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