Parliamentary Library (Australia)

Broad Subject Area(s):

Education

Rhonda Jolly, Parliamentary Library (Australia)

Research report

Broadcasting Services Amendment (Regional Commercial Radio) Bill 2011

25 Jan 2012

This Bill proposes to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the BSA) with the aim of easing the regulatory burden on regional commercial radio broadcasters. At the same time, the Bill intends that licensees will be required to continue to provide local...

Geographic Coverage:

Brian Dalzell, Parliamentary Library (Australia)

Broad Subject Area(s):

Communication

Research report

Identified National Broadband Network (NBN) funding sources and allocations

16 Aug 2010

While media commentary regarding the Government’s National Broadband Network (NBN) initiative has remained focused on potential gross benefits, expected costs and funding allocations have been a contentious political issue. The importance of costs within the...

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Paul Nelson, Parliamentary Library (Australia)

Science

Research report

Socio-economic indexes for 2009 electoral divisions: 2006 Census

28 Jul 2010

The Census collects data on a broad range of social and economic measures of the Australian population. While it is possible to compare electoral divisions on individual census data items, it is often more useful to compare divisions on the basis of a summary of...

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Rhonda Jolly, Parliamentary Library (Australia)

Research report

Sport on television: to siphon or not to siphon?

11 Feb 2010

• Siphoning refers to the practice used by pay television broadcasters by which they appropriate, or ‘siphon off’ certain events that have been traditionally shown on free-to-air television so that viewers who do not subscribe to their services are unable to...

Geographic Coverage:

Steve O'Neill, Parliamentary Library (Australia)

Broad Subject Area(s):

Communication

Research report

Toward national workplace safety and workers' compensation systems: a chronology

22 Jan 2010

Responsibility for implementing workers‘ compensation schemes and workplace health and safety in Australia has traditionally resided with state and territory governments. This paper chronicles the growing role of the Commonwealth.

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Deirdre McKeown, Parliamentary Library (Australia)

Health

Research report

A survey of codes of conduct in Australian and selected overseas parliaments

17 Dec 2009

This background note details the approach taken in Australia and some overseas parliaments to codes of conduct for ministers and members of parliament, registers of interests, the post-separation employment of ministers and the use of ethics commissioners in...

Geographic Coverage:

Worldwide

Broad Subject Area(s):

Mark Rodrigues, Parliamentary Library (Australia)

Research report

Children in the parliamentary chambers

19 Nov 2009

The rules on the admittance of visitors or ‘strangers’ within the parliamentary chambers have a long history in the Westminster tradition of parliamentary practice. Over the past 30 years there has been a dramatic increase in the representation of women in...

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Michael Klapdor, Moira Coombs, Catherine Bohm, Parliamentary Library (Australia)

Research report

Australian citizenship: a chronology of major developments in policy and law

11 Sep 2009

This Background Note focuses on citizenship within the context of Commonwealth legislation and does not attempt an analysis of the meaning of Australian citizenship or different theories of citizenship.

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Justice

« first
‹ previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
…
next ›
last »

Publisher

862

Pageview Total: 13,891

Guide

A quick guide to the history of proposals for an Australian department of homeland security

14 Jul 2017

Nigel Brew

Every few years since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, a proposal to establish some sort of Australian homeland security department has been put forward as part of the national security policy of either the Liberal/National Coalition or the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Citing the US...

APO Collection(s):

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Janet Wilson, Margaret Healy

Research report

That’s it - I’m leaving: ministerial departures 1901–2017

12 Jul 2017

This new edition of ‘That’s it - I’m Leaving’ brings the coverage of ministerial departures up to early-2017, encompassing the last 25 years of departures since the last edition was published in 1992.

The resignation dates are those listed officially in the Governor-General’s notices,...

APO Collection(s):

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Guide

Election funding and disclosure in Australia: a quick guide to recent reforms and current issues

10 Jul 2017

Damon Muller

The Australian federal political funding and disclosure system has two main components:

a disclosure scheme including annual disclosure of total receipts, total payments, total debts and donations above the disclosure threshold (currently $13,500, indexed annually) for parties and

APO Collection(s):

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Statistics

State statistical bulletin 2015-16

07 Jul 2017

Gregory O'Brien

The purpose of this paper is to present a range of economic and other statistical indicators for the states and territories of Australia. To facilitate comparisons, indicators are presented in relative terms such as growth rates, percentages, or proportions of gross state product, so comparisons...

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Science

Research report

State statistical bulletin 2016

06 Jul 2017

Gregory O'Brien

This paper, a companion to the Monthly Statistical Bulletin published by the Parliamentary Library, provides tables and charts for a broad range of social, demographic and economic indicators across all Australian states and territories, and compares these with Australian averages.

Each...

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Research report

Double, double toil and trouble: the 2016 federal election

30 Jun 2017

Damon Muller

Executive summary

The Coalition, led by Malcolm Turnbull, was returned at the election with 76 seats and a slim majority of one in the House of Representatives and faced an enlarged crossbench in the Senate. The 2016 election saw the return of Pauline Hanson’s One

APO Collection(s):

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Guide

International aged care: a quick guide

28 Jun 2017

Kate Roberts

Aged care, as it is known in Australia, is usually called ‘long-term care’ or ‘social care’ in other countries. It is organised, funded and delivered in many different ways. Not all countries provide public support, and levels of social protection (public coverage of care costs) vary widely....

Geographic Coverage:

Worldwide

Broad Subject Area(s):

Health

Social issues

Guide

Media and communications resources and information: a quick guide

21 Jun 2017

Rhonda Jolly

This Quick Guide provides a listing of online information for sources relevant to Australian media and communications legislation, standards, policy and industry advocacy.

APO Collection(s):

Communication and Media

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):

Communication

Guide

Uluru Statement: a quick guide

19 Jun 2017

Daniel McKay

A constitutional convention bringing together over 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders met last month at the foot of Uluru in Central Australia.

The majority resolved, in the ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’, to call for the establishment of a ‘First Nations Voice’ in the...

Geographic Coverage:

Hannah Gobbett, Simon Speldewinde, Rob Lundie

Broad Subject Area(s):

Indigenous

Research report

First, most and more: facts about the federal parliament

10 May 2017

This research paper is designed to answer some of those frequently asked questions about who was the first, youngest, oldest, most often (and so forth) in Australian federal politics. The focus is on records for the Commonwealth Parliament, although a few significant records relate to members of...

Geographic Coverage:

Broad Subject Area(s):