Papers on Parliament

71 Lectures in the Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 2.5MB)

Sarah Cameron and Ian McAllister: Australian political opinion: from the 2019 election to COVID-19
Charlotte Fletcher and Anita Coles: Reflections on the 10th anniversary of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
Dr Sarah Moulds: Committees of influence: evaluating the role and impact of parliamentary committees
Ben Oquist and Bill Browne: The Senate’s new role in protecting our democracy
Cheryl Saunders: Accountability for cross-jurisdictional bodies
Anne Twomey: Law and border—who has the power to control movement across state borders?

70 Lectures in the Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 2MB)

Rosemary Laing: Richard Chaffey Baker and the Shaping of the Senate (PDF 578KB)
Joo-Cheong Tham: Democracy before Dollars—the Problems with Money in Australian Politics and How to Fix Them (PDF 478KB)
Andrew Murray: The Senate—the Struggle Continues (PDF 416KB)
Maureen Weeks: Enriching Democracy—Achievements of the Senate Crossbench and Backbench in the 45th Parliament (PDF 415KB)
Glenn Ryall: Wilkie v Commonwealth and Parliamentary Control of Appropriations (PDF 825KB)

69 Lectures in the Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 6MB)

His Excellency Mr Chris Seed: The Anzac Connection: Trans-tasman ties in the century since Beersheba (PDF 124KB)
Bret Walker SC: Justified Immunity or Unfinished Business? (PDF 124KB)
George Megalogenis: Restoring Respect (PDF 1MB)
Dr Ben Wellings: Taking back Control: Parliament, Sovereignty & Brexit (PDF 413KB)
Professor Kim Dovey: Architecture and power: How do Buildings Shape Politics? (PDF 4MB)
Professor Ariadne Vromen: Political engagement in the Australian Digital Context (PDF 230KB)

68 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 1MB)

Zareh Ghazarian, Small Parties, Big Changes: The Evolution of Minor Parties Elected to the Australian Senate (PDF 168KB)
David Fricker, Government-Citizen Engagement in the Digital Age (PDF 117KB)
Russell Taylor, Indigenous Constitutional Recognition: The 1967 Referendum and Today (PDF 210KB)
Denis Strangman, The Defeated 1967 Nexus Referendum (PDF 375KB)
Anthony Bergin, Parliament and National Security: Challenges and Opportunities (PDF 119KB)
Yee-Fui Ng, Between Law and Convention: Ministerial Advisers in the Australian System of Responsible Government (PDF 116KB)
Sarah Cameron and Ian McAllister, Trust, Parties and Leaders: Findings from the 1987-2016 Australian Election Study (PDF 238KB)

67 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 1MB)

Paul Strangio, The Australian Prime Ministership: Origins and Evolution (PDF 135KB)
Anika Gauja, Party Reform: Where are Australia’s Political Parties Headed in the Future? (PDF 168KB)
Tom Frame, Conscription, Conscience and Parliament (PDF 130KB)
Anne Twomey, Parliament, the Executive and Vice-Regal Reserve Powers: Heading Off Crises in a Closely Tied Parliament (PDF 145KB)
Simon Jackman, Populism and Discontent: Comparing the United States and Australia (PDF 355KB)
Ivan Powell, The Concept of ‘The Same in Substance’: What Does the Perrett Judgment Mean for Parliamentary Scrutiny? (PDF 141KB)
Glenn Ryall and Jessica Strout, Scrutiny Committees: A Vehicle for Safeguarding Federalism and the Constitutional Rights of Parliament (PDF 182KB)

66 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 2MB)

Graeme Orr, Elections as Rituals: Private, Communal and Public (PDF 1MB)
Stephen Argument, Australian Democracy and Executive Law-making: Practice and Principle (Part I) (PDF 310KB)
Cheryl Saunders, Australian Democracy and Executive Law-making: Practice and Principle (Part II) (PDF 132KB)
Simon Tormey, The Contemporary Crisis of Representative Democracy (PDF 114KB)
Bede Harris, An Argument in Favour of Constitutional Reform (PDF 148KB)
Leah Armstrong, Reconciliation Action Plans—Creating Shared Value (PDF 128KB)
Paula Waring, The Pursuit of State Interests in the Senate (PDF 144KB)

65 Proceedings of a symposium held by the Department of the Senate and the Rule of Law Institute of Australia to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta (PDF 8917KB)

Contributors (PDF 279KB)
Welcome (PDF 202KB)
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells 'Magna Carta: Enduring Values for Modern Australia' (PDF 185KB)
Martin Krygier 'Magna Carta and the Rule of Law Tradition' (PDF 267KB)
James Spigelman 'Magna Carta and the Executive' (PDF 216KB)
David Clark 'Magna Carta in Australia 1803–2015' (PDF 292KB)
Desmond Manderson 'The Other 1215' (PDF 1773KB)
Stephanie Trigg 'Magna Carta in Print and in English Translation' (PDF 2744KB)
Kathleen Neal, Andrew Lynch & David Headon 'Magna Carta: Personal Encounters, Popular Culture and Australian Links' (PDF 4331KB)

64 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 1MB)

Contributors (PDF 15KB)
Andrew Moore 'Fitzpatrick and Browne after 60 Years' (PDF 313KB)
Menna Rawlings '800th Anniversary of Magna Carta' (PDF 94KB)
Jane Halton 'Reforming the Public Sector' (PDF 105KB)
Michael Macklin 'Serving the Senate: The Legacy of Harry Evans' (PDF 108KB)
Phil Bowen 'The Parliamentary Budget Office: Supporting Australian Democracy' (PDF 99KB)
Chris Sarra 'High Expectations Realities through High Expectations Relationships: Delivering beyond the Indigenous Policy Rhetoric' (PDF 94KB)
Michael Sloane 'Representation of Commonwealth Territories in the Senate' (PDF 190KB)
Patrick Hodder 'The Williams Decisions and the Implications for the Senate and its Scrutiny Committees' (PDF 124KB)

63 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 2MB)

Contributors (PDF 36KB)
Brendan Nelson 'The Role of Government and Parliament in the Decision to Go to War' (PDF 126KB)
Helen Irving 'Pulling the Trigger: The 1914 Double Dissolution Election and Its Legacy (PDF 136KB)
Colin Neave 'Exploring the Role of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in Relation to Parliament' (PDF 95KB)
Ross Garnaut 'Global Development: The Long-term Context of Australian Development' (PDF 103KB)
Simon Longstaff 'Democracy, Trust and Legitimacy' (PDF 104KB)
Aaron Pegram 'Politicians at War: The Experiences of Australian Parliamentarians in the First World War' (PDF 1017KB)
Glenn Ryall 'Commonwealth Executive Power and Accountability Following Williams (No. 2) (PDF 187KB)

62 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 1084KB)

Contributors (PDF 34KB)
Antony Green 'Is It Time for a Fundamental Review of the Senate’s Electoral System?' (PDF 109KB)
Alex Oliver 'Are Australians Disenchanted with Democracy?' (PDF 335KB)
Andrew Markus 'Trust in the Australian Political System' (PDF 268KB)
Stephen Bartos 'The Senate and Public Sector Performance' (PDF 134KB)
Judith Ireland and Greg Jericho 'The Impact of Social Media on Political Journalism' (PDF 120KB)
Megan Davis 'Competing Notions of Constitutional ‘Recognition’: Truth and Justice or Living ‘off the Crumbs that Fall off the White Australian Tables’?' (PDF 100KB)
Linda Trimble '‘Abolition Difficult, Reform Impossible, Status Quo Unacceptable’: Can Canada Fix Its Senate?' (PDF 118KB)

61 ‘The Truest Patriotism’: Andrew Inglis Clark and the Building of an Australian Nation (PDF 6868KB)

Contributors (PDF 156KB)

Opening Remarks

The Hon. Rev. Prof. Michael Tate AO 'Andrew Inglis Clark, Moby Dick and the Australian Constitution' (PDF 451KB)

Political Thought and Practice

Dr Rosemary Laing 'Andrew Inglis Clark: A Dim View of Parliament?' (PDF 627KB)
The Hon. Dr John Bannon AO 'Shadow or Illumination? Kingston’s Rival Constitution' (PDF 425KB)
Professor Henry Reynolds 'Andrew Inglis Clark: From Colonial Patriot to Radical Nationalist' (PDF 207KB)

Intellectual Life and Capital Connections

Dr David Headon 'Four Degrees of Separation: Conway, the Clarks and Canberra' (PDF 2178KB)
Professor Marilyn Lake 'Oh, to Be in Boston Now That Federation’s Here' (PDF 213KB)
Dr James Warden 'Andrew Inglis Clark Deserves to Be Remembered Across the Great Divide' (PDF 2050KB)

A Few of Clark’s Hidden Stories

Professor Henry Reynolds, Professor John Williams, Dr David Headon, Dr Rosemary Laing, Professor Paul Pickering (PDF 1114KB)

The Law and the Constitution

Professor Helen Irving 'The Over-rated Mr Clark?: Putting Andrew Inglis Clark’s Contribution to the Constitution into Perspective' (PDF 429KB)
Professor John Williams 'Andrew Inglis Clark: Our Constitution and His Influence' (PDF 318KB)
Panel Discussion (PDF 625KB)
The Hon. Robert French AC 'Inglis Clark: A Living Force' (PDF 212KB)

60 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 838KB)

Contributors (PDF 30KB)
Jack Waterford 'Canberra and the Parliament: An Increasingly Uncomfortable Marriage' (PDF 100KB)
James P. Pfiffner 'Dysfunctional Politics in the United States: Origins and Consequences' (PDF 154KB)
Aaron Martin 'Political Engagement among the Young in Australia' (PDF 120KB)
Rosemary Crowley, Amanda Vanstone and Laura Tingle 'Women in Federal Parliament: Past, Present and Future' (PDF 153KB)
Robyn Archer 'Re-imagining the Capital' (PDF 133KB)
Michael Maley 'International Election Observation: Coming Ready or Not' (PDF 188KB)
Glenn Ryall 'Williams v. Commonwealth—A Turning Point for Parliamentary Accountability and Federalism in Australia?' (PDF 138KB)

59 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 2888KB)

Introduction (PDF 53KB)
Margaret Fitzherbert 'Liberal Women in Parliament: What Do the Numbers Tell Us and Where to
from Here?'(PDF 90KB)
Cheryl Saunders 'The Scope of Executive Power'(PDF 153KB)
Ross McMullin 'Will Dyson: Australia’s Radical Genius'(PDF 1645KB)
Ken Coghill 'How Should Elected Members Learn Parliamentary Skills?'(PDF 347KB)
David Headon '‘But Once in a History’: Canberra’s Foundation Stones and Naming
Ceremonies, 12 March 1913'(PDF 126KB)
Christopher Kam and Faruk Pinar 'Paying for Parliament: Do We Get What We Pay For? Lessons from Canada'(PDF 505KB)
Paula Waring 'Is It Futile to Petition the Australian Senate?' (PDF 187KB)

58 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 1720KB)

Contributors (PDF 170KB)
Anne Henderson 'Joseph Lyons—Australia’s Depression Prime Minister' (PDF 297KB)
Andrew Banfield 'Minority Report: Lessons from Canada’s Minority Parliaments' (PDF 928KB)
William Buss 'The Strange Case of Privileges and Immunities' (PDF 272KB)
Kenneth Mayer 'Forecasting Presidential Elections: Obama, Romney, or What?' (PDF 562KB)
Sally Young 'Media Reporting of the Next Federal Election: What Can We Expect?' (PDF 252KB)
Paula Waring '‘This Is a Procedure on Which We Should Not Lightly Embark’: Orders for the Production of Documents in the Australian Senate, 1901 to 1988' (PDF 474KB)

57 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 2030KB)

Introduction (PDF 118KB)
Don Aitkin 'The Problem of Planned Cities: Canberra in Context' (PDF 150KB)
Mick Dodson 'Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians' (PDF 156KB)
Peter Mares 'Temporary Migration and its Implications for Australia' (PDF 787KB)
Ian McPhee 'The Evolving Role and Mandate of the Australian National Audit Office Since Federation' (PDF 369KB)
Kylie Scroope 'Faithful Representations': 100 Years of the Historic Memorials Collection (PDF 816KB)
Jon Stanhope 'Who‘s Afraid of Human Rights?' (PDF 344KB)
Bill Bannear' Curbing the Grand Inquest: Legislature v. Executive in the United States and Australia' (PDF 348KB)

56 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 624KB)

Introduction (PDF 25KB)
David Burchell 'How Not to Do It: Reflections on the 2010 UK Elections' (PDF 86KB)
David Headon 'Devotion, Daring and Sense of Destiny: Surveyors of the Early Commonwealth' (PDF 105KB)
Geoff Gallop 'How Healthy is Australian Federalism?' (PDF 74KB)
John Barry 'After the Party, the Hangover?: An Analysis of 'Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland' in the light of the February 2011 Election' (PDF 190KB)
Waleed Aly 'Multiculturalism, Assimilation and the Politics of Terrorism' (PDF 84KB)
Patrick Weller 'Learning to Be a Minister' (PDF 99KB)
Andrew Murray 'Budgets and Finance: Sunlight and the Dark Arts' (PDF 141KB)

55 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 4721KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 102KB)
Charles Sampford 'Parliament, Political Ethics and National Integrity Systems' (PDF 343KB)
Diana Dwyre 'Elections, Money and Free Speech in the United States' (PDF 320KB)
Kathleen M. Burns 'The Pryor Perspective: Sharply to the Point' (PDF 1717KB)
John Bannon 'The Disillusionment of Sir John Downer' (PDF 167KB)
Andrew Hutson 'Square Peg in a Square Hole: Australia‘s Parliament House' (PDF 2218KB)
Scott Brenton 'Minority Government: Is the House of Representatives Finally Catching Up With the Senate?' (PDF 220KB)
Meg Russell 'Strengthening the British House of Commons: The Unexpected Reforms of 2010' (PDF 312KB)
Rosemary Laing 'The Senate Committee System: Historical Perspectives' (PDF 225KB)

54 Senate Committees and Government Accountability, December 2010 (PDF 873KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 148KB)
Senator the Hon. John Hogg 'Welcome and Opening Address by the President of the Senate' (PDF 91KB)
Dr Rosemary Laing, Professor John Uhr 'The Senate Committee System: Historical Perspectives' (PDF 140KB)
Senator the Hon. John Hogg, Professor the Hon. Robert Hill, The Hon. Robert Ray 'Throwing Light Into Dark Corners: Senate Estimates and Executive Accountability' (PDF 157KB)
Ms Sue Knowles, Ms Vicki Bourne 'Senate Committees and Legislation' (PDF 126KB)
Senator the Hon. Helen Coonan, The Hon. Amanda Vanstone, 'Role and Contribution of Legislative Scrutiny Committees' (PDF 137KB)
Mr Andrew Bartlett, Ms Dee Margetts 'Work of Senate Committees: Minor Party Perspectives' (PDF 141KB)
Associate Professor Cheryl Kernot, Mr Andrew Bartlett 'The Power of Select Committees' (PDF 118KB)
The Hon. Robert Ray, Senator the Hon. George Brandis SC 'Parliamentary Privilege and Senate Committees' (PDF 166KB)
Senator Claire Moore, Senator the Hon. Nick Minchin 'Committees Under a Government-Controlled Senate: Lessons From 2005–08' (PDF 172KB)
Dr Phil Larkin, Mr Francis Sullivan 'Can Committee Performance Be Measured?' (PDF 121KB)
Senator Christine Milne, Senator Trish Crossin, Senator Gary Humphries 'The Future of Senate Committees: Challenges and Opportunities' (PDF 180KB)

53 Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, and other papers (PDF 717KB)

Introduction (PDF 32KB)
Harry Evans ‘Time, Chance and Parliament: Lessons From Forty Years’ (PDF 68KB)
Jonathan Pincus ‘Commonwealth–State Financial Relations: The Case for Competitive Federalism’ (PDF 85KB)
John Keane ‘Media Decadence and Democracy’ (PDF 177KB)
David Day ‘Andrew Fisher: Triumph and Tragedy’ (PDF 70KB)
Yvonne Galligan ‘Thinking About Gender and Democracy’ (PDF 99KB)
John Hawkins ‘Two Global Crises, Two Senate Committees’ (PDF 118KB)
Stanley Bach ‘Reaching Bicameral Legislative Agreement in Canberra and Washington’ (PDF 234KB)

52 Harry Evans: Selected Writings (PDF 1351KB)

Foreword (PDF 59KB)
Statement to the Senate on the Retirement of Harry Evans, Senator the Hon John Hogg (PDF 102KB)
Farewell to Harry Evans, Cleaver Elliott (PDF 106KB)
Parliamentary Privilege: The Reasons of Mr Justice Cantor—An Analysis (PDF 113KB)
Parliamentary Privilege: Reasons of Mr Justice Hunt—An Analysis (PDF 171KB)
Parliamentary Privilege and Statutory Secrecy Provisions (PDF 88KB)
1975 Revisited: Lost Causes and Lost Remedies (PDF 84KB)
Protection of Persons Who Provide Information to Members (PDF 136KB)
Bad King John and the Australian Constitution (PDF 132KB)
Franca Arena and Parliamentary Privilege (PDF 115KB)
Constitution, Section 57: Comments on Article by George Williams (PDF 76KB)
The Other Metropolis: The Australian Founders‘ Knowledge of America (PDF 511KB)
Reasonably Necessary Powers: Parliamentary Inquiries and Egan v Willis and Cahill (PDF 82KB)
Enough of Executive Arrogance?: Egan v Chadwick and Others (PDF 73KB)
The Australian Constitution and the 1911 Myth (PDF 71KB)
The 1911 Myth Embellished, by Gough (PDF 67KB)
The Role of the Senate (PDF 95KB)
An Elected President for an Australian Republic: Problems and Solutions (PDF 98KB)
Hobbes Versus Madison and Isaacs Versus Baker: Contrary Theories and Practices in Australian Democracy (PDF 123KB)
Bryce‘s Bible: Why Did It Impress the Australian Founders? (PDF 148KB)
The Pedigree of the Practices: Parliamentary Manuals and Australian Government (PDF 121KB)
Fitzpatrick and Browne: Imprisonment by a House of the Parliament (PDF 158KB)
The Traditional, the Quaint and the Useful: Pitfalls of Reforming Parliamentary Procedures (PDF 87KB)
Having the Numbers Means Not Having to Explain: The Effect of the Government Majority in the Senate (PDF 118KB)
Bibliography: Articles by Harry Evans (PDF 163KB)

51 Republics, Citizenship and Parliament (PDF 782KB)

Introduction (PDF 143KB)
John Warhurst ‘The Trajectory of the Australian Republic Debate’ (PDF 102KB)
Anne Twomey ‘Cutting the Gordian Knot: Limiting Rather than Codifying the Powers of a Republican Head of State’ (PDF 107KB)
John Dryzek ‘The Australian Citizens’ Parliament: a World First’ (PDF 65KB)
George Williams ‘The Role of Parliament under an Australian Charter of Human Rights’ (PDF 71KB)
Margaret Reynolds ‘Is There Life After Parliament? Reflections of a Former Senator’ (PDF 49KB)
Gonzalo Villalta Puig ‘Parliamentary Prayers and Section 116 of the Australian Constitution’ (PDF 91KB)
Graeme Osborne ‘Donald James Cameron: Senator for Victoria, 1938–1962’ (PDF 50KB)
Rosemary Laing 'An Introduction to the Annotated Standing Orders of the Australian Senate’ (PDF 224KB)

50 Politics and Power. Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series 2008, and other papers (PDF 952KB)

Introduction (PDF 11KB)
Sally Young ‘Politics and the Media in Australia Today' (PDF 110KB)
Peter Brain ‘Governing the Market: Threats to Australia's Stability and Security' (PDF 149KB)
Geoffrey Garrett ‘McCain v Obama: What the 2008 US Election Means for Australia' (PDF 45KB)
David Headon ‘Wanted: Treasure house of a Nation's Heart. The Search for an Australian Capital City, 1891-1908' (PDF 111KB)
Stanley Bach ‘Strengthening Australia's Senate: Some Modest Proposals for Change' (PDF 309KB)
John Faulkner ‘The Senate: Blessing or Bane?' (PDF 51KB)
Harry Evans ‘Constitutionalism, Bicameralism and the Control of Power' (PDF 69KB)
Harry Evans ‘The Senate's Power to Obtain Evidence' (PDF 60KB)

49 Constitutional Politics and other lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, 2008 (PDF 582KB)

Introduction (PDF 50KB)
Bernard Crick Constitutional Politics: Is it the ‘Scottish Question’ or the ‘English Question’? (PDF 55KB)
Patricia Sykes Women leaders and Executive Politics: Engendering Change in Anglo-American Nations (PDF 65KB)
James Allan Siren Songs and Myths in the Bill of Rights Debate (PDF 91KB)
Clement Macintyre Parliamentary Architecture and Political Culture (PDF 110KB)
Anne Tiernan The Rudd Transition. Continuity and Change in the Structures of Advice and Support to Australian Prime Ministers (PDF 101KB)
Kenneth Feinberg Compensating Victims of Disaster: The United States Experience (PDF 65KB)
Harry Evans Legislative Power and Executive Privilege in the Courts (PDF 21KB)

48 The Senate and Accountability January 2008 (PDF 708KB)

Introduction (PDF 11KB)
Sir Gerard Brennan 'The Selection of Judges for Commonwealth Courts' (PDF 114KB)
Anne Twomey 'The States, the Commonwealth and the Crown-the Battle for Sovereignty' (PDF 92KB)
Larissa Behrendt 'What Did the 'Yes' Vote Achieve? Forty Years After the 1967 Referendum' (PDF 62KB)
Stanley Bach 'Mandates, Consensus, Compromise, and the Senate' (PDF 111KB)
Harry Evans 'The Senate, Accountability and Government Control' (PDF 123KB)
Harry Evans 'Parliamentary Privilege and Search Warrants: Will the US Supreme Court Legislate for Australia?' (PDF 39KB)

47 National Parliament, National Symbols: Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series 2006-2007 (PDF 3653KB)

Introduction (PDF 11KB)
Scott Bennett 'Edward Braddon: Indian Civil Servant, Tasmanian Premier and Federalist' (PDF 234KB)
Simon Evans and Carolyn Evans 'Australian Parliaments and the Protection of Human Rights' (PDF 226KB)
Meg Russell 'Reforming the British House of Lords' (PDF 153KB)
Karen Middleton 'Piranhas in the Parliament' (PDF 135KB)
Colin Hughes 'The Independence of Electoral Administration' (PDF 166KB)
Paul Reynolds 'Trends in the Australian Party System' (PDF 120KB)
Elizabeth Kwan 'National Parliament, National Symbols: From British to Australian Identity' (PDF 2939KB)

46 Images, Colours and Reflections: Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series 2005-2006 (PDF 1948KB)

Introduction (PDF 11KB)
Graeme Orr 'Government Advertising: Parliament and Political Equality' (PDF 894KB)
Scott Prasser 'Providing Advice to Government' (PDF 182KB)
Campbell Sharman 'Citizens' Assemblies and Parliamentary Reform in Canada' (PDF 73KB)
John Warhurst 'Religion in 21st Century Australian National Politics' (PDF 105KB)
George Williams 'Victoria's Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities: Lessons for the National Debate' (PDF 88KB)
Paul Strangio 'Incumbency Dominance: An Unhealthy Trend?' (PDF 94KB)
Marian Sawer 'Red, White and Blue - What Do They Mean to You? The Significance of Political Colours' (PDF 414KB)
R.L. Cope 'Pictures of Parliament: Canberra and Berlin' (PDF 71KB)

45 A Light of Reason: Transcript and supporting papers of a seminar on The Work of the Senate Select Committee on Superannuation (PDF 581KB)

Introductory Pages (PDF 19KB)
'Transcript of a Seminar on the Work of the Senate Select Committee on Superannuation' (PDF 201KB)
Ian Marsh 'Can Senate Committees Contribute to 'Social Learning'?' (PDF 155KB)
Wayne Hooper 'The Senate Select Committee on Superannuation 1991-2003' (PDF 129KB)

44 Democratic Experiments: Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series 2004-2005 (PDF 1073KB)

Introductory Pages (PDF 11KB)
Ian Marsh ‘ Australia ’s Representation Gap: A Role for Parliamentary Committees?’ (PDF 52KB)
Ross McMullin ‘First in the World: Australia ’s Watson Labor Government’ (PDF 207KB)
Jennifer Curtin ‘Independents in Federal Parliament: A New Challenge or a Passing Phase?’ (PDF 104KB)
AJ Brown ‘The Constitution We Were Meant To Have’ (PDF 274KB)
Rod Rhodes ‘The Court Politics of the Blair Presidency’ (PDF 160KB)
Elizabeth McLeay ‘Democratic Experiments in New Zealand ’ (PDF 85KB)
Patricia Fitzgerald Ratcliff ‘The Australia Are One: John West Guiding Colonial Australia to Nationhood’ (PDF 154KB)
Leslie Zines ‘ Sir Robert Garran ’ (PDF 61KB)
Greg Craven ‘The New Centralism and the Collapse of the Conservative Constitution’ (PDF 79KB)

43 Reference of Bills to Australian Senate Committees, With particular reference to the role of the
Selection of Bills Committee (PDF 4008KB)

42 The Distinctive Foundations of Australian Democracy: Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series 2003-2004 (PDF 1189KB)

Introductory Pages (PDF 11KB)
Stuart Macintyre ‘ Alfred Deakin . A Centenary Tribute’ (PDF 55KB)
Michael Coper ‘The High Court and the Parliament: Partners in Law-making, or Hostile Combatants?’ (PDF 170KB)
A.J. Brown ‘Constitutional Schizophrenia Then and Now’ (PDF 300KB)
John Molony ‘ Eureka and the Prerogative of the People’ (PDF 57KB)
Sir Ninian Stephen ‘ John Quick : a True Founding Father of Federation’ (PDF 46KB)
Dennis Pearce ‘Rules, Regulations and Red Tape: Parliamentary Scrutiny and Delegated Legislation’ (PDF 95KB)
Patricia Fitzgerald Ratcliff ‘The Australians are One: John West Guiding Colonial Australia to Nationhood’ (PDF 91KB)
John Hirst ‘The Distinctiveness of Australian Democracy’ (PDF 276KB)
Anthony Marinac ‘The Usual Suspects? Civil Society and Senate Committees’ (PDF 74KB)

41 One Hundred Years of Women’s Suffrage in Australia, Centenary Issue (PDF 500KB)

Introductory Pages (PDF 10KB)
Margaret Guilfoyle and Susan Ryan ‘ The Trailblazers: the First Women in Cabinet’ (PDF 44KB)
Barbara Caine ‘Australian Feminism and the British Militant Suffragettes’ (PDF 97KB)
Moira Rayner ‘Public Discourse and the Power of Women’ (PDF 93KB)
John Uhr ‘The Power of One’ (PDF 79KB)
Marise Payne ‘Personal Perspectives on Parliament: Upper House’ (PDF 23KB)
Julia Gillard ‘Personal Perspectives on Parliament: Lower House’ (PDF 22KB)
‘Carry on the Fight’: Women in the Australian Senate (PDF 92KB)

40 Bicameralism and Accountablity: Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, 2002-2003 (PDF 706KB)

Introductry pages (PDF 10KB)
Don Russell 'The Role of Executive Government in Australia' (PDF 85KB)
Bruce Stone 'Australian Bicameralism: Potential and Performance in State Upper Houses' (PDF 159KB)
Stanley Bach 'A Delicate Balance: the Accidental Genius of Australian Politics' (PDF 118KB)
Brian Costar 'Accountability or Representation? Victorian Bicameralism' (PDF 80KB)
Patrick Weller 'The Australian Public Service: Still Anonymous, Neutral and a Career Service?' (PDF 71KB)
Michael Pusey 'An Australian Story: the Troubling Experience of Economic Reform' (PDF 90KB)
Ross McMullin 'Vigour, Rigour and Charisma: the Remarkable Pompey Elliott, Soldier and Senator' (PDF 69KB)

39 Senate Envy and Other Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, 2001–2002 (PDF 1092KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 10KB)
Julianne Schultz, ‘Two Cultures: Parliament and the Media (PDF 82KB)
Ted Morton ‘Senate Envy: Why Western Canada Wants What Australia Has’ (PDF 102KB)
Patrick Bishop ‘Democratic Equivocations: Who Wants What, When and How?’ (PDF 77KB)
Campbell Sharman ‘Politics at the Margin: Independents and the Australian Political System’ (PDF 253KB)
Patrick Barrett ‘Auditing in a Changing Governance Environment’ (PDF 283KB)
Gary Johns ‘Government and Civil Society: Which is Virtuous?’ (PDF 127KB)
Lord Irvine of Lairg ‘The Spirit of Magna Carta Continues to Resonate in Modern Law’ (PDF 154KB)

38 Parliament and Public Opinion. Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series 2000–2001, April 2002 (PDF 1043KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 12KB)
Jeremy Rabkin, ‘National Sovereignty in a Globalising World’ (PDF 85KB)
Murray Goot, ‘Distrustful, Disenchanted and Disengaged? Polled Opinion on Politics, Politicians and the Parties: an Historical Perspective’ (PDF 335KB)
David Zussman, ‘Confidence in Public Institutions: Restoring Pride to Politics’ (PDF 78KB)
Phillip Knightley, ‘What is Australia? Perception versus Reality’ (PDF 74KB)
Ian McAllister, ‘Civic Education and Political Knowledge in Australia’ (PDF 139KB)
Sir Alastair Goodlad, ‘Political Structure and Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom’ (PDF 75KB)
Donley T. Studlar, ‘Reflections on the Election Fiasco in the United States’ (PDF 158KB)
Judith Brett, ‘Parliament, Meetings and Civil Society’ (PDF 105KB)

37 For Peace, Order and Good Government: the Centenary of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, November 2001

Introductory pages (PDF 11KB)
Margaret Reid and Gavin Souter, Speeches from the Launch of the Senate Exhibition For Peace, Order and Good Government, 29 March 2001 (PDF 30KB)
James G Drake: An Address (PDF 41KB)
John Hirst, ‘Federation: Destiny and Identity’ (PDF 84KB)
Geoffrey Blainey, ‘The Centenary of Australia’s Federation: What Should We Celebrate?’ (PDF 54KB)
Helen Irving, ‘One Hundred Years of (Almost) Solitude: the Evolution of Australian Citizenship’ (PDF 64KB)
Marian Simms, ‘1901: the Forgotten Election’ (PDF 61KB)
Marian Sawer, ‘Inventing the Nation Through the Ballot Box’ (PDF 82KB)
Russell L Cope, ‘Housing a Legislature: When Architecture and Politics Meet’ (PDF 260KB)

36 Parliament and the Public Interest. Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, 2000, June 2001

David Solomon, ‘A Single-Chamber Australian Parliament?’ (PDF 89KB)
George Williams, ‘Legislating for a Bill of Rights Now’ (PDF 74KB)
Tony Harris, ‘Auditors-General: Policies and Politics’ (PDF 68KB)
Richard Mulgan, ‘Public Servants and the Public Interest’ (PDF 69KB)
Ken Coghill, ‘Ministers in Office: Preparation and Performance’ (PDF 103KB)
John Kalokerinos, ‘Who May Sit? An Examination of the Parliamentary Disqualification Provisions of the Commonwealth Constitution’ (PDF 240KB)

35 Australia and Parliamentary Orthodoxy, and Other Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, 1999, June 2000 (PDF 1054KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 93KB)
Howard Wilson, ‘Ethics and Government: the Canadian Experience’ (PDF 135KB)
Geoffrey de Q. Walker, ‘Rediscovering the Advantages of Federalism’ (PDF 186KB)
Ian Marsh, ‘The Senate, Policy-Making and Community Consultation’ (PDF 183KB)
Alan J. Ward, ‘Australia and Parliamentary Orthodoxy’ (PDF 162KB)
Meredith Burgmann, ‘Constructing Legislative Codes of Conduct’ (PDF 120KB)
John Uhr, ‘Making Sense of the Referendum’ (PDF 192KB)
Rodney Tiffen, ‘The Scandals We Deserve?’ (PDF 114KB)
Kay Walsh, ‘Survey of Literature on the First Parliament’ (PDF 99KB)

34 Representation and Institutional Change: 50 Years of Proportional Representation in the Senate, December 1999 (PDF 4436KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 22KB)
Marion Sawer, ‘Overview: Institutional Design and the Role of the Senate’ (PDF 1393KB)
John Uhr, ‘Why We Chose Proportional Representation’ (PDF 145KB)
Elaine Thompson, ‘The Senate and Representative Democracy’ (PDF 61KB)
Arend Lijphart, ‘Australian Democracy: Modifying Majoritarianism?’ (PDF 70KB)
Harry Evans, ‘Accountability Versus Government Control: the Effect of Proportional Representation’ (PDF 35KB)
Murray Goot, ‘Can the Senate Claim a Mandate?’ (PDF 83KB)
Marian Sawer, ‘Dilemmas of Representation’ (PDF 49KB)
Helen Coonan, ‘Survival of the Fittest: Future Directions of the Senate’ (PDF 30KB)
Andrew Bartlett, ‘A Squeeze on the Balance of Power: Using Senate ‘Reform’ to Dilute Democracy’ (PDF 36KB)
John Faulkner, ‘ A Labor Perspective on Senate Reform’ (PDF 1086KB)
Fred Chaney, ‘Should Parliament be Abolished?’ (PDF 47KB)
Dee Margetts, ‘The Contribution of The Greens (WA) to the Australian Senate’ (PDF 1107KB)
Campbell Sharman, ‘The Representation of Small Parties and Independents’ (PDF 47KB)
Paul Bongiorno, Michelle Grattan and Melissa Langerman, ‘Reporting the Senate: Three Perspectives’ (PDF 47KB)
Peter Sekuless and Frances Sullivan, ‘Lobbying the Senate: Two Perspectives’ (PDF 30KB)
Anne Lynch, ‘Personalities versus Structure: the Fragmentation of the Senate Committee System’ (PDF 35KB)
Ian Marsh, ‘Opening Up the Policy Process’ (PDF 59KB)
Kate Lundy, ‘Cyberdemocracy and the Future of the Australian Senate’ (PDF 30KB)
Geoffrey Brennan, ‘The Senate and Proportional Representation: Some Concluding Observations’ (PDF 16KB)

33 The Senate and Good Government, and Other Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, 1998, May 1999 (PDF 929KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 11KB)
Clem Lloyd, ‘The Influence of Parliamentary Location and Space on Australia’s Political News Media (PDF 65KB)
Philippa Smith, ‘Red Tape and the Ombudsman’ (PDF 59KB)
Elizabeth Evatt, ‘Meeting Universal Human Rights Standards: the Australian Experience’ (PDF 103KB)
Hilary Charlesworth, ‘Globalisation, the Law and Australian Sovereignty: Dangerous Liaisons’ (PDF 104KB)
Chandran Kukathas, ‘Tolerating the Intolerable’ (PDF 78KB)
David Headon, ‘Republicanism, Politicians, and People’s Conventions—Goulburn 1854 to Canberra 1998’ (PDF 92KB)
Scott Reid, ‘Curbing Judicial Activism: the High Court, the People and a Bill of Rights’ (PDF 131KB)
Martin Krygier, ‘Fear, Hope, Politics and Law’ (PDF 152KB)
Campbell Sharman, ‘The Senate and Good Government’ (PDF 76KB)
R.L. Cope, ‘Biographical Dictionaries of Parliamentarians: Considerations and Examples’ (PDF 63KB)

32 The People’s Conventions: Corowa (1893) and Bathurst (1896), December 1998 (PDF 735KB)

Corowa

Introductory pages (PDF 24KB)
Stuart Macintyre, ‘Corowa and the Voice of the People’ (PDF 59KB)
Helen Irving, ‘When Quick Met Garran: the Corowa Plan’ (PDF 31KB)
David Headon, ‘Loading the Gun: Corowa’s Role in the Federation Debate’ (PDF 44KB)
Jeff Brownrigg, ‘ ‘‘Melba’s Puddin’ ’’: Corowa, Mulwala and Our Cultural Past’ (PDF 57KB)
James Warden, ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow: Thresholds of Citizenship (1893–1993)’ (PDF 70KB)
Paul Keating, ‘The Prime Minister’s Centenary Dinner Speech, Corowa, 31 July 1993’ (PDF 90KB)

Bathurst

John Bannon, ‘Return Tickets at Single Fares: the Bathurst Convention as a Representative National Gathering’ (PDF 43KB)
Stuart Macintyre, ‘The Idea of the People’ (PDF 22KB)
John Hirst, ‘Federation and the People: a Response to Stuart Macintyre’ (PDF 19KB)
David Headon, ‘Resurrecting the Federal Ideal: Mr Astley goes to Bathurst’ (PDF 57KB)
A.E. Cahill, ‘Cardinal Moran, Bathurst and the Achievement of Federation’ (PDF 48KB)
Tessa Milne, ‘Barton at Bathurst: ‘‘Front Stage/Backstage’’ ’ (PDF 24KB)
Mark McKenna, ‘John Napoleon Norton and the 1896 Bathurst Convention’ (PDF 24KB)
Robin McLachlan, ‘A Foreign Agent Unmasked: Colonel Bell at Bathurst’ (PDF 57KB)
Kevin Livingston, ‘Joseph Cook’s Contribution’ (PDF 19KB)
Jeff Brownrigg, ‘ ‘‘The Sentiment of Nationality’’ Bathurst and Popular Support for Federation’ (PDF 46KB)

31 Papers on Parliament No. 31, June 1998 (PDF 504KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 14KB)
Dr Anne Summers, ‘The Media and Parliament: Image-making and Image-breaking’ (PDF 55KB)
Hugh Mackay, ‘Three Generations: the Changing Values and Political Outlook of Australians’ (PDF 47KB)
Professor Marian Sawer, ‘Mirrors, Mouthpieces, Mandates and Men of Judgement: Concepts of Representation in the Australian Federal Parliament’ (PDF 67KB)
Harry Evans, ‘Bad King John and the Australian Constitution: Commemorating the 700th Anniversary of the 1297 Issue of Magna Carta’ (PDF 57KB)
Dr Henry Reynolds, ‘Aborigines and the 1967 Referendum: Thirty Years On’ (PDF 53KB)
Richard Broinowski, ‘Robert Arthur Broinowski: Clerk of the Senate, Poet, Environmentalist, Broadcaster’ (PDF 29KB)
Kelly Paxman, ‘Referral of Bills to Senate Committees: an Evaluation’ (PDF 85KB)
Juliet Edeson, ‘Powers of Presidents in Republics’ (PDF 92KB)

30 The Constitution Makers, November 1997 (PDF 550KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 9KB)
The Hon. John Bannon, ‘Towards Federation: the Role of the Smaller Colonies’ (PDF 64KB)
Professor Stuart Macintyre, ‘A Federal Commonwealth, an Australian Citizenship’ (PDF 50KB)
Professor Geoffrey Bolton, ‘The Art of Consensus: Edmund Barton and the 1897 Federal Convention’ (PDF 63KB)
Dr Mark McKenna, ‘Sir Richard Chaffey Baker—the Senate’s First Republican’ (PDF 60KB)
Professor Greg Craven, ‘The High Court and the Founders: an Unfaithful Servant’ (PDF 115KB)
Dr Kathleen Dermody, ‘The 1897 Federal Convention Election: a Success or Failure?’ (PDF 124KB)
Derek Drinkwater, ‘Federation Through the Eyes of a South Australian Model Parliament’ (PDF 52KB)

29 Parliaments in Evolution: Constitutional Reform in the 1990s, March 1997 (PDF 273KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 12KB)
David Butler, ‘Ministerial Accountability: Lessons of the Scott Report’ (PDF 74KB)
Marilyn Lake, ‘Women’s Changing Conception of Political Power’ (PDF 57KB)
Deryck Schreuder, ‘Reshaping the Body Politic—the South African Experience’ (PDF 29KB)
Campbell Sharman, ‘Defining Executive Power: Constitutional Reform for Grown-Ups’ (PDF 53KB)
John Uhr, ‘Keeping Government Honest: Preconditions of Parliamentary Effectiveness’ (PDF 58KB)

28 Poets, Presidents, People and Parliament: Republicanism and other issues, November 1996 (PDF 472KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 9KB)
Harry Evans, ‘The Australian Head of State: Putting Republicanism into the Republic’ (PDF 61KB)
George Winterton and David Flint, ‘The Election of an Australian President’ (PDF 60KB)
Les A. Murray, AO, ‘And Let’s Always Call It the Commonwealth: One Poet’s View of the Republic’ (PDF 71KB)
K.S. Inglis, ‘Parliamentary Speech’ (PDF 67KB)
Gwynneth Singleton, ‘Independents in a Multi-Party System: the Experience of the Australian Senate’ (PDF 88KB)
Jack Waterford, ‘Ministerial Responsibility for Personal Staff’ (PDF 86KB)
Derek Drinkwater, ‘Rupert Loof: Clerk of the Senate and Man of Many Parts’ (PDF 37KB)

27 Reinventing Political Institutions, March 1996 (PDF 454KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 11KB)
Professor Beryl A. Radin, ‘Reinventing Government in the United States: What is Happening with the National Performance Review?’ (PDF 59KB)
Professor Neville Meaney, ‘The Commonwealth and the Republic: an Historical Perspective’ (PDF 66KB)
Senator the Hon. Margaret Reynolds, ‘Women, Pre-selection and Merit: Who Decides?’ (PDF 66KB)
Pru Goward, ‘The Medium, not the Messenger’ (PDF 59KB)
Sir David Smith, ‘An Australian Head of State: an Historical and Contemporary Perspective’ (PDF 82KB)
Senator the Hon. Michael Beahan, ‘Majorities and Minorities: Evolutionary Trends in the Australian Senate’ (PDF 64KB)
Professor Howard Cody, ‘Australia’s Senate and Senate Reform in Canada’ (PDF 49KB)

26 Republicanism, Responsible Government and Human Rights, August 1995 (PDF 497KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 11KB)
The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby, AC, CMG, ‘Human Rights—The International Dimension’ (PDF 78KB)
Senator Baden Teague, ‘An Australian Head of State: the Contemporary Debate’ (PDF 62KB)
Harry Evans, ‘Electing a President: the elite versus the public’ (PDF 20KB)
David Hamer, DSC, ‘Can Responsible Government Survive in Australia?’ (PDF 67KB)
John Taylor, ‘Parliament and the Auditor-General’ (PDF 132KB)
Dr Suri Ratnapala, ‘Westminster Democracy and the Separation of Powers: Can they Co-exist?’ (PDF 71KB)
Peter C. Grundy, ‘Prima Facie Native Title’ (PDF 48KB)

25 Constitutions, Rights and Democracy: Past, Present and Future, June 1995 (PDF 307KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 11KB)
Professor Peter Russell, ‘Constitutional Odyssey: Can Canada Become a Sovereign People?’ (PDF 81KB)
Professor Henry J. Steiner, ‘Cultural Relativism and the Attitude of Certain Asian Countries towards the Universality of Human Rights’ (PDF 55KB)
Senator Cheryl Kernot, ‘For Parliament or Party: Whose Democracy is it, Anyway?’ (PDF 48KB)
Dr James Warden, ‘Parliament, Democracy and Political Identity in Australia’ (PDF 61KB)
Dr Helen Irving, ‘Who are the Founding Mothers? The Role of Women in Australian Federation’ (PDF 61KB)

24 Essays on Republicanism: small r republicanism, by Harry Evans, September 1994 (PDF 146KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 12KB)
A Note on the Meaning of ‘Republic’ (PDF 29KB)
Republicanism, Continued: A brief rejoinder to Graham Maddox (PDF 12KB)
Republicanism and the Australian Constitution (PDF 17KB)
Introduction: The Agenda of the True Republicans (PDF 20KB)
Keeping the Australian Republic (PDF 24KB)
Essentials of Republican Legislatures: Distributed Majorities and Legislative Control (PDF 24KB)
Australia’s Real Republican Heritage (PDF 18KB)

23 Parliaments and Constitutions Under Scrutiny, September 1994 (PDF 483KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 13KB)
Derek Drinkwater, ‘Catspaw of the Minister? Membership of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, 1952-1967’ (PDF 74KB)
Professor Ulrich Klti, ‘Reform Trends in Swiss Government’ (PDF 72KB)
Kathleen Burns, ‘A Stranger in Paradise? A Foreign Correspondent’s View of the Parliamentary Press Gallery’ (PDF 80KB)
Professor Kathleen Mahoney, ‘A Charter of Rights: The Canadian Experience’ (PDF 112KB)
Fred Chaney, ‘Parliament: Our Great Expectations’ (PDF 78KB)
Professor James Walter, ‘What Has Happened To Political Ideas?’ (PDF 53KB)

22 Views of Parliamentary Democracy, February 1994 (PDF 305KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 11KB)
Ferdinand Mount, ‘Parliament and the Governance of Modern Nations’ (PDF 62KB)
Kathy Martin Sullivan MP, ‘Women in Parliament—Yes! But What’s It Really Like?’ (PDF 66KB)
Professor Michael Crommelin, ‘Mabo—The Decision and the Debate’ (PDF 59KB)
Professor Geoffrey Brennan, ‘Australian Parliamentary Democracy: One Cheer for the Status Quo’ (PDF 105KB)

21 Parliament and the Constitution: Some Issues of Interest, December 1993 (PDF 624KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 10KB)
Ian Temby QC, ‘Safeguarding Integrity in Government’ (PDF 69KB)
Professor Geoffrey de Q Walker, ‘Constitutional Change in the 1990s: Moves for Direct Democracy’ (PDF 98KB)
Professor Thomas J. Courchene, ‘Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada’ (PDF 136KB)
Professor Roger Wettenhall, ‘Corporatised Bodies Old and New: Is Parliament Missing Out?’ (PDF 141KB)
Professor Brian de Garis, ‘How Popular was the Popular Federation Movement?’ (PDF 90KB)
Dr Greg Craven, ‘The Founding Fathers: Constitutional Kings or Colonial Knaves?’ (PDF 97KB)

20 The Future of Parliaments and Their Libraries: A Review Article By Russell Cope, October 1993 (PDF 407KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 13KB)
Part 1—Looking at London (PDF 84KB)
Part 2—The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be: Disputatious Observations (PDF 88KB)
Parliamentary Bibliography (PDF 222KB)

19 Constitution, Section 53: Financial Legislation and the Houses of Commonwealth Parliament, May 1993 (PDF 142KB)

‘Amendments and Requests: Disagreements Between the Houses’, Clerk of the Senate
‘Amendments and Requests: A Background Paper’, Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
‘The Senate: Amendment of Taxation and Appropriation Legislation’, Clerk of the Senate
‘Supply’, Clerk of the Senate

18 Parliaments: Achievements and Challenges, December 1992 (PDF 533KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 17KB)
Bill Blick, ‘Accountability, the Parliament and the Executive’ (PDF 86KB)
Harry Evans, ‘Parliament: An Unreformable Institution’ (PDF 77KB)
Senator Bruce Childs, ‘The Truth About Parliamentary Committees’ (PDF 65KB)
Brian Galligan, ‘Parliamentary Responsible Government and the Protection of Rights’ (PDF 75KB)
Senator The Hon. Terry Aulich, ‘Parliament’s Last Stand’ (PDF 88KB)
Senator The Hon. Peter Durack, ‘Parliament and People’ (PDF 72KB)
Senate Procedural Digest 1992 (PDF 86KB)

17 Trust the Women: Women in Parliament, September 1992 (PDF 301KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 10KB)
Senator Patricia Giles, ‘Women in the Federal Parliament’ (PDF 24KB)
Dr Marian Sawer, ‘Housekeeping the State: Women and Parliamentary Politics in Australia’ (PDF 79KB)
The Hon. Susan Ryan, AO, ‘Fishes on Bicycles’ (PDF 64KB)
Janine Haines, ‘Suffrage to Sufferance: 100 Years of Women in Parliament’ (PDF 71KB)
The Hon. Dame Margaret Guilfoyle, DBE, ‘The Senate: Proportionately Representative but Disproportionately Male’ (PDF 61KB)

16 Two Historical Views of Parliaments: Ireland and Russia, June 1992 (PDF 109KB)

Harry Rigby, ‘Russia’s Parliaments’
Professor Oliver MacDonagh, ‘Parnell and the Art of Politics’

15 Stephen Argument, Parliamentary Scrutiny of Quasi-legislation, May 1992 (PDF 262KB)

Chapters 1-4 (PDF 112KB)
Chapters 5-8 (PDF 140KB)

14 Parliamentary Perspectives 1991, February 1992 (PDF 357KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 10KB)
Harry Evans, ‘Parliamentary Reform: New Directions and Possibilities for Reform of Parliamentary Processes’ (PDF 62KB)
John Black, Michael Macklin and Chris Puplick, ‘How Parliament Works in Practice’ (PDF 72KB)
John Button, ‘The Role of the Leader of the Government in the Senate’ (PDF 44KB)
Hugh Collins, ‘Political Literacy: Educating for Democracy’ (PDF 64KB)
Senate Procedural Digest 1991 (PDF 104KB)

13 One People, One Destiny—Papers given at a series of Senate Occasional Lectures to commemorate the centenary of the National Australasian Convention 1891, November 1991 (PDF 367KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 11KB)
The Rt Hon Sir Zelman Cowen,‘ ‘‘Is it not time?’’ The National Australasian Convention of 1891—a milestone on the road to federation’ (PDF 57KB)
Professor Geoffrey Bolton, ‘Samuel Griffith: the Great Provincial’ (PDF 64KB)
Professor W.G. McMinn, ‘Politics or Statesmanship? George Reid and the Failure of the 1891 Federation Movement’ (PDF 71KB)
Professor Leslie Zines, ‘What the Courts have done to Australian Federalism’ (PDF 58KB)
Mr John McMillan, ‘Constitutional Reform in Australia’ (PDF 62KB)
The Hon Frank Neasey, ‘Andrew Inglis Clark and Australian Federation’ (PDF 53KB)

12 Senate Committees and Responsible Government: Proceedings of the Conference to mark the twentieth anniversary of Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committees and Senate Estimates Committees, 3 October 1990, September 1991

Introductory pages (PDF 26KB)

Session 1—‘The revolutionary proposals’ of 1970 (PDF 156KB)
Opening Address by the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon. Kerry W. Sibraa
—Keynote address by Mr Peter Rae
—Panel of speakers: Mr Gordon Davidson, Professor Geoffrey Sawer, Mr Alan Cumming Thom and Mr Chris Puplick
—Speech by Senator John Wheeldon when opening the exhibition, The World of Senate Committees

Session 2—Senate Committees - keeping Parliament responsible (PDF 109KB)
—Keynote address by Mr David Hamer
—Panel of speakers: Senator the Hon. Peter Durack, Mr John Black, Professor Dennis Pearce and Professor Dianne Yerbury

Session 3—Senate Estimates Committees—do these watchdogs bite or only bark? (PDF 106KB)
—Keynote address by Senator the Hon. Peter Baume
—Panel of speakers: Senator Bruce Childs, Dr Michael Keating, Dr John Uhr and Ms Michelle Grattan

Session 4—Senate Committees—can they halt the decline of Parliament? (PDF 152KB)
—Keynote address by Dr Brian Galligan
—Panel of speakers: Senators Rod Kemp, Nick Sherry, Vicki Bourne, William O’Chee and Mr Peter Bayne

Speech by the Governor-General, His Excellency the Hon. Bill Hayden, AC, made at the Conference Dinner, 3 October 1990 (PDF 35KB)

11 Ian Marsh, The Committee System of the UK House of Commons: Recent Developments and their Implications for Australia, March 1991 (PDF 195KB)

10 Peter Bayne, Tribunals in the System of Government, July 1990 (PDF 114KB)

9 A.W. Martin, Parkes and the 1890 Conference, July 1990 (PDF 156KB)

8 Chandran Kukathas, Democracy, Parliament and Responsible Government, with additional observations by David Lovell and William Maley, June 1990 (PDF 91KB)

7 Unchaining the Watch-Dogs, Parliament House, Canberra, March 1990 (PDF 348KB)

Introductory pages (PDF 19KB)
John Taylor, ‘The Auditor-General—Ally of the People, the Parliament and the Executive’ (PDF 127KB)
Dennis Pearce, ‘The Commonwealth Ombudsman: Present Operation and Future Developments’ (PDF 104KB)
Cheryl Saunders, ‘The Role of the Administrative Review Council’ (PDF 98KB)

6 Senate Estimates Scrutiny of Government Finance and Expenditure. What’s it for, does it work and at what cost? Papers presented at a Parliamentary Workshop, October 1989, March 1990

Introductory pages (PDF 33KB)

Session 1—An Overview of the Scrutiny System by Watchers and Watched (PDF 104KB)
Dr John Uhr, Estimates Committee Scrutiny of Government Appropriations and Expenditure : Nature, Purpose and Effects
Dr Michael Keating, The standpoint of Finance : More than a Watching Brief
Senator Bob McMullan, A Government Senator’s Standpoint : Value for Money or Watching Ministerial Backs?
Senator John Coates, A Finance and Public Administration Perspective : Complementing the Estimates Scrutiny Process
Session 2—Questions and Answers Session: ‘Are There Too Many Watchers and Not Enough Managers’? (PDF 40KB)
Session 3—The Theory and Practice of Public Accountability—the Views of Key Practitioners (PDF 64KB)
John Taylor, 'Auditing public expenditure and the estimates process: the role of the Auditor-General’
Robert Tickner, 'Parliament, the Public Service and Accountable Management’
Session 4—The Role of Opposition Senators - Politics or Auditing (PDF 76KB)
Senator the Hon. Peter Baume, 'The Right to Hold Government to account : Estimates Committees and the role of the Opposition’
Senator Bronwyn Bishop, 'Senate Estimates Committees: techniques to achieve accountability - questions, answers and use of information’
Session 5—Sounding Off and Rounding Off (PDF 71KB)
Appendix 1—John Uhr, 'Public Expenditure and ParliamentaryAccountability: The Debatable Role of Senate Estimates Committees’ (PDF 133KB)
Appendix 2—John Taylor, 'Auditing Public Expenditure and the Estimates Process: The Role of the Auditor-General’ (PDF 66KB)
Appendix 3—Senator Bronwyn Bishop, 'Public Administration: A Sharpening of the Focus’ (PDF 52KB)

5 Jenny Hutchison, The Big Picture on the Small Screen, November 1989 (PDF 86KB)

4 Brian Galligan, No Bill of Rights for Australia, July 1989 (PDF 202KB)

3 Peter O’Keeffe, Deregulation, Merits Review and the Withering of Parliamentary Sovereignty, December 1988 (PDF 119KB)

2 Anne Lynch, Legislation by Proclamation - Parliamentary Nightmare, Bureaucratic Dream;and John Vander Wyk, The Discharge of Senators from Attendance on the Senate upon a Dissolution of the House of Representatives, July 1988 (PDF 100KB)

1 Peter O’Keeffe, Spoilt for a Ha’p’worth of Tar. How Bureaucratic Law-making can Undermine the Ideals of Civil Liberty, April 1988 (PDF 129KB)

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