With growing public debate over the increased foreign ownership of farm land, this paper concludes that the overall impact on the economy has been positive. Introduction: Global investment in agriculture has attracted attention from politicians, analysts, security experts and think-tanks. There is a growing public debate over the potential implications for food security through increased...

Introduction: This publication updates work published by David Black in 1996 under the title Women parliamentarians in Australia 1921–1996: a register of women members of Commonwealth, State and Territory Parliaments in Australia. The Parliamentary Library will publish an update of this paper at the end of each year, and will also alert readers to changes...

Introduction: The purpose of this chronology of key events is to provide an historical context with which to understand the evolution of superannuation and retirement income policy in Australia. More specifically, the chronology is intended to: provide a quick reference guide to what happened and when facilitate access to relevant documents and complement other sources...

Introduction: This quick guide provides statistics on the number of asylum seekers that have arrived by boat in Australia since 1976 when the first wave of boats carrying people seeking asylum from the aftermath of the Vietnam War began to arrive. It reproduces and updates the appendices of a more detailed Parliamentary Library research paper...

This paper provides a week-by-week summary of the key issues and controversies of the 2013 Federal Election.