The 48th Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia will officially open on Tuesday 22 July 2025. We ask for the cooperation and patience of visitors during the opening. There will be temporary and ...

On 14 June 2023, the Senate referred an inquiry into Equitable access to diagnosis and treatment for individuals with rare and less common cancers, including neuroendocrine cancer to the Senate ...

Summary Amends the: Fair Work Act 2009 to enable employees to access 12 days of paid reproduction health leave in a 12 month period and to request flexible working arrangements when experiencing ...

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education, and Training tabled its The Future of Work report today following its inquiry into the digital transformation of workplaces.

Summary The bill: requires public bodies to act in pursuit of the economic, social, environmental and cultural wellbeing of current and future generations of Australians; and establishes an ...

On 27 October 2022 the Senate referred the inquiry into the national trend of school refusal and related matters to the Education and Employment References Committee for inquiry and report by 22 March ...

This inquiry lapsed when the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs ceased to exist at the dissolution of the House of Representatives on 28 March 2025. On 4 July ...

On 28 March 2023, the Senate referred an inquiry into the Barriers to consistent, timely and best practice assessment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and support services for people ...

Senator Mehreen FaruqiBiography Parliamentary service State: Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for The Greens (NSW) from 2013 to 2018. Federal: Chosen by the Parliament of New South ...

On 22 June 2023 the Senate referred an inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report, with an interim report to be ...

Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthyBiography Parliamentary service Territory: Elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Arnhem in 2005. Re-elected in 2008. Defeated at general ...

Helpful information Text of bill First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version ...