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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

1.1Person/party requesting the costing: Dr Mike Freelander MP, Australian Labor Party. 1.2Date costing completed: 28 March 2024. 1.3Expiry date of the costing: Release of the next economic and fiscal ...

Charles Dixon (1872-1934), The landing at Gallipoli, 1915, Official Gifts Collection, Parliament House Art Collections Charles Dixon The scene captures both the intimate details and the sheer chaos of ...

Annual reports Each year the committee publishes an annual report, intended to provide information about the work of the committee for a particular calendar year, including statistical information and ...

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights was established in early 2012 and first reported in August 2012. On 19 August 2022 the committee celebrated ten years of human rights scrutiny. As ...