These Bills were introduced into Parliament by the Government during this sitting week: Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2022 Defence, Veterans and Families Acute Support Package Bill 2022 Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No.2) Bill 2022 Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022 The following private member’s Bill passed the House [...]
The 47th Australian Parliament has commenced operation. These Bills were introduced into the Parliament by the Government in the first week: Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022 – the Bill has been referred to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 23 September 2022 Jobs and Skills Australia (National Skills Commissioner [...]
The 47th Australian Parliament opened on 26 July 2022. The day commenced with the Governor General’s speech, which sets out the agenda of the Government over the course of the next three years, as well as a summary of the important actions of the Government prior to the commencement of Parliament. The important outcomes achieved [...]
The last post in this series looked at how well the Coalition delivered on their 2019 election promises. Here is a selection of some of the things they did in government that they would hope to be judged on in this election: Covid management The major challenge of the Government was to manage the Covid-19 [...]
The Liberal-National Coalition is seeking a third consecutive term of government at the upcoming election. It was a term book ended by bushfires and floods, with the first worldwide pandemic in a century thrown in together with a deteriorating global security climate. This is how some of the main promises from 2019 fared. Climate The [...]
Parliament has resumed for the Winter sittings. Two events dominated the week. The first was the decision by the High Court in the Senator Katy Gallagher High Court case which clarified that for the purposes of section 44 of the Constitution the ‘taking all reasonable steps’ to renounce citizenship meant not only completing all [...]