Human rights – the basic rights and freedoms applying to all people, regardless of their background or beliefs, is based on principles of dignity, equality and mutual respect. The key recommendation from this inquiry is for the federal government to introduce legislation to establish a Human Rights Act for Australia.

This report focuses on the global landscape of parliamentary research services, with a particular focus on those that seek to bring academic research into parliamentary processes. It is based on research and knowledge exchange activities conducted as part of a Joint Parliamentary Academic Fellowship hosted by the UK’s Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology between...

This paper provides information on the New South Wales planning system that is current as at May 2024, and enables easier navigation across the system’s operational complexity, including through the use of diagrams.

A key recommendation from this interim inquiry report is for the Australian government to urgently and unequivocally commit to publicly releasing exposure draft legislation of the full package of reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 for consultation ahead of the passage of piecemeal legislation in the Australian Parliament.

This report endeavours to reconcile the different public interest considerations which apply in identifying what reporting and public statement powers would appropriately be conferred on the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission. The report makes a number of recommendations for legislative change.