Legislation (bills)
Information about which bills are before the parliament and the progress made on those bills.
Contact details
- Contact Area - Senate Inquiries Office
- Telephone - (02) 6277 3010 or (02) 6277 3009
- Email - table.inquiries.sen@aph.gov.au
- Hours - 8.30am - 5.00pm (non-sitting days); 8.30am - adjournment (sitting days)
Links
Senate Proceedings
Information about the Senate's daily program, business conducted on sitting days and information about all business before the Senate.
Contact details
- Contact Area - Senate Inquiries Office
- Telephone - (02) 6277 3010 or 3009
- Email - table.inquiries.sen@aph.gov.au
- Hours - 8.30am - 5.00pm (non-sitting days); 8.30am - adjournment (sitting days)
Links
Documents presented to the Senate
Details of which documents have been presented to the Senate.
Contact details
- Contact Area - Senate Inquiries Office
- Telephone - (02) 6277 3010 or (02) 6277 3009
- Email - table.inquiries.sen@aph.gov.au
- Hours - 8.30am - 5.00pm (non-sitting days); 8.30am - adjournment (sitting days)
Links
- Documents to be tabled in the Senate are listed in the daily Order of Business available from Senate chamber documents.
- Apart from reports of committees, tabled documents are not available on the Senate web site.
Senate Committees
The Senate has an extensive committee system which investigates all manner of policy and legislation. The committees consider the activities of all Commonwealth agencies and analyse Government’s budgetary proposals and the performance of its responsibilities. Any questions relating to the operation of committees, particular inquiries, committee reports, how to participate in committee inquiries and how to monitor the committee inquiries of the Senate can be handled by the Committee Office of the Department of the Senate.
Contact details
- Contact Area - Clerk Assistant (Committees) or Senior Clerk (Committees)
- Telephone - (02) 6277 3371 or (02) 6277 3506 respectively
- Email - Ca.Committees.sen@aph.gov.au or Seniorclerk.committees.sen@aph.gov.au
- Hours - 9.00am - 5.00pm Monday to Friday
- Inquiries can be made directly to the the specific committee directly by using the phone number on that committee’s home page.
Links
- Senate Committees home page provides a list of committee activities, public hearings and current inquiries, advice on how to make a submission to a committee and any procedural information required about committee operations.
- The activities of the Senate’s committees interact directly with the activities of the Senate chamber and the progress of legislation.
- A common area for confusion is between Senate, House of Representatives and Joint Committees. For a comprehensive listing of Committees.
General information about senators and support services
The Department of the Senate maintains information about senators and provides services to support them in their parliamentary duties. These services include payment of their salary and allowances, budgeting and administration, the provision of accommodation in Parliament House and general office facilities.
Contact details
- General information and services - Black Rod's Office
- Telephone - (02) 6277 3500
- Email - blackrod.sen@aph.gov.au
- Hours - 8.30am - 5.00pm
- Salaries and certain other allowances - Black Rod's Office
- Telephone - (02) 6277 5757
- Email - HRM.Sen@aph.gov.au
- Hours - 8.30am - 5.00pm
Links
Parliamentary history and procedures - general information
Information about the Australian government and parliament, with an emphasis on the history and procedures of the Senate; parliamentary procedures, particularly pertaining to the Australian Senate but also on the Australian Parliament as a whole and other parliaments throughout the world.
Contact details
- Contact Area - Research Section
- Telephone
- Parliamentary and procedural inquiries: Director of Research (02) 6277 3078 or Senior Research Officer (02) 6277 3164.
- Publications: (02) 6277 3074
- Email - research.sen@aph.gov.au
- Hours - 8.30am - 5.00pm Monday-Friday
Links
Public lectures, seminars, exhibitions
Public lectures: regular public lectures on parliamentary and constitutional topics; Seminars: on Parliament and the Senate to promote understanding of the role and workings of the Parliament and the Senate; Exhibitions: to promote public awareness of the history, role and functioning of the Parliament and the government.
Contact details
- Contact Area - Research Section
- Telephone
- Public lectures: (02) 6277 3074
- Seminars: (02) 6277 3072
- Email - research.sen@aph.gov.au
- Hours - 8.30am - 5.00pm Monday-Friday
Links
- For information about Scheduled seminars
- Senate Occasional Lectures are held monthly February-November, at Parliament House, Canberra
Parliamentary Education Office (PEO)
The Parliamentary Education Office (PEO) delivers parliamentary education services to teachers, students and other learners across Australia.
Through engaging and experiential programs – including interactive video conferencing – the PEO enables students to explore important concepts such as democratic representation, making and changing laws, and how government is formed and scrutinised.
To date, almost two million primary and secondary students have participated in a PEO program, building and expanding their knowledge of the function of the Australian Parliament.
The PEO produces an extensive range of information materials and education resources, including publications, videos and units of work addressing the Australian Civics and Citizenship Curriculum.
Contact details
- Telephone - General inquiries and requests for resources (02) 6277 3147 - Program enquiries (02) 6277 3508
- Email: info@peo.gov.au
- Program bookings: School Visits page or (02) 6277 4570
- Hours: 8.30am - 5.00pm Monday-Friday
Related resources and links
- The PEO website provides news and information about the role and work of the Australian Parliament, including videos, fact sheets and other teaching resources.
- PEO programs – either in person at Parliament House or via interactive video conferencing – provides a first-hand insight into the work of the Parliament.
Given the high demand for PEO role-play programs, bookings are essential and should be made as far in advance as possible.