The House at Work

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Order of business

• House Order of Business (PDF - 191 kb) – updated 27 June 2008
• Main Committee (PDF - 275 kb) – updated 17 August 2009

Sitting schedule (Parliamentary Sitting Calendar)

• Scheduled sittings for 2009
  Sitting Schedule for 2009

• Previous years
  Sitting schedules for the years 1997 to 2008

Chamber Documents

• Daily Program (PDF format 95 kb) (also available in Word format)

• Matter of Public Importance (published on Wednesday and Thursday of a sitting week).

• Notice Paper (PDF format) also available as HTML (from Parlinfo)

• Unanswered questions in writing (PDF 190 kb) – list updated every sitting day.

• Votes and Proceedings (PDF) also available as HTML (from Parlinfo)

• LiveMinutes (Draft House Minutes – updated every five minutes when the House is sitting)

• Hansard

House Chamber Seating Plan

• Seating Plan (PDF - 239 kb), updated 16 November, 2009

• Chamber seating diagram

Petitions

• Petitioning the House of Representatives – information regarding new arrangements introduced in February 2008.

Statistical Digest

• Statistics on the work of the House
  

Parliamentary Questions in Writing

Answers to Parliamentary Questions in Writing (PDF - 41 kb)
Guidelines for Departments and Agencies

The Mace

History and role of the Mace

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