Parliamentary committees are one mechanism the House uses to keep a check on the activities of the Government. Because they have extensive powers to call for people, including public servants, and ...

On 26 March 2024, the Senate resolved that the Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI), be established to inquire into and report on the opportunities and impacts for Australia ...

The Minister for Home Affairs, The Hon. Clare O’Neil MP, has asked the Joint Standing Committee on Migration to inquiry into the role of permanent migration in nation building. The committee ...

Hon Andrew Hastie MPBiography Parliamentary service Elected to the House of Representatives for Canning, Western Australia at by-election 2015, vice D Randall (deceased). Re-elected 2016, 2019, 2022 ...

Elected to the Senate for New South Wales 2004. Re-elected 2010 and 2016. Election ruled void 27.10.2017 under section 44 (i) of the Constitution; ruled ineligible from 2.7.2016.

Parliamentary committees usually ask for people’s views and experiences when they inquire into different issues. If you want to have your say on an issue that a committee is looking into, you can ...

Finance and Public AdministrationQuestions on notice Search the database for questions placed on notice during estimates hearings, and the answers provided. The database contains information for each ...

Elected to the House of Representatives for Barton, New South Wales, 1996. Re-elected 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. Retired prior to general elections 2013.

Elected to the House of Representatives for Holt, Victoria at by-election 1999, vice the Hon. G Evans (resigned). Re-elected 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019. Retired prior to general ...

The destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. On Monday, 7 December 2020 The Senate agreed to a reporting extension for the following inquiry ...

On 14 November 2019, the Senate referred an inquiry into the current barriers to patient access to medicinal cannabis in Australia to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and ...