Annual Report 2003–04
Appendix 4—Senate and departmental publications
The Department of the Senate maintained and updated an extensive
catalogue of ongoing publications during 2003–04, as listed
by category below. Documents which are available on the Senate
website or the Parliamentary
Education Office website are marked with the symbol 
.
Documents which are available in hard copy are marked with the symbol 
.
Contact details for each publication area are also listed.
The work and procedures of the Senate
The work and procedures of Senate committees
Parliamentary, constitutional and historical information
Parliamentary Education Office (PEO) information for schools, teachers, and students
Contact details by subject area
The work and procedures of the Senate
Bills List and Daily Bills Update
(details of the status of bills before the Parliament)
Brief Guides to Senate Procedure, Nos 1–21
(practical guides to common practices and procedures)
Business of the Senate
(a comprehensive summary of business)
Journals of the Senate
(the minutes of chamber proceedings)
List of Senators
(details of senators’ contact information, terms of service and state
and party representation)
Odgers’ Australian Senate Practice
(a comprehensive procedural reference work)
Odgers’ Australian Senate Practice, Supplement, updates to 30 June 2004
Order of Business
(the Senate ‘Red’ or daily program)
Pocket Guide to Senate Procedure
(a consolidation of the Brief Guides)
Privileges Committee 107th Report—Parliamentary Privilege: Precedents,
Procedures and Practice in the Australian Senate 1966–2002
Procedural Information Bulletin
(a regular digest of events of procedural significance)
Questions on Notice Summary
(a statistical analysis of questions placed on notice by senators)
Senate Briefs, Nos 1–14
(general introductions to aspects of the Senate, including elections, legislation,
parliamentary privilege, the committee system and ministers in the Senate)
Senate Daily Summary
(a daily digest of Senate business)
Senate Notice Paper
(the Senate’s daily agenda)
Senate Statistical Summary
(weekly statistics on Senate business)
Senators’ Guide to Procedures
Standing Orders and Other Orders of the Senate
(rules and resolutions governing the Senate’s proceedings)
Statsnet
(on-line statistical databases)
The work and procedures of Senate committees
A Handbook for Senators’ Staff
(an outline of Senate Committee operations and procedures for staff and senators,
available on the departmental intranet)
Business of Committees
(the Senate committee ‘Red’ or daily program)
Consolidated Register of Senate Committee Reports (1970–2001 and
annual supplements)
(a list of committee reports presented to the Senate since 1970)
Delegated Legislation Monitor
(weekly details of delegated legislation)
Disallowance Alert
(an updated list of disallowance action initiated by the Regulations and Ordinances
Committee, together with outcomes)
Guidelines for Committee Chairs
(a procedural handbook for chairs of committees)
Notes for Guidance of Witnesses appearing before Senate Committees
Notes to Assist in the Preparation of Submissions to Senate Committee Inquiries
Procedures to be observed by Senate Committees for the Protection of Witnesses
Public Hearings/Meetings
(a forward program of scheduled meetings)
Scrutiny of Bills Committee Alert Digests
(a document which notifies senators and members of the public about issues
arising in relation to bills and acts)
Scrutiny of Bills Committee Reports
(the committee’s observations and recommendations in relation to bills
and acts)
Work of Committees
(a comprehensive summary of committee business)
Parliamentary, constitutional and historical information
A Nation at Last: the Story of Federation
(the book based on the exhibition of the same name)
Australia’s Parliament
(a visitor guide, available in English and multilingual editions)
Business of the Senate 1901–1910 (two volumes)
(commemorative issues relating to the first parliaments)
Papers on Parliament, Nos 1–41
(the department’s journal which publishes the texts of occasional lectures
and other essays)
Platypus and Parliament: The Australian Senate in Theory and Practice,
Stanley Bach, 2003
(a comprehensive analysis of the Senate by a former Senate fellow)
Questions and Answers on the Commonwealth Parliament
(a general reference book about the Commonwealth Parliament)
Records of the Australasian Federal Conventions of the 1890s
(the complete transcripts of the founding debates of the nation)
Records of the Centenary of Federation Joint Commemorative Meeting of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, 9 May 2001, and of the Sitting
of the Senate, 10 May 2001
Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committees—The First
20 Years, 1970–1990
(a general history of the Senate’s committee system)
Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs—The
Twentieth Anniversary of the Committee
(a general history of one committee)
The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate
(a multi-volume work of reference on Australia’s senators; Volume 1
covers the period 1901–1929, Volume 2 covers the period 1929–1962)
Parliamentary Education Office (PEO) information for schools, teachers, and students
A Federation Musical
(a play written by a PEO fellow
as a Centenary of Federation project and set to music)
A Short History of Parliament
(origins and development of the Australian Parliament)
Australia’s Constitution
(a pocket-sized edition of the Constitution)
Cockatoo Island
(a teaching resource for lower primary school)
Comparison of US and Australian Federal Legislatures
(a resource for high school students)
Elections 2004
(a simple guide to the next election)
Fact Sheet series
(nine titles on aspects of parliamentary government for primary and junior
secondary school students)
Fact Sheets on Parliament
(seven downloadable titles on aspects of parliamentary government for primary
and junior secondary school students)
Facts about Parliament
(a general information resource)
FAQ: Questions and Answers about Australia’s Parliament
(a general information resource)
Glossary
(a guide to parliamentary vocabulary)
House at Work: ordinary people in an extraordinary building
(original compositions by people working in Parliament House)
Immigration Restriction Act 1901
(a role-play based on historical speeches)
Kidsview
(interactive resources for primary school students)
Our Constitution
(a booklet and teacher’s resource about the Australian Constitution for
students in years 7–9)
Parliament House: The Building
(an in-depth look at the building)
Parliamentary Government in Australia
(a student’s guide to the Commonwealth Parliament)
Peeling Back Parliament
(a resource for upper primary and lower secondary school teachers and
their students)
PEO Profiler
(a quarterly newsletter about PEO programs)
Project on Parliament
(resources to assist school students with homework and projects on Parliament)
Role-play scripts and instructions—Debating a bill, Question Time,
Committee of Inquiry
(kits for running role-plays in the classroom)
Scripts, Speeches and Suggestions
(notes for teachers on running follow-up programs in the classroom after visiting
Parliament House)
Systems of Government
(poster comparing the systems of government of Australia, the United Kingdom
and the United States of America)
The Prime Minister and Parliament
(a fact sheet outlining the Prime Minister’s main parliamentary tasks)
Timeline of events leading to Federation
(a summary of major dates and events in the 50 years before Federation)
The Tom Roberts painting and the opening of the first Commonwealth Parliament
(resources about the opening of the first Parliament)
The Customs Tariff Acts 1901 and 1999
(two role-plays comparing the passage of two acts)
Two Way Street Magazine
(a resource for middle and upper level secondary school students that explores
current issues)
Units of Work
(downloadable resources about parliamentary government for primary school teachers)
Useful Websites
(a list of on-line resources that would be useful for teachers and students)
You and your … series
(downloadable adult education resources providing information on local and
state government, federal voting, democracy, law-making processes and federal
government, and a glossary)
Departmental publications
Annual Report of the Department of the Senate
Corporate Plan
Portfolio Budget Statements
| Publications on the work and procedures of the Senate | |
|---|---|
| Senate Table Office | email: table.inquiries.sen@aph.gov.au |
| phone: 02 6277 3010 | |
| fax: 02 6277 3448 | |
| Committee publications | |
| Senate Committee Office | email: seniorclerk.committees.sen@aph.gov.au |
| phone: 02 6277 3555 | |
| fax: 02 6277 3899 | |
| Parliamentary, constitutional and historical publications | |
| Procedure Office | email: research.sen@aph.gov.au |
| phone: 02 6277 3072 | |
| fax: 02 6277 5838 | |
| Biographical Dictionary Unit | email: ann.millar@aph.gov.au |
| phone: 02 6277 3061 | |
| fax: 02 6277 5933 | |
| Parliamentary Education Office publications | |
| Parliamentary Education Office | email: info@peo.gov.au |
| phone: 02 6277 3147 | |
| fax: 02 6277 5775 | |
| Publications providing departmental information | |
| Black Rod’s Office | email: blackrod.sen@aph.gov.au |
| phone: 02 6277 3396 | |
| fax: 02 6277 3199 | |
