On 9 April 2024, the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training adopted an inquiry into the digital transformation of workplaces following a referral from the Minister for ...

On 26 March 2024, the Senate referred an inquiry into Excess Mortality to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 August 2024. Further detail about the scope of ...

2.267The committee recommends that: proposed paragraphs 79(6)(b) and 90SM(6)(b) are amended to replace ‘sold’ with ‘rehome’, and proposed subsections 79(6) and 90SM(6) are amended to clearly state ...

6.15The committee recommends that the Australian Government re-establish a governance structure under the National Cabinet architecture, bringing together representatives with responsibility for law ...

4.1Australian households are facing significant cost of living pressures on all fronts. Compounding many Australians struggling with their energy bills, as set out in the previous chapter, the ...

Most formal meetings require secretariat support to ensure they are conducted according to certain rules and procedure. The Senate is no different. Every sitting day senior officers of the Department ...

This year (2022) has seen global human displacement rise to record levels. Australia offers resettlement to refugees through the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), but the number ...

Access to affordable and safe housing is essential to people’s health and wellbeing. Housing also forms a significant part of the economy. It is central to economic participation and productivity and ...

3.1The committee heard that feral horses cause serious environmental damage to the Australian Alps. These animals cause environmental degradation and can increase the risk of extinction of threatened ...

Closing the Gap started as a collective commitment of Australian federal, state and territory governments to address ‘the fundamental divide between the health outcomes and life expectancy of the ...

Amid a mounting arms race, including missile proliferation, in a fraught security and geopolitical environment in the Asia-Pacific region, the release by Japan’s Cabinet on 16 December 2022 of its 3 ...

Practically speaking, the case has exposed the Commonwealth to significant liability for actions impacting native title in a territory from the early 1900s. More recent relevant actions were already ...