The word ‘parliament’ originally meant a talk and was derived from the French parler (to speak or parley) and the Latin parliamentum. In the latter form it was applied to the after-dinner ...

Casey was born in Brisbane to a wealthy family with a long background in state politics. 3 A keen sportsman and debater, he studied engineering at Cambridge, before returning to Australia to resume ...

4.22The Committee recommends the Australian Government investigate the potential benefits of a tax offset for the live music industry. The Treasury, the Office of the Arts and Creative Australia ...

4.65The committee recommends that university Vice Chancellors hold a formal meeting with Jewish student bodies and Jewish staff during semester one of 2025 to engage directly on their observations ...

2.92The Committee recommends that the Australian Government: classify AI systems used for employment related purposes as high-risk, including recruitment, referral, hiring, remuneration, promotion, ...

2.126That the Australian Government establish a mechanism for co-design with victim-survivors of financial abuse (including through representative groups) in relation to the implementation of ...

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4.1 There are a number of factors which have driven up the demand for housing, and in particular for home ownership, in recent years. 4.3 For many couples, household incomes are higher because both ...

2.172That the Australian Government introduce new, whole-of-economy, dedicated legislation to regulate high-risk uses of AI, in line with Option 3 presented in the government’s Introducing mandatory ...

The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Federal Supreme Court, to be called the High Court of Australia, and in such other federal courts as the Parliament creates, and in such ...

2.258The committee recommends that, in collaboration with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) and the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, all Australian universities urgently ...

2.97The Committee recommends that the Australian Government work with State and Territory Governments to ensure that all Australian schools are funded to100 per cent of the Schooling Resourcing ...