The Auditor-General, Grant Hehir, delivered this presentation to the 15th Biennial Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees (ACPAC) Conference held at Parliament House, Canberra, on 7 November 2019. The presentation was titled Maintaining Trust in the Parliamentary Process — PACs and Officers of the Parliament.

The new Speaker of the House of Commons – the 158th in its history – will be elected on Monday. This paper suggests that the candidates campaigning to be John Bercow’s successor must set out a vision for how they would run the Commons as an institution and represent it to the outside world.

This resource was compiled by the Parliamentary Library's Research and Inquiries unit. It provides an overview of issues that were prominent during the 58th Victorian Parliament, as shown through developments in legislative action, parliamentary debate, media coverage and public research.

This paper examines the state of Australian democracy and considers some mechanisms that have been said to have the potential to improve democratic representation.

This report outlines the scope of the position of Parliamentary Integrity Adviser in Victoria.