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id="main_0_content_1_li-90e1734a-a3f7-46a7-b998-e26065d01669" class="90e1734a-a3f7-46a7-b998-e26065d01669"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-90e1734a-a3f7-46a7-b998-e26065d01669" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'absolute majority', 'Open/Close');" > absolute majority </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>More than half the total votes of all those eligible to vote; in a house of Parliament, one more than half the votes of the total number of members of the house, whether they are present or not, as opposed to a simple majority</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-7e75f50d-efbc-4bad-9693-c8499bf6642b" class="7e75f50d-efbc-4bad-9693-c8499bf6642b"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-7e75f50d-efbc-4bad-9693-c8499bf6642b" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'accountable', 'Open/Close');" > accountable </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>able to be called on to explain ones actions. Ministers are accountable to Parliament for actions they take while in office</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-17c72ff7-41c3-4325-8009-44220e3fdab8" class="17c72ff7-41c3-4325-8009-44220e3fdab8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-17c72ff7-41c3-4325-8009-44220e3fdab8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Act (of Parliament)', 'Open/Close');" > Act (of Parliament) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a law made by Parliament; a bill which has passed all three readings in each house and has received the royal assent</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-aa6cc14b-9af7-40f4-af43-2180cd29f13a" class="aa6cc14b-9af7-40f4-af43-2180cd29f13a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-aa6cc14b-9af7-40f4-af43-2180cd29f13a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Acts Interpretation Act', 'Open/Close');" > Acts Interpretation Act </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an Act of Parliament which gives guidance as to the meaning of expressions used in other acts and which gives details of procedures to be followed under other acts [Acts Interpretation Act 1901]</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-b6b40943-39bb-431e-9a47-2cd9ec9a9e9a" class="b6b40943-39bb-431e-9a47-2cd9ec9a9e9a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-b6b40943-39bb-431e-9a47-2cd9ec9a9e9a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'address (to the Governor-General or the Queen)', 'Open/Close');" > address (to the Governor-General or the Queen) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a formal message to the Governor-General or the Queen by a house of Parliament stating the view of the house or making a request; the message is often in answer to the Governor-Generals speech on the opening of a session of Parliament (address-in-reply), but may also be a message of congratulations, sympathy or farewell, or a request that the Governor-General, as a constituent part of the Parliament, perform a particular action</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-b7943c82-7046-484a-af2f-db85c41d4ccc" class="b7943c82-7046-484a-af2f-db85c41d4ccc"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-b7943c82-7046-484a-af2f-db85c41d4ccc" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'address-in-reply', 'Open/Close');" > address-in-reply </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the formal answer of each house to the speech made by the Queen, or the Governor-General as her representative, at the opening of each session of the Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-96749496-af92-4573-a888-a8983491e9f5" class="96749496-af92-4573-a888-a8983491e9f5"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-96749496-af92-4573-a888-a8983491e9f5" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'adjourn', 'Open/Close');" > adjourn </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to put off, postpone or defer</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0262e81f-89cd-4330-804b-6ec60601aec0" class="0262e81f-89cd-4330-804b-6ec60601aec0"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0262e81f-89cd-4330-804b-6ec60601aec0" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'adjournment debate', 'Open/Close');" > adjournment debate </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a debate usually at the end of each sitting day of a house when members make speeches about any subject on the motion to end the sitting</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a64df105-b9ca-46eb-a461-4a2bc019fea4" class="a64df105-b9ca-46eb-a461-4a2bc019fea4"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a64df105-b9ca-46eb-a461-4a2bc019fea4" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'administrative arrangements orders', 'Open/Close');" > administrative arrangements orders </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>(AAOs) specify firstly, the subject matters, and secondly, the legislation dealt with by particular government departments. AAOs are published in the Commonwealth Gazette, which currently means either the regular Government Notices Gazette or a Special Gazette.</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-6f3f2f27-ae01-44b7-8a96-f610f1314aab" class="6f3f2f27-ae01-44b7-8a96-f610f1314aab"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-6f3f2f27-ae01-44b7-8a96-f610f1314aab" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'affirmation of allegiance', 'Open/Close');" > affirmation of allegiance </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>see oath or affirmation of allegiance</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0814d27d-ada6-4310-b249-f9d99c7efa63" class="0814d27d-ada6-4310-b249-f9d99c7efa63"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0814d27d-ada6-4310-b249-f9d99c7efa63" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'another place', 'Open/Close');" > another place </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a term sometimes used in one chamber of a two-chamber Parliament to refer to the other chamber</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-201cbc0d-7209-4797-bd5a-c6ff6706bc8e" class="201cbc0d-7209-4797-bd5a-c6ff6706bc8e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-201cbc0d-7209-4797-bd5a-c6ff6706bc8e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'appropriation bill', 'Open/Close');" > appropriation bill </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a bill which, when passed by Parliament, will allow the government to spend money it has gathered from the community through taxes and charges</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-cf394d3f-dce2-4cbb-b03b-8a62de85336f" class="cf394d3f-dce2-4cbb-b03b-8a62de85336f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-cf394d3f-dce2-4cbb-b03b-8a62de85336f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Australian Democrats (A.D.)', 'Open/Close');" > Australian Democrats (A.D.) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a political party formed in 1977</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ef4729a7-4ab7-4f13-9d69-2146cd077c31" class="ef4729a7-4ab7-4f13-9d69-2146cd077c31"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ef4729a7-4ab7-4f13-9d69-2146cd077c31" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Australian Labor Party (A.L.P.)', 'Open/Close');" > Australian Labor Party (A.L.P.) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the oldest political party in Australia, formed nationally in 1902 and given its present name in 1918</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0d971491-9bf5-4c9c-85a6-b23f9330d4a2" class="0d971491-9bf5-4c9c-85a6-b23f9330d4a2"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0d971491-9bf5-4c9c-85a6-b23f9330d4a2" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Australian Loan Council', 'Open/Close');" > Australian Loan Council </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an organisation made up of the Prime Minister and the state premiers which decides how much money each government may borrow in the financial year ahead</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-d0af479f-e878-45b2-85ab-10bf259315cf" class="d0af479f-e878-45b2-85ab-10bf259315cf"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-d0af479f-e878-45b2-85ab-10bf259315cf" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'ayes', 'Open/Close');" > ayes </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the collective vote of members in a house of Parliament who support a proposal</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="B"></a>B</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-25824f2a-39d4-4d41-94f9-aa635a0ab1cb" class="25824f2a-39d4-4d41-94f9-aa635a0ab1cb"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-25824f2a-39d4-4d41-94f9-aa635a0ab1cb" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'backbench/er', 'Open/Close');" > backbench/er </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. those members of Parliament who are not ministers, shadow ministers or presiding officers<br/>2. the seats where such members sit </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-01d88d17-80a6-4e84-b2f7-c74a8b432c40" class="01d88d17-80a6-4e84-b2f7-c74a8b432c40"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-01d88d17-80a6-4e84-b2f7-c74a8b432c40" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'bar (of the Senate, of the House of Representatives)', 'Open/Close');" > bar (of the Senate, of the House of Representatives) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a barrier inside the main entrance to each chamber and across the space between benches leading to the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives. Members and senators can speak to their respective chambers only from within the area defined by the bar, and no one who is not a member of that house may enter that area during a sitting except by invitation</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e655e816-2469-42aa-95d2-7fcebac613f5" class="e655e816-2469-42aa-95d2-7fcebac613f5"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e655e816-2469-42aa-95d2-7fcebac613f5" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'bicameral', 'Open/Close');" > bicameral </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>having two chambers or houses, especially of a law-making body</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-f3ad6e68-2219-427b-a098-88e8c430c855" class="f3ad6e68-2219-427b-a098-88e8c430c855"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-f3ad6e68-2219-427b-a098-88e8c430c855" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'bill', 'Open/Close');" > bill </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a proposal for a new law which has been presented to Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-44624dfa-5d8d-4f33-9130-285e0544aaa1" class="44624dfa-5d8d-4f33-9130-285e0544aaa1"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-44624dfa-5d8d-4f33-9130-285e0544aaa1" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Black Rod (see Usher of the Black Rod)', 'Open/Close');" > Black Rod (see Usher of the Black Rod) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-63e5f3ec-512f-44cd-895b-3e41fd890775" class="63e5f3ec-512f-44cd-895b-3e41fd890775"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-63e5f3ec-512f-44cd-895b-3e41fd890775" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'blue-ribbon (electorate)', 'Open/Close');" > blue-ribbon (electorate) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an electorate where a majority of voters usually vote for the same member or party, so making it a safe seat for that member or party</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-d7118733-f537-49c8-8c00-032e4a55660e" class="d7118733-f537-49c8-8c00-032e4a55660e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-d7118733-f537-49c8-8c00-032e4a55660e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'bring down the budget', 'Open/Close');" > bring down the budget </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to place a plan before Parliament each year showing what money the government expects to receive (revenue) and how the government wants to spend it (expenditure)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e6d6d6b0-347a-40aa-ba50-c143651556e8" class="e6d6d6b0-347a-40aa-ba50-c143651556e8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e6d6d6b0-347a-40aa-ba50-c143651556e8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'budget bills', 'Open/Close');" > budget bills </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>proposals for new laws to allow the government to spend money; there are usually two main bills - Appropriation Bill (No. 1) and Appropriation Bill (No. 2) - which are placed before the Parliament in May each year </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-1c1ed828-d823-41c9-b983-9180a5dda746" class="1c1ed828-d823-41c9-b983-9180a5dda746"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-1c1ed828-d823-41c9-b983-9180a5dda746" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'by leave', 'Open/Close');" > by leave </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>with the permission of every member present in the chamber</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ea8476e5-4449-4b70-9187-9f5594783769" class="ea8476e5-4449-4b70-9187-9f5594783769"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ea8476e5-4449-4b70-9187-9f5594783769" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'by-election', 'Open/Close');" > by-election </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a special election held to fill the seat of a Member of the House of Representatives who has died or resigned</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="C"></a>C</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-b042a557-0722-4f2f-aa2c-d8dbde6ed33e" class="b042a557-0722-4f2f-aa2c-d8dbde6ed33e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-b042a557-0722-4f2f-aa2c-d8dbde6ed33e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'cabinet', 'Open/Close');" > cabinet </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the group of senior ministers in a government</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5f0d5f49-8b42-4336-9602-cf2375b9662a" class="5f0d5f49-8b42-4336-9602-cf2375b9662a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5f0d5f49-8b42-4336-9602-cf2375b9662a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'cabinet government', 'Open/Close');" > cabinet government </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a system of government in which the most important decisions are made by cabinet ministers, who are members of Parliament and who are supported by a majority in the lower house</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e7fca580-23d2-4159-a6ae-83ab521cd2b9" class="e7fca580-23d2-4159-a6ae-83ab521cd2b9"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e7fca580-23d2-4159-a6ae-83ab521cd2b9" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'cabinet solidarity', 'Open/Close');" > cabinet solidarity </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a commitment by individual cabinet ministers to the position adopted by the majority of cabinet</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-57f5726c-3ba8-4d00-90c4-8ddd18d15630" class="57f5726c-3ba8-4d00-90c4-8ddd18d15630"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-57f5726c-3ba8-4d00-90c4-8ddd18d15630" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'casting vote', 'Open/Close');" > casting vote </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a vote exercised by the Speaker or certain committee chairs only when the votes for and against a proposal are equal</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-db745695-914a-4081-8f6b-eaa3de6ce125" class="db745695-914a-4081-8f6b-eaa3de6ce125"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-db745695-914a-4081-8f6b-eaa3de6ce125" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'casual vacancy', 'Open/Close');" > casual vacancy </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a vacancy in the Senate that is caused when a Senator dies or resigns before his or her term has expired</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c71183af-8ef3-496c-83c0-a0c74577b7b6" class="c71183af-8ef3-496c-83c0-a0c74577b7b6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c71183af-8ef3-496c-83c0-a0c74577b7b6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'caucus', 'Open/Close');" > caucus </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. the meeting of the parliamentary members of a political party<br/>2. the members of Parliament belonging to a particular political party, used particularly in relation to the Australian Labor Party </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5824619e-18c1-4ff5-99f1-7f9467634835" class="5824619e-18c1-4ff5-99f1-7f9467634835"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5824619e-18c1-4ff5-99f1-7f9467634835" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'censure motion', 'Open/Close');" > censure motion </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a motion moved in either house which is very critical of, and which seeks to attach blame to, a minister, another member, or the government</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-8681584f-eee4-4227-a264-3219075e28a5" class="8681584f-eee4-4227-a264-3219075e28a5"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-8681584f-eee4-4227-a264-3219075e28a5" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Chair', 'Open/Close');" > Chair </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. the seat in which the presiding officer sits in the chamber<br/>2. the member presiding in the chamber or in a committee </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-65ce9eaa-6d73-447c-8549-a66f598e1bcd" class="65ce9eaa-6d73-447c-8549-a66f598e1bcd"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-65ce9eaa-6d73-447c-8549-a66f598e1bcd" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Chair of Committees', 'Open/Close');" > Chair of Committees </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a Senator who is in charge of the committee of the whole in the Senate, and who is also the Deputy President of the Senate, the full title being Deputy President and Chair of Committees </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-7367c6bd-c4bb-429a-be98-311fa8ae352d" class="7367c6bd-c4bb-429a-be98-311fa8ae352d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-7367c6bd-c4bb-429a-be98-311fa8ae352d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'chamber', 'Open/Close');" > chamber </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. the meeting room of a house of Parliament<br/>2. a law-making body </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-738fe0c6-48ae-403b-b5f8-f075a4b26c1c" class="738fe0c6-48ae-403b-b5f8-f075a4b26c1c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-738fe0c6-48ae-403b-b5f8-f075a4b26c1c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'clause', 'Open/Close');" > clause </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a numbered provision in a bill. Once a bill becomes an Act, a clause is known as a section</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-7359ce0f-65da-4517-b7dd-2cdf940d845d" class="7359ce0f-65da-4517-b7dd-2cdf940d845d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-7359ce0f-65da-4517-b7dd-2cdf940d845d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Clerk', 'Open/Close');" > Clerk </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the senior permanent official of a house of a Parliament who advises on procedure and records the decisions of the house, and is the administrative head of the houses support services </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9ecece4b-d4dd-4321-9b19-7bb4217d1589" class="9ecece4b-d4dd-4321-9b19-7bb4217d1589"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9ecece4b-d4dd-4321-9b19-7bb4217d1589" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Clerks certificate', 'Open/Close');" > Clerks certificate </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the statement signed by the Clerk of a house to state that a bill has passed that house, with or without amendments; every bill must have a final Clerks certificate before it is sent to the Governor-General for the royal assent</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ce3b38fd-0357-49b9-bda7-b851131085e6" class="ce3b38fd-0357-49b9-bda7-b851131085e6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ce3b38fd-0357-49b9-bda7-b851131085e6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'closure (and see gag)', 'Open/Close');" > closure (and see gag) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a way of ending a debate and causing a vote to be taken straight away on the matter being discussed, even though some members may still wish to speak</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-2a847bd3-3235-4391-bd50-7dc77c56e70f" class="2a847bd3-3235-4391-bd50-7dc77c56e70f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-2a847bd3-3235-4391-bd50-7dc77c56e70f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'coalition', 'Open/Close');" > coalition </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the joining together of two or more groups or parties, usually to form a government or opposition</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-22a84bed-4c14-4be5-a8b4-cbdcccda9136" class="22a84bed-4c14-4be5-a8b4-cbdcccda9136"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-22a84bed-4c14-4be5-a8b4-cbdcccda9136" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'coalition government', 'Open/Close');" > coalition government </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a government formed from more than one political party</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-50e5f7da-f765-4035-be16-83d4c6e6181e" class="50e5f7da-f765-4035-be16-83d4c6e6181e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-50e5f7da-f765-4035-be16-83d4c6e6181e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'cognate debate', 'Open/Close');" > cognate debate </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a debate in which two or more related matters are discussed at the same time</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ab9493e8-3329-481a-a7f5-16c302a218a3" class="ab9493e8-3329-481a-a7f5-16c302a218a3"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ab9493e8-3329-481a-a7f5-16c302a218a3" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'committee of the whole', 'Open/Close');" > committee of the whole </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a committee consisting of all the members of the Senate usually formed to consider a bill in detail. (The House of Representatives considers bills in detail without entering into a committee of the whole)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9283f7f3-d4e9-4921-81c8-ca0a22ad7a3c" class="9283f7f3-d4e9-4921-81c8-ca0a22ad7a3c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9283f7f3-d4e9-4921-81c8-ca0a22ad7a3c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'committee, parliamentary (see parliamentary committee)', 'Open/Close');" > committee, parliamentary (see parliamentary committee) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-92769d7c-4258-4eba-9fba-28a2edab5cfc" class="92769d7c-4258-4eba-9fba-28a2edab5cfc"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-92769d7c-4258-4eba-9fba-28a2edab5cfc" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'committee, party (see party committee)', 'Open/Close');" > committee, party (see party committee) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-caa542ed-e2d9-4acc-b56a-f06f9bc7571c" class="caa542ed-e2d9-4acc-b56a-f06f9bc7571c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-caa542ed-e2d9-4acc-b56a-f06f9bc7571c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'common law', 'Open/Close');" > common law </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>law based on custom or court decisions, as distinct from statute law</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a320e6a1-7a07-4277-a0fd-eaeefd5cfc1f" class="a320e6a1-7a07-4277-a0fd-eaeefd5cfc1f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a320e6a1-7a07-4277-a0fd-eaeefd5cfc1f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Commonwealth', 'Open/Close');" > Commonwealth </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. the people of a nation or state<br/>2. a group of countries or peoples united by a common interest </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-8928a575-a817-4c13-a04a-b63b935b9eef" class="8928a575-a817-4c13-a04a-b63b935b9eef"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-8928a575-a817-4c13-a04a-b63b935b9eef" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Commonwealth Parliamentary Association', 'Open/Close');" > Commonwealth Parliamentary Association </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an association of parliaments of countries that make up the Commonwealth of Nations, such as Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Papua New Guinea and India</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-543ad236-2b80-4655-a6a1-6c46ca5cc58c" class="543ad236-2b80-4655-a6a1-6c46ca5cc58c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-543ad236-2b80-4655-a6a1-6c46ca5cc58c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Compact of 1965', 'Open/Close');" > Compact of 1965 </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an agreement made in 1965 between the Senate and the government as to what proposals for expenditure contained in appropriation bills would not be considered part of the ordinary annual services of government, and thus amendable by the Senate</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-7a99eed6-458e-473d-92dc-40b95e010902" class="7a99eed6-458e-473d-92dc-40b95e010902"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-7a99eed6-458e-473d-92dc-40b95e010902" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'concurrent power (of the Constitution)', 'Open/Close');" > concurrent power (of the Constitution) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>power which, under the Constitution, may be exercised by both the Commonwealth and the states</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-66e77f4a-51c6-4efb-ac86-6a243a1227c4" class="66e77f4a-51c6-4efb-ac86-6a243a1227c4"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-66e77f4a-51c6-4efb-ac86-6a243a1227c4" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'conference', 'Open/Close');" > conference </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a meeting of representatives of both houses of Parliament to discuss an issue on which the houses do not agree</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-6da9f747-5dda-4782-9570-57d02a0b2f7a" class="6da9f747-5dda-4782-9570-57d02a0b2f7a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-6da9f747-5dda-4782-9570-57d02a0b2f7a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'confidence', 'Open/Close');" > confidence </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the support of more than half the members of the House of Representatives for the government, which may be shown by voting on a particular major issue</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-da79fa59-466a-4e8d-b589-efbde3159050" class="da79fa59-466a-4e8d-b589-efbde3159050"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-da79fa59-466a-4e8d-b589-efbde3159050" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Congress (USA)', 'Open/Close');" > Congress (USA) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the national law-making body of the United States of America, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-7b959d1a-9214-454e-bb27-ec8bb8bf1b23" class="7b959d1a-9214-454e-bb27-ec8bb8bf1b23"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-7b959d1a-9214-454e-bb27-ec8bb8bf1b23" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'conscience vote (see free vote)', 'Open/Close');" > conscience vote (see free vote) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-df643240-e670-4c53-b8f7-6eac663aea67" class="df643240-e670-4c53-b8f7-6eac663aea67"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-df643240-e670-4c53-b8f7-6eac663aea67" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'constituency', 'Open/Close');" > constituency </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the electoral division or area, or the people in it, which a member of Parliament represents</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-cc7670e2-0582-4325-b188-96b6b14adb15" class="cc7670e2-0582-4325-b188-96b6b14adb15"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-cc7670e2-0582-4325-b188-96b6b14adb15" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'constituent', 'Open/Close');" > constituent </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>someone who votes, or lives, in an electoral division or area which a member of Parliament represents</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5c6602cd-3481-420e-afc1-3d1c92256b94" class="5c6602cd-3481-420e-afc1-3d1c92256b94"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5c6602cd-3481-420e-afc1-3d1c92256b94" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Constitution', 'Open/Close');" > Constitution </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the set of basic rules by which a country or state is governed; Australias constitution is set out in the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c0621fe9-3870-4e1c-b2dd-4f1d4a14770f" class="c0621fe9-3870-4e1c-b2dd-4f1d4a14770f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c0621fe9-3870-4e1c-b2dd-4f1d4a14770f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'constitutional', 'Open/Close');" > constitutional </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. having the power of, or existing because of, the laws set out in the Constitution<br/>2. in agreement with, or depending on, the laws set out in the Constitution </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5506fd56-104d-4922-b8d3-e0a51861988d" class="5506fd56-104d-4922-b8d3-e0a51861988d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5506fd56-104d-4922-b8d3-e0a51861988d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'constitutional convention', 'Open/Close');" > constitutional convention </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. an unwritten rule or practice, or an established custom, relating to the operation of a constitution<br/>2. a meeting called to consider or draw up a constitution </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-09ec50ec-e18c-4ded-af38-0d418c65b9f4" class="09ec50ec-e18c-4ded-af38-0d418c65b9f4"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-09ec50ec-e18c-4ded-af38-0d418c65b9f4" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'constitutional monarchy', 'Open/Close');" > constitutional monarchy </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a country which has a monarch, whose powers are limited by a constitution</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5ad5aced-4e9f-476b-9625-b04d8a2048ba" class="5ad5aced-4e9f-476b-9625-b04d8a2048ba"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5ad5aced-4e9f-476b-9625-b04d8a2048ba" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'contempt (of the Senate or the House of Representatives)', 'Open/Close');" > contempt (of the Senate or the House of Representatives) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>disobedience to the authority or orders of the houses, or interference with or obstruction of their work or the work of Senators or Members</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-d70981dd-ef90-4945-af5a-1226c421c42c" class="d70981dd-ef90-4945-af5a-1226c421c42c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-d70981dd-ef90-4945-af5a-1226c421c42c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'count-out', 'Open/Close');" > count-out </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an adjournment for lack of a quorum</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-515321ec-a9ca-47d5-a6dd-fc5f6347ea95" class="515321ec-a9ca-47d5-a6dd-fc5f6347ea95"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-515321ec-a9ca-47d5-a6dd-fc5f6347ea95" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'cross the floor', 'Open/Close');" > cross the floor </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to vote with a party other than that for which a member was elected</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e0ea74df-74b6-4de5-8412-a98bfcbb467b" class="e0ea74df-74b6-4de5-8412-a98bfcbb467b"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e0ea74df-74b6-4de5-8412-a98bfcbb467b" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'crossbench', 'Open/Close');" > crossbench </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>one of a set of seats for members of Parliament who belong to neither the government nor the opposition parties; seats for minor parties and independents</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-97cf4e3e-8c48-49e1-9409-61467e41e4e7" class="97cf4e3e-8c48-49e1-9409-61467e41e4e7"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-97cf4e3e-8c48-49e1-9409-61467e41e4e7" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Crown privilege', 'Open/Close');" > Crown privilege </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a special exemption claimed by ministers which may allow some important papers to be kept secret (now usually called public interest immunity)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-64972f8a-12fc-4c41-aa51-55dda4937db3" class="64972f8a-12fc-4c41-aa51-55dda4937db3"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-64972f8a-12fc-4c41-aa51-55dda4937db3" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'cut-off', 'Open/Close');" > cut-off </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a deadline for the introduction of government bills into the Senate, imposed by the Senate in an attempt to avoid a rush of bills at the end of sittings; in order to be considered in a period of sittings a bill must be first introduced in either house in the previous period of sittings, and be received by the Senate before two-thirds of the current sitting period has expired</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="D"></a>D</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9b64951b-8445-470d-9ffa-49b941898e6d" class="9b64951b-8445-470d-9ffa-49b941898e6d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9b64951b-8445-470d-9ffa-49b941898e6d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Daily Program', 'Open/Close');" > Daily Program </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a program or agenda, less formal than the Notice Paper, which shows the items of business with which the House of Representatives is expected to deal on a particular day, often called the Blue</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-cfa39331-4a28-4d44-95f4-0d09d545976c" class="cfa39331-4a28-4d44-95f4-0d09d545976c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-cfa39331-4a28-4d44-95f4-0d09d545976c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'deadlock', 'Open/Close');" > deadlock </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a situation where the Senate fails for a second time, within a specified time-frame, to pass a bill as agreed to by the House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-28a559c2-03f7-4607-b9fb-c1f848e66378" class="28a559c2-03f7-4607-b9fb-c1f848e66378"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-28a559c2-03f7-4607-b9fb-c1f848e66378" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'debate', 'Open/Close');" > debate </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a formal discussion in a house on a bill or other topic in which different views are put to arrive at a decision</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e5820bae-c4ac-40fa-91ca-00bbe1ca5dd6" class="e5820bae-c4ac-40fa-91ca-00bbe1ca5dd6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e5820bae-c4ac-40fa-91ca-00bbe1ca5dd6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'declaration of poll', 'Open/Close');" > declaration of poll </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an announcement of the results of voting at an election</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-36fd3dfd-907d-4881-b281-4eb71f5128eb" class="36fd3dfd-907d-4881-b281-4eb71f5128eb"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-36fd3dfd-907d-4881-b281-4eb71f5128eb" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'delegated legislation', 'Open/Close');" > delegated legislation </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>law made by the executive government under an Act of Parliament, which does not require parliamentary enactment; examples are regulations, orders, determinations and rules</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-7a269dc9-1947-415e-93e1-08565a328ec9" class="7a269dc9-1947-415e-93e1-08565a328ec9"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-7a269dc9-1947-415e-93e1-08565a328ec9" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'deliberative vote', 'Open/Close');" > deliberative vote </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a vote in Parliament which has as much value as any other vote, as opposed to a casting vote, held by the Speaker and some committee chairs</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e80a051c-9be5-4e51-92bc-0b029210ef25" class="e80a051c-9be5-4e51-92bc-0b029210ef25"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e80a051c-9be5-4e51-92bc-0b029210ef25" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'democracy', 'Open/Close');" > democracy </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. a way of governing a country in which the people elect representatives to form a government on their behalf<br/>2. a country with such a government<br/>3. the idea that everyone in a country has equal rights </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c6423f1b-7d07-408f-9848-72d99a09f08d" class="c6423f1b-7d07-408f-9848-72d99a09f08d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c6423f1b-7d07-408f-9848-72d99a09f08d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'despatch boxes', 'Open/Close');" > despatch boxes </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>two ornamental boxes which lie upon opposite sides of the Table of the House of Representatives and which once were a storage place for papers; ministers and shadow ministers usually speak from a position next to the despatch box on their side of the Table</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-bb9ebe84-205b-4c3a-ae52-9b0d61dddd8a" class="bb9ebe84-205b-4c3a-ae52-9b0d61dddd8a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-bb9ebe84-205b-4c3a-ae52-9b0d61dddd8a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'determination', 'Open/Close');" > determination </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>authoritative decision, rule or arrangement</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-4f4a55e4-d04c-45cb-ad96-e6647be8932a" class="4f4a55e4-d04c-45cb-ad96-e6647be8932a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-4f4a55e4-d04c-45cb-ad96-e6647be8932a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'disallowance', 'Open/Close');" > disallowance </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the vetoing of delegated legislation by either house of the Parliament, which has the effect of repealing it</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0a9e4124-1624-4678-8d39-53f90be0f5a7" class="0a9e4124-1624-4678-8d39-53f90be0f5a7"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0a9e4124-1624-4678-8d39-53f90be0f5a7" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'dissolve the House', 'Open/Close');" > dissolve the House </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to bring to an end the life of the House of Representatives and make a new election necessary</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-3735387a-67d3-4108-a1f6-3ae975b48805" class="3735387a-67d3-4108-a1f6-3ae975b48805"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-3735387a-67d3-4108-a1f6-3ae975b48805" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'division', 'Open/Close');" > division </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. the separation of the members of a house of Parliament into two groups, for and against a proposal, so that their votes can be counted<br/>2. one of the parts that a country or state is divided into for the purpose of holding elections, specifically an electoral division<br/>3. a self-contained section or part of an Act </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-43493230-fc0e-4834-9897-02f8c98cead2" class="43493230-fc0e-4834-9897-02f8c98cead2"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-43493230-fc0e-4834-9897-02f8c98cead2" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'division of powers', 'Open/Close');" > division of powers </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the constitutional allocation of powers and functions between a national Parliament and government and state parliaments and governments, which forms the basis of a federal system of government</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-20ab54f0-e422-4193-97d9-0cf50b7f1326" class="20ab54f0-e422-4193-97d9-0cf50b7f1326"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-20ab54f0-e422-4193-97d9-0cf50b7f1326" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'donkey vote', 'Open/Close');" > donkey vote </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a vote where a voter appears to make no choice among the candidates, but numbers preferences for candidates in the order in which they are listed on the ballot-paper</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-69ce2444-8264-4aa5-9f94-0c7370ebb339" class="69ce2444-8264-4aa5-9f94-0c7370ebb339"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-69ce2444-8264-4aa5-9f94-0c7370ebb339" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Dorothy Dix question', 'Open/Close');" > Dorothy Dix question </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a pre-arranged question asked of a minister in Parliament, usually by a member of the minister's own party, which allows the minister to give a prepared reply</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-6ed8fc26-ffae-418f-86b5-618c67606f7a" class="6ed8fc26-ffae-418f-86b5-618c67606f7a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-6ed8fc26-ffae-418f-86b5-618c67606f7a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'double dissolution', 'Open/Close');" > double dissolution </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the dissolution by the Governor-General of the Senate and the House of Representatives simultaneously, resulting in the termination of all business before them, and the calling of an election to return members for all seats in both houses; this may occur only in circumstances of deadlock between the houses prescribed in section 57 of the Constitution</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="E"></a>E</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-74584bc3-e12f-47ff-9f34-08122e9624f7" class="74584bc3-e12f-47ff-9f34-08122e9624f7"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-74584bc3-e12f-47ff-9f34-08122e9624f7" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'enabling (of an Act, or bill)', 'Open/Close');" > enabling (of an Act, or bill) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>allowing something to be done which would otherwise not be permissible</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-347d11c2-9ea6-4f00-b1bf-85eb868f30e7" class="347d11c2-9ea6-4f00-b1bf-85eb868f30e7"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-347d11c2-9ea6-4f00-b1bf-85eb868f30e7" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'estimates', 'Open/Close');" > estimates </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the sums of money which the government proposes it will need to provide works and services during a financial year</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-22834d01-b622-494b-a900-d03a719d8c23" class="22834d01-b622-494b-a900-d03a719d8c23"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-22834d01-b622-494b-a900-d03a719d8c23" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'estimates committee', 'Open/Close');" > estimates committee </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an informal, shorthand term commonly used to describe a legislation committee of the Senate when considering estimates</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-50ef27e1-7b1d-462c-81ec-763035ad4380" class="50ef27e1-7b1d-462c-81ec-763035ad4380"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-50ef27e1-7b1d-462c-81ec-763035ad4380" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'exclusive power (of the Constitution)', 'Open/Close');" > exclusive power (of the Constitution) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the sole right, given by the Constitution, of the federal Parliament, as opposed to state parliaments, to legislate on certain subjects; for example, the power to make laws for the whole country on customs and excise duties</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0b887e01-9db8-4f7f-a36f-97541b2a9643" class="0b887e01-9db8-4f7f-a36f-97541b2a9643"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0b887e01-9db8-4f7f-a36f-97541b2a9643" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'executive', 'Open/Close');" > executive </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. the branch of government which carries out or administers the laws<br/>2. ministers from the governing party who make policy and control government departments, and who are answerable to Parliament for the way they run the government </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-b35d58b8-eed5-442a-b07d-40703da58392" class="b35d58b8-eed5-442a-b07d-40703da58392"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-b35d58b8-eed5-442a-b07d-40703da58392" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Executive Council (see Federal Executive Council)', 'Open/Close');" > Executive Council (see Federal Executive Council) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-832ad05b-4977-4dab-8e48-ba0e502206f4" class="832ad05b-4977-4dab-8e48-ba0e502206f4"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-832ad05b-4977-4dab-8e48-ba0e502206f4" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'executive power', 'Open/Close');" > executive power </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the power to administer the law, and one of the three powers under the Constitution, the others being the legislative power (exercised by Parliament) and the judicial power (exercised by the High Court and other courts)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-275041bd-c1b2-49f7-8ffd-b3f2687ffbb6" class="275041bd-c1b2-49f7-8ffd-b3f2687ffbb6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-275041bd-c1b2-49f7-8ffd-b3f2687ffbb6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'explanatory memorandum', 'Open/Close');" > explanatory memorandum </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a paper which explains the purpose and details of bills or regulations, usually in a simple and non-technical way</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="F"></a>F</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-f516d9c1-3186-40f3-9f77-ee0b0b0eb515" class="f516d9c1-3186-40f3-9f77-ee0b0b0eb515"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-f516d9c1-3186-40f3-9f77-ee0b0b0eb515" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'federal', 'Open/Close');" > federal </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>having to do with the national Parliament or government rather that state parliaments or governments</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-37ed7c67-a4c8-41d5-95df-ad10d794b1d8" class="37ed7c67-a4c8-41d5-95df-ad10d794b1d8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-37ed7c67-a4c8-41d5-95df-ad10d794b1d8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Federal Executive Council', 'Open/Close');" > Federal Executive Council </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the council of ministers which advises the Governor-General and gives legal form to cabinet decisions</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-fc691fdf-c307-45d3-aa51-15939b360831" class="fc691fdf-c307-45d3-aa51-15939b360831"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-fc691fdf-c307-45d3-aa51-15939b360831" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'federalism', 'Open/Close');" > federalism </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a system of government in which powers and responsibilities are divided between a national government and provincial or state governments</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-d570f4fc-9670-4338-9f20-870897fd9fa4" class="d570f4fc-9670-4338-9f20-870897fd9fa4"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-d570f4fc-9670-4338-9f20-870897fd9fa4" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'federation', 'Open/Close');" > federation </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the forming of a nation by the union of a number of states, each of which retains some power to govern itself, while ceding some powers to a national government. In Australia, the creation of a single nation in 1901 by the joining together of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ddb3c8b9-f6df-4ee3-847a-9b03f0c9c3d1" class="ddb3c8b9-f6df-4ee3-847a-9b03f0c9c3d1"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ddb3c8b9-f6df-4ee3-847a-9b03f0c9c3d1" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'filibuster', 'Open/Close');" > filibuster </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the use of long speeches or other tactics in Parliament to delay deliberately a vote or decision</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c9bff629-4296-480b-b291-bf887f1cc60d" class="c9bff629-4296-480b-b291-bf887f1cc60d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c9bff629-4296-480b-b291-bf887f1cc60d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'financial initiative (of the Crown)', 'Open/Close');" > financial initiative (of the Crown) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the rule that only the government can begin the process of setting or increasing taxes or of making an appropriation that draws on public funds</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-1083a673-8dec-4a39-a83c-396aa8e27eaa" class="1083a673-8dec-4a39-a83c-396aa8e27eaa"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-1083a673-8dec-4a39-a83c-396aa8e27eaa" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'financial power (of the Parliament)', 'Open/Close');" > financial power (of the Parliament) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the power of the Parliament to approve all expenditure proposals by the government</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c85d6bae-147d-4e55-b620-995bb5c479f4" class="c85d6bae-147d-4e55-b620-995bb5c479f4"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c85d6bae-147d-4e55-b620-995bb5c479f4" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'financial year', 'Open/Close');" > financial year </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a 12-month period, usually 1 July to 30 June, at the end of which a government or company balances its accounts and reports on them</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-07858c03-48e5-4eae-b034-f2c1a8764547" class="07858c03-48e5-4eae-b034-f2c1a8764547"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-07858c03-48e5-4eae-b034-f2c1a8764547" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'first chamber', 'Open/Close');" > first chamber </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a name for the lower and usually larger house of a legislature; in Australia, the House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e5c80a9c-1018-4a65-b48c-de67380a6383" class="e5c80a9c-1018-4a65-b48c-de67380a6383"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e5c80a9c-1018-4a65-b48c-de67380a6383" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'first reading', 'Open/Close');" > first reading </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the first stage in the progress through a house of a bill (also called its initiation), marked by the reading by the Clerk out loud for the first time of the long title of a bill, usually straight after it is presented to the house</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-940f5355-3ff5-4623-b763-f5dd6254f342" class="940f5355-3ff5-4623-b763-f5dd6254f342"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-940f5355-3ff5-4623-b763-f5dd6254f342" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'first speech (formerly maiden speech)', 'Open/Close');" > first speech (formerly maiden speech) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the first speech in Parliament by a newly-elected member, when the member is traditionally heard without interjection or interruption</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ed8b9e70-4321-4052-bb21-64251c657967" class="ed8b9e70-4321-4052-bb21-64251c657967"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ed8b9e70-4321-4052-bb21-64251c657967" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'first-past-the-post', 'Open/Close');" > first-past-the-post </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a way of voting where the candidate who gets the largest number of votes wins, even if it is less than half the votes cast</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-bd6afbc8-45a5-4bc8-88f1-1b61669550ae" class="bd6afbc8-45a5-4bc8-88f1-1b61669550ae"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-bd6afbc8-45a5-4bc8-88f1-1b61669550ae" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'fixed term', 'Open/Close');" > fixed term </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a term of office with a defined beginning and end</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5e5a09f8-394d-4ee2-a371-eeb45750a5ff" class="5e5a09f8-394d-4ee2-a371-eeb45750a5ff"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5e5a09f8-394d-4ee2-a371-eeb45750a5ff" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'floor of the Senate/House of Representatives', 'Open/Close');" > floor of the Senate/House of Representatives </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the area containing Senators and Members seats and the area in between, in the chambers of the Senate and House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-2a304cf7-0f4d-4354-a0d5-982a7f32e56d" class="2a304cf7-0f4d-4354-a0d5-982a7f32e56d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-2a304cf7-0f4d-4354-a0d5-982a7f32e56d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'formal business', 'Open/Close');" > formal business </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. business before the Senate on which Senators agree unanimously to make a decision without debate<br/>2. business which concerns the arrangements of a house, and not major issues </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-50a18330-a931-44fa-b915-27c394c4ec24" class="50a18330-a931-44fa-b915-27c394c4ec24"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-50a18330-a931-44fa-b915-27c394c4ec24" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'free vote', 'Open/Close');" > free vote </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a vote in Parliament in which members are free to vote according to their own judgment or belief, and not necessarily according to the guidelines, policies or decisions of their political party</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a3a83591-f80b-4db4-ae7c-04b3e60d313c" class="a3a83591-f80b-4db4-ae7c-04b3e60d313c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a3a83591-f80b-4db4-ae7c-04b3e60d313c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'freedom of information', 'Open/Close');" > freedom of information </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the principle that citizens should have a right to see most government papers and reports, particularly those which relate to their personal affairs</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-8792080f-ccbc-43cb-bd9f-52ed24cc661e" class="8792080f-ccbc-43cb-bd9f-52ed24cc661e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-8792080f-ccbc-43cb-bd9f-52ed24cc661e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'frontbench/er', 'Open/Close');" > frontbench/er </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. those members of Parliament who are ministers or shadow ministers<br/>2. the seats where such members sit </p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="G"></a>G</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-cf605b86-dc38-4db5-9eab-530c883c2ebc" class="cf605b86-dc38-4db5-9eab-530c883c2ebc"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-cf605b86-dc38-4db5-9eab-530c883c2ebc" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'gag (and see closure)', 'Open/Close');" > gag (and see closure) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a procedure for closing a discussion in a house when some members still wish to speak</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-4128aa74-ebf6-4b31-8969-7f42406bb42f" class="4128aa74-ebf6-4b31-8969-7f42406bb42f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-4128aa74-ebf6-4b31-8969-7f42406bb42f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Gazette (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette)', 'Open/Close');" > Gazette (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an official government publication which gives information about government matters and makes government announcements including proclamations</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ac5c0d44-fe4b-4ba1-ac89-ee369689346c" class="ac5c0d44-fe4b-4ba1-ac89-ee369689346c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ac5c0d44-fe4b-4ba1-ac89-ee369689346c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'general business', 'Open/Close');" > general business </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>business before the Senate which is put forward by Senators who are not ministers; the equivalent of private Members business in the House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-4ac45c4f-a050-49c7-a9df-2034f95c4ac3" class="4ac45c4f-a050-49c7-a9df-2034f95c4ac3"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-4ac45c4f-a050-49c7-a9df-2034f95c4ac3" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'government business', 'Open/Close');" > government business </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>business of a house which is introduced by a minister</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-717319ea-8a66-4b63-9865-34b357f24a23" class="717319ea-8a66-4b63-9865-34b357f24a23"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-717319ea-8a66-4b63-9865-34b357f24a23" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'governor', 'Open/Close');" > governor </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the representative of the Queen in a state of the Commonwealth of Australia</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-cdb4e110-0d57-424b-a291-2a7b22bf53a8" class="cdb4e110-0d57-424b-a291-2a7b22bf53a8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-cdb4e110-0d57-424b-a291-2a7b22bf53a8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Governor-General', 'Open/Close');" > Governor-General </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the representative of the Queen in Australia at the federal level</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-79f32eb2-6c84-417e-863d-d02c54399687" class="79f32eb2-6c84-417e-863d-d02c54399687"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-79f32eb2-6c84-417e-863d-d02c54399687" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Governor-General in Council', 'Open/Close');" > Governor-General in Council </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the Governor-General formally acting with the advice of ministers through the Federal Executive Council</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-d88adff1-d68c-4315-b823-1fa542760276" class="d88adff1-d68c-4315-b823-1fa542760276"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-d88adff1-d68c-4315-b823-1fa542760276" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'grievance debate', 'Open/Close');" > grievance debate </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a weekly debate in the House of Representatives during which Members may speak about any matter of concern to them or their constituents</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9a5877f3-ce8b-4b78-9e83-33abe36b65c8" class="9a5877f3-ce8b-4b78-9e83-33abe36b65c8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9a5877f3-ce8b-4b78-9e83-33abe36b65c8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'guillotine', 'Open/Close');" > guillotine </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a procedure which sets time limits on the passage of a bill or motion</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="H"></a>H</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-fa2c9371-60c2-43fe-b681-2767e6bf8b44" class="fa2c9371-60c2-43fe-b681-2767e6bf8b44"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-fa2c9371-60c2-43fe-b681-2767e6bf8b44" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Hansard', 'Open/Close');" > Hansard </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>1. the official transcript of the debates in Parliament, officially the Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates of the Senate and the House of Representatives<br/>2. the office which produces transcripts of parliamentary debates </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-188c34a3-7873-4039-8b68-923e0633c6ba" class="188c34a3-7873-4039-8b68-923e0633c6ba"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-188c34a3-7873-4039-8b68-923e0633c6ba" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'hearing (of a committee)', 'Open/Close');" > hearing (of a committee) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a meeting of a parliamentary committee for the purpose of taking oral evidence</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0b88ede7-0f29-4f5e-b552-b06c6bf96270" class="0b88ede7-0f29-4f5e-b552-b06c6bf96270"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0b88ede7-0f29-4f5e-b552-b06c6bf96270" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'High Court (of Australia)', 'Open/Close');" > High Court (of Australia) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the court set up under the Australian Constitution to decide matters arising under the Constitution, and to hear appeals from the supreme courts of the states and other federal courts</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-d91d4486-feb6-4991-8929-524371114406" class="d91d4486-feb6-4991-8929-524371114406"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-d91d4486-feb6-4991-8929-524371114406" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'honourable', 'Open/Close');" > honourable </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a title of members of Parliament who are members of the Federal Executive Council, current and former ministers, and certain other persons, such as the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-47abf7d1-ae7e-4e46-a899-d356e14fd559" class="47abf7d1-ae7e-4e46-a899-d356e14fd559"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-47abf7d1-ae7e-4e46-a899-d356e14fd559" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'House of Assembly', 'Open/Close');" > House of Assembly </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the name of the lower house of Parliament in South Australia and Tasmania</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-8f5fc652-c61d-4937-bfdc-c3db0299d7d4" class="8f5fc652-c61d-4937-bfdc-c3db0299d7d4"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-8f5fc652-c61d-4937-bfdc-c3db0299d7d4" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'House of Commons', 'Open/Close');" > House of Commons </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>one of two houses of Parliament in the United Kingdom and Canada, in which members are elected on the basis of population</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-2c66dd5b-9252-44c8-ae2a-aed3b61aa717" class="2c66dd5b-9252-44c8-ae2a-aed3b61aa717"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-2c66dd5b-9252-44c8-ae2a-aed3b61aa717" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'House of Lords', 'Open/Close');" > House of Lords </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>one of two houses of Parliament in the United Kingdom, comprising hereditary, appointed and elected members</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-54d18a44-733a-4f45-800b-0f9d0eff4650" class="54d18a44-733a-4f45-800b-0f9d0eff4650"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-54d18a44-733a-4f45-800b-0f9d0eff4650" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'House of Representatives', 'Open/Close');" > House of Representatives </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>One of the two houses of the federal Parliament of Australia, whose Members are elected on a population basis</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e9ec21e0-2129-4e0d-a61f-422f47e247c6" class="e9ec21e0-2129-4e0d-a61f-422f47e247c6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e9ec21e0-2129-4e0d-a61f-422f47e247c6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'House of Representatives Practice', 'Open/Close');" > House of Representatives Practice </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the main reference book on the law, practice and procedure of the House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-743c9d9d-e3ff-4249-9622-d8345bb77e63" class="743c9d9d-e3ff-4249-9622-d8345bb77e63"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-743c9d9d-e3ff-4249-9622-d8345bb77e63" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'house of review', 'Open/Close');" > house of review </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a name often used to refer to the Senate, meaning a house which provides a second look or a close re-examination of matters considered in the other house</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-855156de-b1d9-46d0-b76f-74eddc464aeb" class="855156de-b1d9-46d0-b76f-74eddc464aeb"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-855156de-b1d9-46d0-b76f-74eddc464aeb" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'how-to-vote card', 'Open/Close');" > how-to-vote card </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a card or piece of paper handed out at an election by a political party or candidate showing a voter how the party or candidate would prefer the voter to vote</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="I"></a>I</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-56afda3b-5f8d-4b69-814a-63607c33e36e" class="56afda3b-5f8d-4b69-814a-63607c33e36e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-56afda3b-5f8d-4b69-814a-63607c33e36e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'immunity', 'Open/Close');" > immunity </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the protection of members of Parliament and others from civil or criminal action in relation to their participation in parliamentary proceedings, and the protection of parliamentary proceedings from impeachment or question in the courts (see also privilege, parliamentary)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-6671fcaa-1e77-4add-b3d0-09f635cefa4e" class="6671fcaa-1e77-4add-b3d0-09f635cefa4e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-6671fcaa-1e77-4add-b3d0-09f635cefa4e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'in committee', 'Open/Close');" > in committee </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the state of a house of Parliament when it has formed itself into a committee of the whole house, usually to consider the detail of a bill</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-73638e90-9e56-44b4-be04-9f5b5953c03c" class="73638e90-9e56-44b4-be04-9f5b5953c03c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-73638e90-9e56-44b4-be04-9f5b5953c03c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'in order', 'Open/Close');" > in order </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>in accord with the rules, in a correct form or style, as required by parliamentary procedure</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-2b79fe3c-cafb-4464-a7c4-b5bbfec9b86c" class="2b79fe3c-cafb-4464-a7c4-b5bbfec9b86c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-2b79fe3c-cafb-4464-a7c4-b5bbfec9b86c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'independent (Member or Senator) ', 'Open/Close');" > independent (Member or Senator) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member of Parliament who does not belong to a political party</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-b94eb518-5b66-4181-99ab-bb118c8382e3" class="b94eb518-5b66-4181-99ab-bb118c8382e3"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-b94eb518-5b66-4181-99ab-bb118c8382e3" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'informal vote', 'Open/Close');" > informal vote </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>in an election, a voting paper which is not counted because it has not been filled in correctly</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a8c90728-a5d0-4509-915b-c8fe5b5f26fb" class="a8c90728-a5d0-4509-915b-c8fe5b5f26fb"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a8c90728-a5d0-4509-915b-c8fe5b5f26fb" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'initiate (a bill)', 'Open/Close');" > initiate (a bill) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to originate a bill in either house of parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-f1d70382-69fd-4e88-a3b9-597bd3558abf" class="f1d70382-69fd-4e88-a3b9-597bd3558abf"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-f1d70382-69fd-4e88-a3b9-597bd3558abf" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'inquiry (parliamentary)', 'Open/Close');" > inquiry (parliamentary) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an investigation by a parliamentary committee</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-73922b76-9376-436f-8500-fca68612b115" class="73922b76-9376-436f-8500-fca68612b115"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-73922b76-9376-436f-8500-fca68612b115" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Inter-Parliamentary Union', 'Open/Close');" > Inter-Parliamentary Union </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an international association of parliaments</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-b168fb54-10a9-45c7-ac45-1a90afe918d6" class="b168fb54-10a9-45c7-ac45-1a90afe918d6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-b168fb54-10a9-45c7-ac45-1a90afe918d6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'introduce (a bill)', 'Open/Close');" > introduce (a bill) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to bring in and formally present a bill to a house for future consideration</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="J"></a>J</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-23b99c04-e59d-447b-b2c3-1421b981aa2d" class="23b99c04-e59d-447b-b2c3-1421b981aa2d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-23b99c04-e59d-447b-b2c3-1421b981aa2d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'joint committee', 'Open/Close');" > joint committee </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a parliamentary committee made up of members of both houses of Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-6a3c062b-5591-4428-8e1b-cb8b1b0f54eb" class="6a3c062b-5591-4428-8e1b-cb8b1b0f54eb"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-6a3c062b-5591-4428-8e1b-cb8b1b0f54eb" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'joint sitting (of the two houses)', 'Open/Close');" > joint sitting (of the two houses) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a meeting of both houses of Parliament together to make a decision on a proposed law which the two houses, sitting separately, have been unable to agree on</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-fa23a1b7-eefa-41ad-bb21-d65a3c24e786" class="fa23a1b7-eefa-41ad-bb21-d65a3c24e786"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-fa23a1b7-eefa-41ad-bb21-d65a3c24e786" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Journals of the Senate', 'Open/Close');" > Journals of the Senate </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the official minutes of proceedings in the Senate</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-6c08e7a2-2b66-473a-bce3-4111ff2767ec" class="6c08e7a2-2b66-473a-bce3-4111ff2767ec"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-6c08e7a2-2b66-473a-bce3-4111ff2767ec" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'judicial power', 'Open/Close');" > judicial power </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the power to interpret or apply the law in particular cases; one of the three powers under the Constitution, the others being the legislative power and the executive power</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="L"></a>L</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-089d5051-8bae-413d-8a4f-3d9a4fbeda9d" class="089d5051-8bae-413d-8a4f-3d9a4fbeda9d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-089d5051-8bae-413d-8a4f-3d9a4fbeda9d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Labor Party (see Australian Labor Party)', 'Open/Close');" > Labor Party (see Australian Labor Party) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-4ad86da2-b945-4d63-8010-9690c9fdf222" class="4ad86da2-b945-4d63-8010-9690c9fdf222"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-4ad86da2-b945-4d63-8010-9690c9fdf222" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Leader of the Government in the Senate', 'Open/Close');" > Leader of the Government in the Senate </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the leader in the Senate of the party or coalition which has formed the ministry </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-b7abc4b8-a96c-43df-ad59-daa15a773249" class="b7abc4b8-a96c-43df-ad59-daa15a773249"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-b7abc4b8-a96c-43df-ad59-daa15a773249" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Leader of the House', 'Open/Close');" > Leader of the House </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the minister who arranges and manages government business in the House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a805e2bd-3911-4504-8a04-b643226af5cc" class="a805e2bd-3911-4504-8a04-b643226af5cc"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a805e2bd-3911-4504-8a04-b643226af5cc" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Leader of the Opposition', 'Open/Close');" > Leader of the Opposition </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the leader of the party or coalition of parties which is the next largest after the government party in the House of Representatives, and which is made up of members who do not support the government</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ae4e3b0a-dc4d-41c0-abd2-193c22cef038" class="ae4e3b0a-dc4d-41c0-abd2-193c22cef038"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ae4e3b0a-dc4d-41c0-abd2-193c22cef038" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Leader of the Opposition in the Senate', 'Open/Close');" > Leader of the Opposition in the Senate </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the leader of the party which is the next largest after the government party in the Senate, and which is made up of Senators who do not support the government</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-061623f7-643b-4c82-8476-aeaba5a0efdf" class="061623f7-643b-4c82-8476-aeaba5a0efdf"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-061623f7-643b-4c82-8476-aeaba5a0efdf" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'leave (of the Senate or the House of Representatives)', 'Open/Close');" > leave (of the Senate or the House of Representatives) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the permission of all members present in the chamber at the time to do something which otherwise could not be done at that time or in that way</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-206f17df-29d0-4941-a5d0-748e4175faf2" class="206f17df-29d0-4941-a5d0-748e4175faf2"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-206f17df-29d0-4941-a5d0-748e4175faf2" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'legislation committee', 'Open/Close');" > legislation committee </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a standing committee of the Senate which inquires into bills, estimates, annual reports and performances of government agencies</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e6114275-1093-4486-8219-9f1082f2fba7" class="e6114275-1093-4486-8219-9f1082f2fba7"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e6114275-1093-4486-8219-9f1082f2fba7" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'legislative and general purpose standing committees', 'Open/Close');" > legislative and general purpose standing committees </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>parliamentary committees of the Senate which cover all areas of government activity, and to which matters are referred by the Senate for investigation</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-66f88b86-df37-43b2-9657-a08f90747854" class="66f88b86-df37-43b2-9657-a08f90747854"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-66f88b86-df37-43b2-9657-a08f90747854" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Legislative Assembly', 'Open/Close');" > Legislative Assembly </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the lower house of Parliament in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia and the sole house of Parliament in Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-692be424-007e-45a6-ba83-98660675fa4c" class="692be424-007e-45a6-ba83-98660675fa4c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-692be424-007e-45a6-ba83-98660675fa4c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Legislative Council', 'Open/Close');" > Legislative Council </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the upper house of Parliament in all Australian states except Queensland</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-72e0872e-299c-4826-8a7e-455111ac3b45" class="72e0872e-299c-4826-8a7e-455111ac3b45"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-72e0872e-299c-4826-8a7e-455111ac3b45" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'legislative power', 'Open/Close');" > legislative power </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the power to make and change laws; one of three powers under the Constitution, the others being the judicial power and the executive power</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-35acbd10-6cc1-4f94-b96a-b77ce372ea60" class="35acbd10-6cc1-4f94-b96a-b77ce372ea60"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-35acbd10-6cc1-4f94-b96a-b77ce372ea60" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'legislative process', 'Open/Close');" > legislative process </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the series of actions which result in a law being made</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-b75905d5-c220-4ef3-9cb4-131197a95977" class="b75905d5-c220-4ef3-9cb4-131197a95977"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-b75905d5-c220-4ef3-9cb4-131197a95977" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Liberal Party of Australia (L.P.)', 'Open/Close');" > Liberal Party of Australia (L.P.) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a party founded in 1944 by Sir Robert Menzies and others, which developed from the Liberal Party of 1909, the Nationalist Party of 1917 and the United Australia Party of 1931</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-46c04f0e-f28a-4d12-a497-c359fb7cc663" class="46c04f0e-f28a-4d12-a497-c359fb7cc663"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-46c04f0e-f28a-4d12-a497-c359fb7cc663" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'life (of a Parliament)', 'Open/Close');" > life (of a Parliament) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the period of time from the first meeting of a House of Representatives to the dissolution (breaking up) or expiry of the House</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-47746548-aa0a-48a0-9848-8073418a6fb0" class="47746548-aa0a-48a0-9848-8073418a6fb0"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-47746548-aa0a-48a0-9848-8073418a6fb0" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Loan Council (see Australian Loan Council)', 'Open/Close');" > Loan Council (see Australian Loan Council) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-11dd3b44-55f0-4a57-8f27-51def7510ee5" class="11dd3b44-55f0-4a57-8f27-51def7510ee5"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-11dd3b44-55f0-4a57-8f27-51def7510ee5" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'long title (or title of a bill)', 'Open/Close');" > long title (or title of a bill) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the full title of a bill which sets out briefly the purpose or scope of the bill (and see short title)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-afbb2fa8-2685-4e2e-9a22-776bde3315a0" class="afbb2fa8-2685-4e2e-9a22-776bde3315a0"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-afbb2fa8-2685-4e2e-9a22-776bde3315a0" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'lower house', 'Open/Close');" > lower house </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a house of a two-chamber Parliament, usually having more members than the upper house, and whose members usually represent electorates with similar numbers of voters; the House of Representatives is the lower house in the Australian Federal Parliament</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="M"></a>M</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e20624e3-8261-47dc-99a8-1674423c9592" class="e20624e3-8261-47dc-99a8-1674423c9592"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e20624e3-8261-47dc-99a8-1674423c9592" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'M.P. (see Member of Parliament)', 'Open/Close');" > M.P. (see Member of Parliament) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a1abaa53-e654-485e-b066-a49694f14252" class="a1abaa53-e654-485e-b066-a49694f14252"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a1abaa53-e654-485e-b066-a49694f14252" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Mace', 'Open/Close');" > Mace </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>once a weapon of war shaped like a club, and the symbol of royal authority, but now the symbol of authority of a lower house of Parliament and its Speaker</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-6ad81ec0-71ed-441c-be55-153924cd8e7a" class="6ad81ec0-71ed-441c-be55-153924cd8e7a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-6ad81ec0-71ed-441c-be55-153924cd8e7a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'maiden speech (see first speech)', 'Open/Close');" > maiden speech (see first speech) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-436d8fcf-5a96-4cf7-b98c-fdb948ee0a95" class="436d8fcf-5a96-4cf7-b98c-fdb948ee0a95"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-436d8fcf-5a96-4cf7-b98c-fdb948ee0a95" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Manager of Government Business in the Senate', 'Open/Close');" > Manager of Government Business in the Senate </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the government Senator who arranges and manages government business in the Senate on behalf of the Leader of the Government in the Senate</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-6896d2ad-7a7c-493c-85f2-2897007736f8" class="6896d2ad-7a7c-493c-85f2-2897007736f8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-6896d2ad-7a7c-493c-85f2-2897007736f8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Manager of Opposition Business', 'Open/Close');" > Manager of Opposition Business </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the opposition member who represents the interests of the opposition in negotiations with the government concerning the business of the House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-3bbf18aa-d62d-4082-a6f7-1217195ad214" class="3bbf18aa-d62d-4082-a6f7-1217195ad214"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-3bbf18aa-d62d-4082-a6f7-1217195ad214" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'matter of public importance', 'Open/Close');" > matter of public importance </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a subject for discussion which is suggested to a house by a Senator or Member, and which must be supported by a certain number of other Senators or Members before discussion proceeds</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-f08f9954-4b50-469d-aea2-861bbfec7f04" class="f08f9954-4b50-469d-aea2-861bbfec7f04"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-f08f9954-4b50-469d-aea2-861bbfec7f04" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Member of Parliament', 'Open/Close');" > Member of Parliament </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member of a house of Parliament, usually used to describe a member of a lower house and, in Australia, referring to Members of the House of Representatives, who may use the initials M.P. after their names</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c6c4bbf1-fc47-4844-b71c-491016d80b3d" class="c6c4bbf1-fc47-4844-b71c-491016d80b3d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c6c4bbf1-fc47-4844-b71c-491016d80b3d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'message', 'Open/Close');" > message </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the most common form of official communication between the houses</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0a1d7887-13a3-409e-a735-f2288dca58b5" class="0a1d7887-13a3-409e-a735-f2288dca58b5"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0a1d7887-13a3-409e-a735-f2288dca58b5" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'minister (or minister of state)', 'Open/Close');" > minister (or minister of state) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member of Parliament who is a member of the executive government, and who is usually in charge of a government department</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e69ba493-c733-4886-9dfd-a48673233fc8" class="e69ba493-c733-4886-9dfd-a48673233fc8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e69ba493-c733-4886-9dfd-a48673233fc8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'ministerial accountability', 'Open/Close');" > ministerial accountability </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the requirement that a minister can be called upon to explain in Parliament his or her actions and those of the department and agencies under his or her control</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-8baa5cba-9113-4670-b945-cb67324462f4" class="8baa5cba-9113-4670-b945-cb67324462f4"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-8baa5cba-9113-4670-b945-cb67324462f4" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'ministerial responsibility (sometimes used in the same sense as ministerial accountability)', 'Open/Close');" > ministerial responsibility (sometimes used in the same sense as ministerial accountability) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>responsibility to the Parliament for actions taken by a minister or on that ministers behalf; the doctrine that the ministers in a government, individually and collectively, depend for their continuance in office on maintaining the support of a majority of the House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-485ce8b2-52d0-463f-bbc4-78d879eee2fb" class="485ce8b2-52d0-463f-bbc4-78d879eee2fb"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-485ce8b2-52d0-463f-bbc4-78d879eee2fb" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'ministerial statement', 'Open/Close');" > ministerial statement </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a statement made by a minister to a house of Parliament, often used to announce the governments policies and decisions</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c21413c8-55c5-4b92-9e19-4091aaa78bdf" class="c21413c8-55c5-4b92-9e19-4091aaa78bdf"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c21413c8-55c5-4b92-9e19-4091aaa78bdf" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'ministry', 'Open/Close');" > ministry </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>members from both houses of Parliament chosen from the party or coalition of parties with a majority in the lower house to administer the country, who are formally appointed by the Governor-General as his or her ministers of state and together with the Governor-General form the executive government</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0d7bbb9d-24b3-489a-a190-c127273ee467" class="0d7bbb9d-24b3-489a-a190-c127273ee467"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0d7bbb9d-24b3-489a-a190-c127273ee467" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'minority government', 'Open/Close');" > minority government </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a government formed by a party or coalition of parties which does not have a majority in the House of Representatives in its own right</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-3e7fe86b-5d37-4f5e-9866-4dc1092b712a" class="3e7fe86b-5d37-4f5e-9866-4dc1092b712a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-3e7fe86b-5d37-4f5e-9866-4dc1092b712a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'money bill', 'Open/Close');" > money bill </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a bill setting a tax or proposing the spending of money for a particular purpose</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-68020a80-deb6-442b-92b4-d10241a7dddb" class="68020a80-deb6-442b-92b4-d10241a7dddb"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-68020a80-deb6-442b-92b4-d10241a7dddb" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'motion', 'Open/Close');" > motion </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a proposal for action put forward in the Senate or the House of Representatives, for consideration, debate and decision </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-09793682-7735-47cb-a014-ac3537231f02" class="09793682-7735-47cb-a014-ac3537231f02"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-09793682-7735-47cb-a014-ac3537231f02" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'move (a motion)', 'Open/Close');" > move (a motion) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to make a formal proposal </p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="N"></a>N</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-1cabdba5-7e1f-4dec-82d7-f3d6e9d6466f" class="1cabdba5-7e1f-4dec-82d7-f3d6e9d6466f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-1cabdba5-7e1f-4dec-82d7-f3d6e9d6466f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'name (a member)', 'Open/Close');" > name (a member) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to formally identify a member for disorderly behaviour during a sitting of a house, by which action a presiding officer sets in train disciplinary proceedings which may result in the suspension of the member from the house</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-1a286ba2-1726-4e1e-bd42-608d1398ed8e" class="1a286ba2-1726-4e1e-bd42-608d1398ed8e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-1a286ba2-1726-4e1e-bd42-608d1398ed8e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'National Party of Australia (N.P.)', 'Open/Close');" > National Party of Australia (N.P.) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a party formed in 1920 as the Australian Country Party, later called the National Country Party, and then the National Party of Australia</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0f3cd3a2-ddda-44f7-afce-2b6b00f64dc7" class="0f3cd3a2-ddda-44f7-afce-2b6b00f64dc7"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0f3cd3a2-ddda-44f7-afce-2b6b00f64dc7" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'nexus', 'Open/Close');" > nexus </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a provision of the Constitution which requires that the number of Members of the House of Representatives be, as nearly as practicable, twice the number of Senators</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-db8cfaa3-95ec-4ab7-bcb4-dff7e2598adc" class="db8cfaa3-95ec-4ab7-bcb4-dff7e2598adc"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-db8cfaa3-95ec-4ab7-bcb4-dff7e2598adc" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'no confidence (motion or vote of)', 'Open/Close');" > no confidence (motion or vote of) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a means by which a house expresses dissatisfaction with the performance of a government or a minister; a successful no confidence motion in the House of Representatives may lead to the resignation of the government or minister</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-abe802f2-5d97-43c2-aabe-708d43b215de" class="abe802f2-5d97-43c2-aabe-708d43b215de"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-abe802f2-5d97-43c2-aabe-708d43b215de" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'noes', 'Open/Close');" > noes </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the collective vote of members in a house of Parliament who oppose a proposal by voting no</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c3402a95-47a6-491c-915b-5a839535657c" class="c3402a95-47a6-491c-915b-5a839535657c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c3402a95-47a6-491c-915b-5a839535657c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'notice of intention to present a bill', 'Open/Close');" > notice of intention to present a bill </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an announcement of intention to introduce a bill at a future sitting; notices are listed on the Notice Paper</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-2460af6c-aaf0-49cc-80fd-0c35a381550e" class="2460af6c-aaf0-49cc-80fd-0c35a381550e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-2460af6c-aaf0-49cc-80fd-0c35a381550e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'notice of motion', 'Open/Close');" > notice of motion </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an announcement of intention to put forward a motion for consideration, nearly always for a later day </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-3ac711fa-314c-4833-8f91-ea4db856e1b1" class="3ac711fa-314c-4833-8f91-ea4db856e1b1"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-3ac711fa-314c-4833-8f91-ea4db856e1b1" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'notice of question (see question)', 'Open/Close');" > notice of question (see question) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5b8d40a4-f53b-49c0-850a-86fc96ca6e6c" class="5b8d40a4-f53b-49c0-850a-86fc96ca6e6c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5b8d40a4-f53b-49c0-850a-86fc96ca6e6c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Notice Paper', 'Open/Close');" > Notice Paper </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the document issued each sitting day which lists all outstanding business before a house of Parliament (including orders of the day, notices of motion, notices of intention to present bills as well as questions on notice)</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="O"></a>O</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-bb9abf64-7cf8-45a6-87e9-a61b30b7cbb7" class="bb9abf64-7cf8-45a6-87e9-a61b30b7cbb7"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-bb9abf64-7cf8-45a6-87e9-a61b30b7cbb7" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'oath or affirmation of allegiance', 'Open/Close');" > oath or affirmation of allegiance </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a declaration of loyalty to the Queen which the Constitution requires each member of Parliament to make before taking a seat in Parliament </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-67ebd3da-bec1-49cc-ac2c-3df5bf399ece" class="67ebd3da-bec1-49cc-ac2c-3df5bf399ece"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-67ebd3da-bec1-49cc-ac2c-3df5bf399ece" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Odgers Australian Senate Practice', 'Open/Close');" > Odgers Australian Senate Practice </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the main reference book on the law, practice and procedure of the Senate</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ee41292d-62e7-4074-88b0-57e5ac79ac5b" class="ee41292d-62e7-4074-88b0-57e5ac79ac5b"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ee41292d-62e7-4074-88b0-57e5ac79ac5b" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Office of Parliamentary Counsel', 'Open/Close');" > Office of Parliamentary Counsel </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an office of legal officers who draft or prepare proposals for new laws</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-f58ed4a9-a042-482d-a978-0b31e2de441d" class="f58ed4a9-a042-482d-a978-0b31e2de441d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-f58ed4a9-a042-482d-a978-0b31e2de441d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'office-holder (of the Parliament)', 'Open/Close');" > office-holder (of the Parliament) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member of Parliament who holds an official position in the Parliament, such as the President or the Speaker</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-6a36e058-83f5-42c8-abf5-cf09ced0e9c8" class="6a36e058-83f5-42c8-abf5-cf09ced0e9c8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-6a36e058-83f5-42c8-abf5-cf09ced0e9c8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'officer (of the Parliament)', 'Open/Close');" > officer (of the Parliament) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a permanent career official or employee of one of the parliamentary departments which provide support services for the federal Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-fdfef6f3-a1d5-4a27-8909-61851d0b0499" class="fdfef6f3-a1d5-4a27-8909-61851d0b0499"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-fdfef6f3-a1d5-4a27-8909-61851d0b0499" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Ombudsman', 'Open/Close');" > Ombudsman </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an official whose job is to look into peoples complaints against the government or public servants</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c18e20c4-dcee-473a-9864-097169ed77ee" class="c18e20c4-dcee-473a-9864-097169ed77ee"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c18e20c4-dcee-473a-9864-097169ed77ee" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'open government (and see freedom of information)', 'Open/Close');" > open government (and see freedom of information) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a principle of government under which citizens are given maximum opportunity to know about government decisions and the reasons for those decisions, and where citizens have a right to see most government papers and reports</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-589f280d-818b-4100-ace5-444b37c6a41f" class="589f280d-818b-4100-ace5-444b37c6a41f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-589f280d-818b-4100-ace5-444b37c6a41f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'opening speech (at the opening of Parliament)', 'Open/Close');" > opening speech (at the opening of Parliament) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a speech by the Queen, or her representative, the Governor-General, in which the reasons for the calling together of Parliament are given, the affairs of the country are reviewed and the governments plans for new laws are outlined</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-1e2c38d8-f01d-4f41-97e2-00522208a325" class="1e2c38d8-f01d-4f41-97e2-00522208a325"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-1e2c38d8-f01d-4f41-97e2-00522208a325" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'opposition', 'Open/Close');" > opposition </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the second largest political party or coalition of parties after the government party in the House of Representatives which works to oppose what it believes to be wrong in government policies or actions, and which stands ready to form a government should the voters so decide at the next or a subsequent election</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-90735fed-e691-4cf0-86a6-0321720c38ef" class="90735fed-e691-4cf0-86a6-0321720c38ef"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-90735fed-e691-4cf0-86a6-0321720c38ef" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'opposition backbencher', 'Open/Close');" > opposition backbencher </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member of Parliament who belongs to the opposition party or parties, but who is not a shadow minister</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-f7184819-6144-426e-81d9-ed608524971e" class="f7184819-6144-426e-81d9-ed608524971e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-f7184819-6144-426e-81d9-ed608524971e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'order', 'Open/Close');" > order </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p> 1. correct or proper actions or conduct in meetings of a house or committee<br/> 2. a decision of the Senate or the House of Representatives by which the houses direct their committees, members, officers and their own actions </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-f3dc3976-0acd-4b92-9a60-96d992471527" class="f3dc3976-0acd-4b92-9a60-96d992471527"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-f3dc3976-0acd-4b92-9a60-96d992471527" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'order of production of documents', 'Open/Close');" > order of production of documents </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an order of a house of Parliament requiring that specified documents be laid on the table (ie presented to the house)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c2303c6f-0545-4c1e-8e3a-621006d4e506" class="c2303c6f-0545-4c1e-8e3a-621006d4e506"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c2303c6f-0545-4c1e-8e3a-621006d4e506" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Order of Business', 'Open/Close');" > Order of Business </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p> 1. a program or agenda which shows the items of business which the Senate is expected to deal with on a particular day, known as the Senate Red<br/> 2. the sequence of business </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a26ccbb3-db4a-4f56-bdcd-895f546ec74a" class="a26ccbb3-db4a-4f56-bdcd-895f546ec74a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a26ccbb3-db4a-4f56-bdcd-895f546ec74a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'order of the day', 'Open/Close');" > order of the day </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an item of business which the Senate or the House of Representatives has ordered to be set down for discussion on a particular day, usually the next day of sitting</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-6eb6ffa1-ca02-48fe-b0ad-f84818657489" class="6eb6ffa1-ca02-48fe-b0ad-f84818657489"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-6eb6ffa1-ca02-48fe-b0ad-f84818657489" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'ordinary annual services of government', 'Open/Close');" > ordinary annual services of government </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>those services which are necessary for the continuing and settled operation of government; under the Constitution the Senate cannot amend bills which appropriate revenue for such services, which include matters agreed in the Compact of 1965</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9783295d-93bd-4d5c-96d9-f3860799769c" class="9783295d-93bd-4d5c-96d9-f3860799769c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9783295d-93bd-4d5c-96d9-f3860799769c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'other place (see another place)', 'Open/Close');" > other place (see another place) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a0d7914c-b9aa-41a5-a4cc-ec51c7fd238a" class="a0d7914c-b9aa-41a5-a4cc-ec51c7fd238a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a0d7914c-b9aa-41a5-a4cc-ec51c7fd238a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'out of order', 'Open/Close');" > out of order </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>not in accordance with recognised parliamentary rules</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="P"></a>P</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c6744847-5041-4973-8ef8-e5daa815bb6e" class="c6744847-5041-4973-8ef8-e5daa815bb6e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c6744847-5041-4973-8ef8-e5daa815bb6e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'pair', 'Open/Close');" > pair </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an arrangement between parties whereby two members from opposing sides of a house do not vote on a particular occasion, so that one or both can be absent without affecting the result of the vote</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0cd196e1-aa77-4c57-8b15-a3e04b0e6b2f" class="0cd196e1-aa77-4c57-8b15-a3e04b0e6b2f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0cd196e1-aa77-4c57-8b15-a3e04b0e6b2f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'paper', 'Open/Close');" > paper </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p> 1. a report or document presented to a house of Parliament<br/> 2. parliamentary paper: a paper which has been presented to Parliament and published in the Parliamentary Papers series </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5f944fc2-1252-4674-b61c-ce09c7c6df1a" class="5f944fc2-1252-4674-b61c-ce09c7c6df1a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5f944fc2-1252-4674-b61c-ce09c7c6df1a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Parliament', 'Open/Close');" > Parliament </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>in Australia, an assembly of elected representatives, usually having an upper and a lower house which, with the head of state (the Queen, represented by the Governor-General or Governor), makes the laws for the country or state</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-2b320675-897c-426e-9ba6-249fe9f67f0e" class="2b320675-897c-426e-9ba6-249fe9f67f0e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-2b320675-897c-426e-9ba6-249fe9f67f0e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Parliament House', 'Open/Close');" > Parliament House </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the building where the two houses of Parliament meet, on Capital Hill in the Australian Capital Territory </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-85d1259d-9346-4778-b8df-8a5f477ab8e1" class="85d1259d-9346-4778-b8df-8a5f477ab8e1"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-85d1259d-9346-4778-b8df-8a5f477ab8e1" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'parliamentary committee', 'Open/Close');" > parliamentary committee </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a small group of members of Parliament, usually drawn from all parties in one or both of the houses, which examines, reports on, and makes recommendations about a particular subject</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-19a7503b-6e72-46c7-9257-0d321b89005a" class="19a7503b-6e72-46c7-9257-0d321b89005a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-19a7503b-6e72-46c7-9257-0d321b89005a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Parliamentary Counsel (see Office of Parliamentary Counsel)', 'Open/Close');" > Parliamentary Counsel (see Office of Parliamentary Counsel) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-64652bce-1c11-44ec-9409-ac6e6f24c4e9" class="64652bce-1c11-44ec-9409-ac6e6f24c4e9"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-64652bce-1c11-44ec-9409-ac6e6f24c4e9" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'parliamentary democracy', 'Open/Close');" > parliamentary democracy </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a system of government in which power is vested in the people, who exercise their power through elected representatives in Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e6075587-818c-4c4b-8171-e3fa604ad518" class="e6075587-818c-4c4b-8171-e3fa604ad518"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e6075587-818c-4c4b-8171-e3fa604ad518" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'parliamentary departments', 'Open/Close');" > parliamentary departments </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the three departments which service the commonwealth Parliament, namely the departments of the Senate and the House of Representatives (chamber departments) and the Department of Parliamentary Services</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9a3351c3-7777-45d5-8a25-916e21dd5fd2" class="9a3351c3-7777-45d5-8a25-916e21dd5fd2"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9a3351c3-7777-45d5-8a25-916e21dd5fd2" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'parliamentary government', 'Open/Close');" > parliamentary government </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a system of government in which the executive government is answerable to the Parliament, in which the government is formed from members of the Parliament, and in which the Parliament is supreme</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-576618d1-bd27-431f-a2d5-f83fdbfd80f8" class="576618d1-bd27-431f-a2d5-f83fdbfd80f8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-576618d1-bd27-431f-a2d5-f83fdbfd80f8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'parliamentary precincts (and see parliamentary zone)', 'Open/Close');" > parliamentary precincts (and see parliamentary zone) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the area in Canberra enclosed by Capital Circle, in which Parliament House is situated and over which the Parliament has certain regulatory powers</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-db9bedbf-b439-4057-b8d6-da01a8279860" class="db9bedbf-b439-4057-b8d6-da01a8279860"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-db9bedbf-b439-4057-b8d6-da01a8279860" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'parliamentary procedure', 'Open/Close');" > parliamentary procedure </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>rules for and methods of carrying out the business of a house of Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-582c30c3-bfd9-4c1a-8397-3831f468ef3e" class="582c30c3-bfd9-4c1a-8397-3831f468ef3e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-582c30c3-bfd9-4c1a-8397-3831f468ef3e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'parliamentary secretary', 'Open/Close');" > parliamentary secretary </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member with similar status to a minister who assists a minister in performing his or her executive functions</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-850fb932-f9fc-4a40-b5b9-a2a195f909e3" class="850fb932-f9fc-4a40-b5b9-a2a195f909e3"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-850fb932-f9fc-4a40-b5b9-a2a195f909e3" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'parliamentary zone (also called parliamentary triangle)', 'Open/Close');" > parliamentary zone (also called parliamentary triangle) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>(also called parliamentary triangle)<br/>the area in Canberra enclosed by Commonwealth Avenue, the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, Kings Avenue and State Circle, in which the Parliament and other public buildings are situated and over which the Parliament has certain regulatory powers; the parliamentary precincts are contained within the parliamentary zone</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a31e0c1a-88c1-49cf-8fe8-3294639dd8d5" class="a31e0c1a-88c1-49cf-8fe8-3294639dd8d5"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a31e0c1a-88c1-49cf-8fe8-3294639dd8d5" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'party (see political party)', 'Open/Close');" > party (see political party) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ecfbbffb-7ccc-4b63-a82a-7902b5a653f1" class="ecfbbffb-7ccc-4b63-a82a-7902b5a653f1"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ecfbbffb-7ccc-4b63-a82a-7902b5a653f1" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'party committee', 'Open/Close');" > party committee </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a group of members of Parliament from the same political party who look at a particular area of government or opposition policy, and assist their party to make decisions on laws and other matters connected with that area of policy</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c6d7fa0c-8bae-46a8-87d2-90c37794e151" class="c6d7fa0c-8bae-46a8-87d2-90c37794e151"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c6d7fa0c-8bae-46a8-87d2-90c37794e151" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'party discipline', 'Open/Close');" > party discipline </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the control used by a political party to encourage its members in Parliament to vote together</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0646978a-949b-47e5-ae7d-73d87d549bf3" class="0646978a-949b-47e5-ae7d-73d87d549bf3"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0646978a-949b-47e5-ae7d-73d87d549bf3" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'party room', 'Open/Close');" > party room </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a room where the parliamentary members of a political party hold meetings</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5dbe0c3f-04ae-4f28-8005-229c97fbd49e" class="5dbe0c3f-04ae-4f28-8005-229c97fbd49e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5dbe0c3f-04ae-4f28-8005-229c97fbd49e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'party-political', 'Open/Close');" > party-political </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>having to do with the affairs or interests of a political party, sometimes to the benefit of a party ahead of the benefit of the public</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9ff7032c-0908-4752-ad68-7b317512d2aa" class="9ff7032c-0908-4752-ad68-7b317512d2aa"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9ff7032c-0908-4752-ad68-7b317512d2aa" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'personal explanation', 'Open/Close');" > personal explanation </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a short statement made in Parliament by a Senator or Member concerning a matter with which he or she is personally connected, or by a Senator or Member who feels he or she has been misrepresented and who wishes to state the correct facts or situation</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-1eca024d-a5c5-432c-89af-a73b8b6901c6" class="1eca024d-a5c5-432c-89af-a73b8b6901c6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-1eca024d-a5c5-432c-89af-a73b8b6901c6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'petition', 'Open/Close');" > petition </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a document presented to a house of Parliament by a person or group of people asking for action on a matter</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0a4a625f-0186-4424-982b-6c1c0423f0e8" class="0a4a625f-0186-4424-982b-6c1c0423f0e8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0a4a625f-0186-4424-982b-6c1c0423f0e8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'point of order', 'Open/Close');" > point of order </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a question to the Chair as to whether proceedings in a meeting are in accord with the rules or in the correct form</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9050bccf-f869-4ed8-91ef-eda0de249809" class="9050bccf-f869-4ed8-91ef-eda0de249809"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9050bccf-f869-4ed8-91ef-eda0de249809" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'political party', 'Open/Close');" > political party </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an organisation which exists to achieve particular public policy objectives by having members elected to Parliament<br/><br/> <b>minor party</b>: a recognised non-Government party of at least 5 members see PARLIAMENTARY ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1990<br/> - SECT 3 </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9bab7694-a69c-41c5-822b-109e4c3e4be1" class="9bab7694-a69c-41c5-822b-109e4c3e4be1"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9bab7694-a69c-41c5-822b-109e4c3e4be1" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'portfolio', 'Open/Close');" > portfolio </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the area of responsibility or duties of a minister in a government</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-13dfe4dd-0403-4b9c-8f5b-856e378f2217" class="13dfe4dd-0403-4b9c-8f5b-856e378f2217"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-13dfe4dd-0403-4b9c-8f5b-856e378f2217" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'powers (under the Constitution)', 'Open/Close');" > powers (under the Constitution) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the three types of authority legislative, executive and judicial provided under the Australian Constitution; the legislative powers of the federal Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9724e17e-76a9-4289-9ef2-6d94c894777a" class="9724e17e-76a9-4289-9ef2-6d94c894777a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9724e17e-76a9-4289-9ef2-6d94c894777a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'prayer (of a petition)', 'Open/Close');" > prayer (of a petition) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a request at the end of a petition, usually that a certain course of action be taken or not taken</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5c5d886c-1a26-4a17-8801-021a4dd56d5d" class="5c5d886c-1a26-4a17-8801-021a4dd56d5d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5c5d886c-1a26-4a17-8801-021a4dd56d5d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'preferential voting', 'Open/Close');" > preferential voting </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a system of voting in which a voter shows an order of preference for candidates; if no candidate receives more than half of first preference votes (or in the case of voting for the Senate, candidates have not achieved a pre-determined quota), the next preferences of voters for the least successful candidates are distributed until candidate or candidates are elected</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-1bbc4607-2e08-476d-a8d0-22d4cb7cfc03" class="1bbc4607-2e08-476d-a8d0-22d4cb7cfc03"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-1bbc4607-2e08-476d-a8d0-22d4cb7cfc03" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'President (of the Senate)', 'Open/Close');" > President (of the Senate) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the Senator who is elected by the Senate as its presiding officer</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-1fd4a012-7091-4232-a0f0-e70c87d2d3b2" class="1fd4a012-7091-4232-a0f0-e70c87d2d3b2"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-1fd4a012-7091-4232-a0f0-e70c87d2d3b2" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'presiding officer (of the Parliament)', 'Open/Close');" > presiding officer (of the Parliament) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member of Parliament elected to preside over, or be in charge of, the business, proceedings and administration of a house of Parliament; in the Senate the President, and in the House of Representatives, the Speaker</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a79547cc-1eeb-4e3e-90cd-083138667fa3" class="a79547cc-1eeb-4e3e-90cd-083138667fa3"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a79547cc-1eeb-4e3e-90cd-083138667fa3" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'press gallery', 'Open/Close');" > press gallery </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p> 1. the area in each chamber set aside for seating for members of the press reporting on Parliament<br/> 2. the offices of the press and electronic media working from Parliament House<br/> 3. journalists working from Parliament house who report on the Parliament </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9c75e4d7-ccfc-4051-93c0-76e9b9b78f78" class="9c75e4d7-ccfc-4051-93c0-76e9b9b78f78"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9c75e4d7-ccfc-4051-93c0-76e9b9b78f78" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Prime Minister', 'Open/Close');" > Prime Minister </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the head of the national government, the chief minister in some countries, including Australia</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-8593208b-4bd1-4362-89d0-5955400b7e4e" class="8593208b-4bd1-4362-89d0-5955400b7e4e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-8593208b-4bd1-4362-89d0-5955400b7e4e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'private member', 'Open/Close');" > private member </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member of Parliament who is not a minister</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-8ab03930-88b0-4325-9a70-3f63eeed8fbc" class="8ab03930-88b0-4325-9a70-3f63eeed8fbc"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-8ab03930-88b0-4325-9a70-3f63eeed8fbc" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'private Members business', 'Open/Close');" > private Members business </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>business before the House of Representatives which is proposed by Members who are not ministers, as opposed to government business</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ddaa2d1d-85cc-4ddc-8538-a02dcbbd7b64" class="ddaa2d1d-85cc-4ddc-8538-a02dcbbd7b64"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ddaa2d1d-85cc-4ddc-8538-a02dcbbd7b64" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'privilege, parliamentary', 'Open/Close');" > privilege, parliamentary </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the immunity of the houses of Parliament and their powers to protect the integrity of their processes</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-66ae5122-e06c-4d1b-a4e4-2a3aa3c68624" class="66ae5122-e06c-4d1b-a4e4-2a3aa3c68624"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-66ae5122-e06c-4d1b-a4e4-2a3aa3c68624" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'procedure (see parliamentary procedure)', 'Open/Close');" > procedure (see parliamentary procedure) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-7b35ae39-6c55-4fca-8d74-bc74d56f3d5e" class="7b35ae39-6c55-4fca-8d74-bc74d56f3d5e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-7b35ae39-6c55-4fca-8d74-bc74d56f3d5e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'proceedings (of a House of Parliament)', 'Open/Close');" > proceedings (of a House of Parliament) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the formal actions and decisions of a house of Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-058782cf-ae3b-4cda-b48f-2a44359396f6" class="058782cf-ae3b-4cda-b48f-2a44359396f6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-058782cf-ae3b-4cda-b48f-2a44359396f6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'proclamation', 'Open/Close');" > proclamation </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an official public announcement, usually published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0de3f77d-1289-458a-9285-15c974a36df9" class="0de3f77d-1289-458a-9285-15c974a36df9"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0de3f77d-1289-458a-9285-15c974a36df9" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'proportional representation', 'Open/Close');" > proportional representation </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a voting system, such as that used in elections for the Senate, when a number of candidates, who have received a pre-determined proportion rather than a majority of the vote after the distribution of preferences, are elected to represent the people of each state, voting as one electorate</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-129925b3-1ec0-4263-a72e-727cd827e868" class="129925b3-1ec0-4263-a72e-727cd827e868"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-129925b3-1ec0-4263-a72e-727cd827e868" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'prorogue (the Parliament)', 'Open/Close');" > prorogue (the Parliament) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to end a session of Parliament without dissolving either House and therefore without a subsequent election</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-184eecc2-fa16-436c-98e9-390a7d92d78b" class="184eecc2-fa16-436c-98e9-390a7d92d78b"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-184eecc2-fa16-436c-98e9-390a7d92d78b" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'put the question', 'Open/Close');" > put the question </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>ask for a decision on a motion or stage of a bill</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="Q"></a>Q</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-68cce1dd-ec21-4a99-953d-bbcf02e2fd72" class="68cce1dd-ec21-4a99-953d-bbcf02e2fd72"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-68cce1dd-ec21-4a99-953d-bbcf02e2fd72" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'question', 'Open/Close');" > question </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p> 1. a matter, such as a motion or stage of a bill, to be debated and voted on<br/> 2. a request for information of a minister, in the Senate or the House of Representatives. A question without notice is asked orally during Question Time, for immediate answer, and a question on notice is a written question asked of a minister which is answered in writing at some later time </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-55e05208-ef66-49a7-b378-505f4d11fd34" class="55e05208-ef66-49a7-b378-505f4d11fd34"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-55e05208-ef66-49a7-b378-505f4d11fd34" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Question Time', 'Open/Close');" > Question Time </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a daily period of time in each house of the Parliament in which ministers are asked questions without notice concerning their responsibilities by other members</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5456440e-09b7-4f14-bae7-bffa05237015" class="5456440e-09b7-4f14-bae7-bffa05237015"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5456440e-09b7-4f14-bae7-bffa05237015" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'quorum', 'Open/Close');" > quorum </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the minimum number of members, specified by law, who should be in the chamber before it transacts business (one quarter of all Senators; one fifth of all Members of the House of Representatives)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-dd078554-d2a8-49f3-93fb-781a8c3dd848" class="dd078554-d2a8-49f3-93fb-781a8c3dd848"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-dd078554-d2a8-49f3-93fb-781a8c3dd848" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'quorum call', 'Open/Close');" > quorum call </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the result of a member drawing the attention of the Chair to the absence of a quorum: the Chair causes the bells to be rung for a set period to enable an adequate number of members to assemble in the chamber</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e2f13148-1649-4f63-af11-e1e540ae86d7" class="e2f13148-1649-4f63-af11-e1e540ae86d7"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e2f13148-1649-4f63-af11-e1e540ae86d7" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'quota', 'Open/Close');" > quota </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p> 1. the number of votes a candidate must receive before they are elected to the Senate, which is calculated by dividing the total number of ballot papers by one more than the number of Senators to be elected and adding one to the result<br/> 2. a figure based on population which determines how many members a state or territory is entitled to have in the House of Representatives<br/> 3. a figure which provides an indication of the average number of voters who should be on a divisions electoral roll for the purpose of returning a Member to the House of Representatives </p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="R"></a>R</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-4a1e899e-0e0b-4d9d-84a1-849636c3385f" class="4a1e899e-0e0b-4d9d-84a1-849636c3385f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-4a1e899e-0e0b-4d9d-84a1-849636c3385f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'reading (of a bill)', 'Open/Close');" > reading (of a bill) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a formal stage in the passage of a bill through a house of Parliament; the first reading occurs when a bill is introduced, the second when it has been agreed to in principle and the third when it has been fully considered and any amendments agreed to; it is usual practice for the second reading of a bill to be moved immediately after the bill has been read a first time</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-875af1cc-8254-4183-aabd-2995d9c3b46b" class="875af1cc-8254-4183-aabd-2995d9c3b46b"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-875af1cc-8254-4183-aabd-2995d9c3b46b" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'recess', 'Open/Close');" > recess </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the period between sessions of Parliament, but in ordinary usage the word is often used to describe the periods between the main sitting periods each year, as in the winter recess </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-046ea11d-9386-42ca-b8a8-ac4f184f02a5" class="046ea11d-9386-42ca-b8a8-ac4f184f02a5"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-046ea11d-9386-42ca-b8a8-ac4f184f02a5" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'recommit (a bill)', 'Open/Close');" > recommit (a bill) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to send a bill back to a committee of the whole so that all or part of the bill can be looked at again</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c94a838e-1e53-4ccc-bdeb-a9a7eca65f87" class="c94a838e-1e53-4ccc-bdeb-a9a7eca65f87"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c94a838e-1e53-4ccc-bdeb-a9a7eca65f87" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'redistribution', 'Open/Close');" > redistribution </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a new arrangement of the electoral divisions in a state or territory with the result that the boundaries of some existing divisions are changed</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ad592a8c-0458-4ce1-9327-d7ab3cb293ef" class="ad592a8c-0458-4ce1-9327-d7ab3cb293ef"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ad592a8c-0458-4ce1-9327-d7ab3cb293ef" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'redistribution commissioners', 'Open/Close');" > redistribution commissioners </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>persons chosen by the Governor-General who periodically redistribute electoral boundaries to ensure each electoral division has roughly the same number of voters</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-61c0cdc0-b575-47aa-9285-58eaeb52f73a" class="61c0cdc0-b575-47aa-9285-58eaeb52f73a"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-61c0cdc0-b575-47aa-9285-58eaeb52f73a" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'reference', 'Open/Close');" > reference </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a matter that has been referred to a parliamentary committee for consideration and report; a subject being considered by a committee</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-f7a76785-e910-420e-aa24-b06d9179b11b" class="f7a76785-e910-420e-aa24-b06d9179b11b"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-f7a76785-e910-420e-aa24-b06d9179b11b" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'references committee', 'Open/Close');" > references committee </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a standing committee of the Senate which inquires into matters referred to it by the Senate</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c3c19225-5889-4d3b-aeae-1d3257208552" class="c3c19225-5889-4d3b-aeae-1d3257208552"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c3c19225-5889-4d3b-aeae-1d3257208552" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'referendum', 'Open/Close');" > referendum </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a vote by all voters on a question; in Australia, nearly always a public vote on a proposed law to alter the Constitution</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a30163d1-7660-43a1-b6cd-0b06a35256bd" class="a30163d1-7660-43a1-b6cd-0b06a35256bd"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a30163d1-7660-43a1-b6cd-0b06a35256bd" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'regulation', 'Open/Close');" > regulation </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a law made under the authority of an Act of Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-abf58f9d-5501-47ee-ac2b-7e09f3e6323e" class="abf58f9d-5501-47ee-ac2b-7e09f3e6323e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-abf58f9d-5501-47ee-ac2b-7e09f3e6323e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'report (from a committee of the whole)', 'Open/Close');" > report (from a committee of the whole) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a statement given orally to the President of the Senate by the Chairman of Committees on the results of the committee of the wholes consideration of a bill or other matter</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9106de07-64d7-44e9-a771-82e636b55fde" class="9106de07-64d7-44e9-a771-82e636b55fde"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9106de07-64d7-44e9-a771-82e636b55fde" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'report (of a parliamentary committee)', 'Open/Close');" > report (of a parliamentary committee) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a statement, usually in writing and containing recommendations, of the results of an inquiry by a parliamentary committee</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-30251cce-e5a7-4bd1-b7da-5f0b8febfc1b" class="30251cce-e5a7-4bd1-b7da-5f0b8febfc1b"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-30251cce-e5a7-4bd1-b7da-5f0b8febfc1b" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'request (for an amendment)', 'Open/Close');" > request (for an amendment) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the Senates act of asking the House of Representatives to make an amendment to certain financial bills which, under the Constitution, the Senate cannot amend itself</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-839ae824-cc34-431f-b99e-7783793d74c5" class="839ae824-cc34-431f-b99e-7783793d74c5"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-839ae824-cc34-431f-b99e-7783793d74c5" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'reserve powers', 'Open/Close');" > reserve powers </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>powers accorded to the Governor-General by convention which are not written into the Constitution and which may be exercised without ministerial advice </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ed14ea53-f3ca-41a8-86e9-169f68f214dd" class="ed14ea53-f3ca-41a8-86e9-169f68f214dd"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ed14ea53-f3ca-41a8-86e9-169f68f214dd" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'resolution', 'Open/Close');" > resolution </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a motion which has been agreed to by a house and expresses the will or opinion of that house</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-d80c8522-21f9-43dc-9e97-3755396b4198" class="d80c8522-21f9-43dc-9e97-3755396b4198"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-d80c8522-21f9-43dc-9e97-3755396b4198" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'responsible government', 'Open/Close');" > responsible government </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a system where the government is answerable to elected representatives of the people for its actions, especially a system where the ministry is drawn from within the Parliament from members of the party or parties which has the support of a majority of the lower house (in Australia the House of Representatives), and must maintain the confidence of a majority of that house </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c065db20-e41d-4ba0-8a9d-e31e4e7b140f" class="c065db20-e41d-4ba0-8a9d-e31e4e7b140f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c065db20-e41d-4ba0-8a9d-e31e4e7b140f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'return to order', 'Open/Close');" > return to order </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a document produced as a result of an order for the production of documents</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-d51133df-d983-420a-952d-f190d0e63027" class="d51133df-d983-420a-952d-f190d0e63027"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-d51133df-d983-420a-952d-f190d0e63027" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'revenue', 'Open/Close');" > revenue </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>incoming money; the money a government collects from taxes and other sources</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-7a3e6135-2cf1-41f7-8a3a-f383dc742765" class="7a3e6135-2cf1-41f7-8a3a-f383dc742765"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-7a3e6135-2cf1-41f7-8a3a-f383dc742765" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'right honourable', 'Open/Close');" > right honourable </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a title of members of Parliament and other persons who are members of the Privy Council, a body in the United Kingdom which advises the sovereign (Australian federal parliamentarians are no longer appointed to the Privy Council)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-86db1f46-ef2a-4632-b2a4-7c80c3670db2" class="86db1f46-ef2a-4632-b2a4-7c80c3670db2"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-86db1f46-ef2a-4632-b2a4-7c80c3670db2" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'rotation (of Senators)', 'Open/Close');" > rotation (of Senators) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the constitutional provision that one half of the places of Senators from the states become vacant each three years; as Senators have a term of six years, this ensures continuity in the membership of the Senate</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-2b081ed5-4d86-48e7-bae9-888337ef8335" class="2b081ed5-4d86-48e7-bae9-888337ef8335"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-2b081ed5-4d86-48e7-bae9-888337ef8335" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'royal assent', 'Open/Close');" > royal assent </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the signing of a bill by the Governor-General, which is the last step in making a bill into an Act of Parliament, or law</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-b0190961-4c7c-43cf-834f-d00a012af51b" class="b0190961-4c7c-43cf-834f-d00a012af51b"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-b0190961-4c7c-43cf-834f-d00a012af51b" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'royal commission', 'Open/Close');" > royal commission </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a body formed by a person or persons chosen by a government to inquire into and report on a matter of public concern</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-657af8d9-5e4b-4f59-abd3-19b1f56bb729" class="657af8d9-5e4b-4f59-abd3-19b1f56bb729"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-657af8d9-5e4b-4f59-abd3-19b1f56bb729" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'rule of law', 'Open/Close');" > rule of law </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the principle that all people are equal before the law, and that all government action will be undertaken in accordance with the law</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ace15eb4-6b70-455e-84f7-1ba1d85438e8" class="ace15eb4-6b70-455e-84f7-1ba1d85438e8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ace15eb4-6b70-455e-84f7-1ba1d85438e8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'ruling (of the President or Speaker)', 'Open/Close');" > ruling (of the President or Speaker) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a formal decision made by the President or Speaker, usually on a matter of procedure in the Senate or the House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="S"></a>S</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-3031539b-a195-41af-b77d-8d3b7f7f4118" class="3031539b-a195-41af-b77d-8d3b7f7f4118"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-3031539b-a195-41af-b77d-8d3b7f7f4118" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'schedule (to a bill or Act)', 'Open/Close');" > schedule (to a bill or Act) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a list at the end of a bill or Act which contains matters of detail</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-2aefc976-c51c-48a5-9216-9e8c2d58bec4" class="2aefc976-c51c-48a5-9216-9e8c2d58bec4"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-2aefc976-c51c-48a5-9216-9e8c2d58bec4" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'seat', 'Open/Close');" > seat </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a place for a member in a house of Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-3337ebcd-2711-467d-a520-703f67245dee" class="3337ebcd-2711-467d-a520-703f67245dee"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-3337ebcd-2711-467d-a520-703f67245dee" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'second chamber', 'Open/Close');" > second chamber </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a name which is sometimes used to refer to an upper house of Parliament, such as the Senate</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-fc3a8f6d-b313-49b7-b60e-dda76287d3df" class="fc3a8f6d-b313-49b7-b60e-dda76287d3df"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-fc3a8f6d-b313-49b7-b60e-dda76287d3df" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'second reading (of a bill)', 'Open/Close');" > second reading (of a bill) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the second stage of the passage of a bill through a house at which time discussion on the principle or purpose of the bill takes place</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-3fb77a28-d365-49a2-b63f-c33624867e99" class="3fb77a28-d365-49a2-b63f-c33624867e99"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-3fb77a28-d365-49a2-b63f-c33624867e99" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'secretary (of a parliamentary committee)', 'Open/Close');" > secretary (of a parliamentary committee) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a parliamentary officer who looks after the support arrangements for a parliamentary committee, including correspondence, record-keeping, research, and arrangements for meetings where witnesses give evidence, and who often prepares the first draft of a committees report</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-4aac0913-d2ca-4aaf-8e52-f78b1b853287" class="4aac0913-d2ca-4aaf-8e52-f78b1b853287"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-4aac0913-d2ca-4aaf-8e52-f78b1b853287" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'secretary (of a department)', 'Open/Close');" > secretary (of a department) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a public servant who is the administrative head of a government department</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-b74bbb1c-b747-4363-b773-e7ceeddae2f6" class="b74bbb1c-b747-4363-b773-e7ceeddae2f6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-b74bbb1c-b747-4363-b773-e7ceeddae2f6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'section (of an Act)', 'Open/Close');" > section (of an Act) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a separately-numbered provision in an Act of Parliament corresponding to a clause in a bill</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-0abc17a2-5324-45c2-8935-05916ffe19e5" class="0abc17a2-5324-45c2-8935-05916ffe19e5"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-0abc17a2-5324-45c2-8935-05916ffe19e5" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'select committee', 'Open/Close');" > select committee </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a parliamentary committee established by either house or both houses to inquire into and report on a particular subject; a select committee ceases to exist when it has made its final report to the house or houses</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a444339a-2bd4-489e-8726-494554c2b2a3" class="a444339a-2bd4-489e-8726-494554c2b2a3"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a444339a-2bd4-489e-8726-494554c2b2a3" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Senate', 'Open/Close');" > Senate </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>One of the two houses of the federal Parliament of Australia, which has 76 Senators, 12 from each of the six states and two each from the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory, elected from each state and territory voting as one electorate</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-118da860-9ed1-4f71-b196-b8b723b3bbd2" class="118da860-9ed1-4f71-b196-b8b723b3bbd2"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-118da860-9ed1-4f71-b196-b8b723b3bbd2" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Senator', 'Open/Close');" > Senator </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member of the Australian Senate</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-956537cb-f818-4378-8a5b-7955224ae84e" class="956537cb-f818-4378-8a5b-7955224ae84e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-956537cb-f818-4378-8a5b-7955224ae84e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'senators\u0027 statements', 'Open/Close');" > senators' statements </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>subjects on which Senators may speak in the Senate between 12:45 and 2 pm on Wednesdays, without any question before the chair</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a7874f4d-3ca3-48d0-80ca-264902aa055d" class="a7874f4d-3ca3-48d0-80ca-264902aa055d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a7874f4d-3ca3-48d0-80ca-264902aa055d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'separation of powers, doctrine of the', 'Open/Close');" > separation of powers, doctrine of the </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the notion that, in a free society, the Parliament, the executive government and the courts are separate and act independently without interference from each other</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-3c0b714d-d2a3-4375-acda-bf739dbea8f6" class="3c0b714d-d2a3-4375-acda-bf739dbea8f6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-3c0b714d-d2a3-4375-acda-bf739dbea8f6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Serjeant-at-Arms', 'Open/Close');" > Serjeant-at-Arms </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an officer of the Department of the House of Representatives (and carrier of the Mace) who carries out the orders of the House and who assists to keep order in Parliament House</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-2699069c-f060-4c06-b079-b0a82deaf341" class="2699069c-f060-4c06-b079-b0a82deaf341"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-2699069c-f060-4c06-b079-b0a82deaf341" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'session', 'Open/Close');" > session </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a parliamentary period which starts on the first day of sitting after an election or prorogation and ends at a prorogation or a dissolution of the House of Representatives or, if neither has happened, after three years; a session may last from one day to three years</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-3837d228-0472-4092-8be6-52773bee1845" class="3837d228-0472-4092-8be6-52773bee1845"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-3837d228-0472-4092-8be6-52773bee1845" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'sessional order', 'Open/Close');" > sessional order </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a temporary rule governing the conduct of business in a house of Parliament, which applies only for a defined period within the session in which it is made (and see standing orders)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ecb1c387-f7e1-45d5-a84e-0973d8c0d991" class="ecb1c387-f7e1-45d5-a84e-0973d8c0d991"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ecb1c387-f7e1-45d5-a84e-0973d8c0d991" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'shadow cabinet', 'Open/Close');" > shadow cabinet </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the group of members of the main opposition party or parties in a Parliament who act as party spokespersons on the principal areas of government; the senior members of the shadow ministry</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-dc40bfa4-48c5-40b9-8693-d9aa435ab9cd" class="dc40bfa4-48c5-40b9-8693-d9aa435ab9cd"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-dc40bfa4-48c5-40b9-8693-d9aa435ab9cd" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'shadow minister', 'Open/Close');" > shadow minister </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member of the main opposition party or parties in a Parliament who is a party spokesperson usually in an area matching the responsibility of a minister</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c8d335ad-e727-4d2a-b7b7-0ad1b7a5e280" class="c8d335ad-e727-4d2a-b7b7-0ad1b7a5e280"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c8d335ad-e727-4d2a-b7b7-0ad1b7a5e280" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'short title (of a bill)', 'Open/Close');" > short title (of a bill) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the name of a bill by which it is commonly known and indexed as distinct from its long title which describes its scope and purpose</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-a5d22d55-d4a9-41fa-92f2-7a109ebb7268" class="a5d22d55-d4a9-41fa-92f2-7a109ebb7268"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-a5d22d55-d4a9-41fa-92f2-7a109ebb7268" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'simple majority', 'Open/Close');" > simple majority </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>in a house of Parliament, more than half the votes of those members present and voting, as opposed to an absolute majority</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-d1e97204-019c-44bc-a5a7-97ba75e4d436" class="d1e97204-019c-44bc-a5a7-97ba75e4d436"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-d1e97204-019c-44bc-a5a7-97ba75e4d436" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'simultaneous dissolution (see double dissolution)', 'Open/Close');" > simultaneous dissolution (see double dissolution) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-3582114d-c9a7-4acd-a15d-5a80cf07bcf2" class="3582114d-c9a7-4acd-a15d-5a80cf07bcf2"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-3582114d-c9a7-4acd-a15d-5a80cf07bcf2" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'sitting', 'Open/Close');" > sitting </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a meeting of the Senate or the House or Representatives (a sitting day)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-fbb50588-d34a-4825-841f-c5a10a663a4e" class="fbb50588-d34a-4825-841f-c5a10a663a4e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-fbb50588-d34a-4825-841f-c5a10a663a4e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'sittings', 'Open/Close');" > sittings </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>periods of meetings of a house of Parliament; in the federal Parliament there are usually three periods of sittings (Autumn, Winter and Spring) in the year, during which neither house adjourns for more than 20 days</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e3ed0bf4-a81d-463c-bc46-390027c94f16" class="e3ed0bf4-a81d-463c-bc46-390027c94f16"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e3ed0bf4-a81d-463c-bc46-390027c94f16" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Speaker (of the House of Representatives)', 'Open/Close');" > Speaker (of the House of Representatives) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the Member who is elected by the House of Representatives as its presiding officer</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e5f69f09-1d4e-4a05-86fe-93b248bc03f8" class="e5f69f09-1d4e-4a05-86fe-93b248bc03f8"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e5f69f09-1d4e-4a05-86fe-93b248bc03f8" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'standing committee', 'Open/Close');" > standing committee </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a parliamentary committee appointed by either house or both houses to inquire into and report on certain matters; a standing committee usually continues to exist for the life of a Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-78e7000e-675c-4780-a972-9baaae36fdcc" class="78e7000e-675c-4780-a972-9baaae36fdcc"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-78e7000e-675c-4780-a972-9baaae36fdcc" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'standing orders', 'Open/Close');" > standing orders </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a collection of rules agreed to by a house which govern the way it conducts its business</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-4e74182d-2d6b-47e6-9d57-fbddd9656a1b" class="4e74182d-2d6b-47e6-9d57-fbddd9656a1b"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-4e74182d-2d6b-47e6-9d57-fbddd9656a1b" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'states house', 'Open/Close');" > states house </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a term often used to describe the Senate, meaning the elected house of Parliament in which all states have equal representation</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-cae08aef-06de-4f22-b5d7-8e1333aae209" class="cae08aef-06de-4f22-b5d7-8e1333aae209"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-cae08aef-06de-4f22-b5d7-8e1333aae209" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'states rights', 'Open/Close');" > states rights </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the powers or entitlements of states in a federal system</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-f434ca26-ecb1-4175-9455-db15728135ff" class="f434ca26-ecb1-4175-9455-db15728135ff"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-f434ca26-ecb1-4175-9455-db15728135ff" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'statutory authority', 'Open/Close');" > statutory authority </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a government agency set up by an Act of Parliament, more or less independent of day-to-day ministerial control, usually not bound by public service procedures to the same extent as ordinary departments, and which is responsible finally to Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9d6d31c0-be4a-4ffa-90b2-109a69382a72" class="9d6d31c0-be4a-4ffa-90b2-109a69382a72"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9d6d31c0-be4a-4ffa-90b2-109a69382a72" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'submission (to a committee)', 'Open/Close');" > submission (to a committee) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>suggestions or arguments made orally or in writing to a committee </p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9882973e-6826-46f4-9928-6f676ac6fcfa" class="9882973e-6826-46f4-9928-6f676ac6fcfa"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9882973e-6826-46f4-9928-6f676ac6fcfa" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'suspend (a Senator or member)', 'Open/Close');" > suspend (a Senator or member) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>to remove a Senator or Member from a house and so prevent, for a time, his or her performing any duties in, or being present in, the house (usually in response to disorderly conduct by the Senator or Member)</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="T"></a>T</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-de422904-04bd-4745-84d9-32ddc17b201c" class="de422904-04bd-4745-84d9-32ddc17b201c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-de422904-04bd-4745-84d9-32ddc17b201c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'table', 'Open/Close');" > table </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p><ul><li>1. to present a document or other item to a house of Parliament</li><br/><li>2. the table in front of the Presidents or Speakers Chair</li></ul></p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-10196bf6-2d16-4b01-bf6c-3ab3df860fbe" class="10196bf6-2d16-4b01-bf6c-3ab3df860fbe"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-10196bf6-2d16-4b01-bf6c-3ab3df860fbe" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'tacking', 'Open/Close');" > tacking </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the inclusion in the same bill of expenditure proposals which the Senate is able to amend, together with proposals dealing with appropriations for the ordinary annual services of government, which, under the Constitution, the Senate is not able to amend, but for which it may request amendments</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-60c81357-3997-4584-a1c8-45565d37ff7c" class="60c81357-3997-4584-a1c8-45565d37ff7c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-60c81357-3997-4584-a1c8-45565d37ff7c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'take note of answers, a motion to', 'Open/Close');" > take note of answers, a motion to </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a motion requiring no notice or leave, moved at the end of question time in the Senate, which allows a Senator to speak for 5 minutes in response to an answer or answers given during question time</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-33bd5045-ff4f-44d0-bf63-cec4d7b3a4a5" class="33bd5045-ff4f-44d0-bf63-cec4d7b3a4a5"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-33bd5045-ff4f-44d0-bf63-cec4d7b3a4a5" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'teller', 'Open/Close');" > teller </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a member, usually a whip, chosen to count the members voting either for the ayes or the noes in a division</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-55d22016-ee99-405e-a692-9e8de6f0ec85" class="55d22016-ee99-405e-a692-9e8de6f0ec85"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-55d22016-ee99-405e-a692-9e8de6f0ec85" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Temporary Chairmen of Committees', 'Open/Close');" > Temporary Chairmen of Committees </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a panel of not less than two Senators, one of whom may act as Chair when the Senate sits as a committee of the whole</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-c6cf5b32-5c52-4630-9692-a6567aaadcd7" class="c6cf5b32-5c52-4630-9692-a6567aaadcd7"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-c6cf5b32-5c52-4630-9692-a6567aaadcd7" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'terms of reference (of a committee)', 'Open/Close');" > terms of reference (of a committee) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the scope for activity and investigation defined for a committee by a house of Parliament when a matter is referred to it for inquiry</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-95a35fcc-865e-4b1b-86d7-6ea63505798c" class="95a35fcc-865e-4b1b-86d7-6ea63505798c"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-95a35fcc-865e-4b1b-86d7-6ea63505798c" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'territory', 'Open/Close');" > territory </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>in the federal system of government, an area which has not been given the full rights of a state (for example, the Northern Territory)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-e3aba86b-dc90-49ba-80ca-14fdd03ec6f6" class="e3aba86b-dc90-49ba-80ca-14fdd03ec6f6"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-e3aba86b-dc90-49ba-80ca-14fdd03ec6f6" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'third reading', 'Open/Close');" > third reading </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the final stage in the passage of a bill through a house of Parliament</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="U"></a>U</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-09fe28a1-dc0a-40ee-b5e5-6e89de26431f" class="09fe28a1-dc0a-40ee-b5e5-6e89de26431f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-09fe28a1-dc0a-40ee-b5e5-6e89de26431f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'unicameral', 'Open/Close');" > unicameral </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>consisting of one chamber or house, especially of a law-making body</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-8e92bb77-30bb-42d9-93d1-9b9435072f8d" class="8e92bb77-30bb-42d9-93d1-9b9435072f8d"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-8e92bb77-30bb-42d9-93d1-9b9435072f8d" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'unparliamentary language', 'Open/Close');" > unparliamentary language </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>words used in a house which the Chair judges to be offensive or disorderly, and which are usually required to be withdrawn</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-635bc3ed-549c-4886-895c-68146876d961" class="635bc3ed-549c-4886-895c-68146876d961"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-635bc3ed-549c-4886-895c-68146876d961" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'upper house', 'Open/Close');" > upper house </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the second chamber in a two-chamber Parliament; the Senate is the upper house in the federal Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-55748822-dde0-416c-98c1-fce15115b250" class="55748822-dde0-416c-98c1-fce15115b250"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-55748822-dde0-416c-98c1-fce15115b250" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'urgency motion', 'Open/Close');" > urgency motion </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a motion moved in the Senate which, if supported by a specified number of Senators, enables debate in the chamber of a matter of concern, without requiring prior notice (see also matter of public importance)</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-ade2912a-ca68-4f02-a525-b16b933aaf1f" class="ade2912a-ca68-4f02-a525-b16b933aaf1f"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-ade2912a-ca68-4f02-a525-b16b933aaf1f" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Usher of the Black Rod', 'Open/Close');" > Usher of the Black Rod </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>an officer of the Department of the Senate (named after the Black Rod he or she carries) who has special duties on ceremonial occasions such as the opening of Parliament, and who assists to keep order in Parliament House</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="V"></a>V</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-4bd6bcab-b621-43ac-892e-8df5a481145e" class="4bd6bcab-b621-43ac-892e-8df5a481145e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-4bd6bcab-b621-43ac-892e-8df5a481145e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'voices, on the', 'Open/Close');" > voices, on the </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a decision reached by members saying aye if they support a motion proposed to a house, or no if they do not. The Chair states which side appears to be in the majority and if there is no objection the decision has been made on the voices. If, however, more than one member disagrees, they may call for a division</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-50af3f8d-940d-46c4-b3e6-783f63b4272e" class="50af3f8d-940d-46c4-b3e6-783f63b4272e"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-50af3f8d-940d-46c4-b3e6-783f63b4272e" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives', 'Open/Close');" > Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>the official minutes of the proceedings of the House of Representatives</p> </div> </li> </ol> <h3><a id="W"></a>W</h3> <ol class="faqs"> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-5748df99-9c67-40ed-a466-4781cbac6b23" class="5748df99-9c67-40ed-a466-4781cbac6b23"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-5748df99-9c67-40ed-a466-4781cbac6b23" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'want of confidence (see no 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onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'whip', 'Open/Close');" > whip </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a party manager in Parliament who is responsible for organising members of his or her party to take part in debates and votes, and who assists in arranging the business of a house of Parliament</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-55809299-4cab-4ee3-9971-515bf2dffa91" class="55809299-4cab-4ee3-9971-515bf2dffa91"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-55809299-4cab-4ee3-9971-515bf2dffa91" class="question"> <a href="#" aria-label="Glossary term" onclick="sendGoogleAnalyticsEvent('Undefined', 'witness (before a committee)', 'Open/Close');" > witness (before a committee) </a> </p> <div class="answer"> <p>a person who gives evidence to a parliamentary committee</p> </div> </li> <li id="main_0_content_1_li-9670520b-19cf-43b3-9851-233baf8a6739" class="9670520b-19cf-43b3-9851-233baf8a6739"> <p id="main_0_content_1_pTerm-9670520b-19cf-43b3-9851-233baf8a6739" class="question"> <a 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