Annual Report 2005–06
Appendix 4—Senate and departmental publications
The Department of the Senate maintained and updated an extensive
catalogue of ongoing publications during 2005–06, as listed
by category below. Documents which are publicly available on the
Senate website (www.aph.gov.au/senate) or the Parliamentary Education
Office website (www.peo.gov.au) 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.
Publications by subject area
| The work and procedures of the Senate |
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| A guide to services, entitlements and facilities
for senators (information for senators and their support staff, also available on the departmental intranet) 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) Dynamic Red (the daily Order of Business, updated online during each sitting day) Journals of the Senate (the minutes of chamber proceedings) List of Senators (senators’ contact information, terms of service and state and party representation) Odgers’ Australian Senate Practice, eleventh edition and supplements (a comprehensive procedural reference work) Order of Business (the Senate ‘Red’ or daily program) Pocket Guide to Senate Procedure (a consolidation of the Brief Guides) Preparing Private Senators’ Bills, Explanatory Memoranda and Second Reading Speeches: A Guide for Senators (information about legislation for senators and their support staff, also available on the departmental intranet) Privileges Committee 125th Report—Parliamentary Privilege: Precedents, Procedures and Practice in the Australian Senate 1966–2005 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 (online 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) Bills referred to committees (an up‑to‑date list of bills referred to committees) Business of Committees (the Senate committee ‘Red’ or daily program) Consolidated Register of Senate Committee Reports (1970–2004 and annual supplements) (a list of committee reports presented to the Senate since 1970) Delegated Legislation Monitor (information on every disallowable legislative and non‑legislative instrument tabled in the Senate) Disallowance Alert (an updated list of disallowance actions initiated by the Regulations and Ordinances Committee and individual senators, together with outcomes) Guidelines for Committee Chairs (a procedural handbook for chairs of committees—available on the departmental intranet) How to Make a Submission to a Senate Committee Inquiry Notes for Guidance of Witnesses appearing before Senate Committees Procedures to be observed by Senate Committees for the Protection of Witnesses (three types of information for members of the public with an interest in participating in the work of Senate committees) Public Hearings/Meetings (a program of scheduled meetings) Scrutiny of Bills Committee Alert Digests (a document which notifies senators and 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) Scrutiny of Disallowable Instruments (a list of disallowable legislative and non‑legislative instruments about which the Regulations and Ordinances Committee has raised concerns) Senate Disallowable Instruments List (a listing of tabled instruments for which disallowance motions may be moved in the Senate, published for each sitting) Work of Committees (a comprehensive summary of committee business) |
| Parliamentary, constitutional and historical information |
1903–2003: One Hundred Years of Women’s
Suffrage in Australia |
| 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) And SOSE say all of us (full report ) (executive summary)(summary report from the 2003 Conference on the Studies of Society and Environment Curriculum) A Short History of Parliament (origins and development of the Commonwealth 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 (archived)(a simple guide to the 2004 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 (archived)(a discontinued PEO newsletter) Poster of House of Representatives Chamber Poster of Senate Chamber 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) 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 Customs Tariff Acts 1901 and 1999 (two role‑plays comparing the passage of two Acts) The House of Representatives Photo and Seating Plan (includes a photo of the House of Representatives chamber, an indication of party numbers and a seating plan for the Forty‑first Parliament) The Senate Photo and Seating Plan (includes a photo of the Senate chamber, an indication of party numbers and a seating plan for the Forty‑first Parliament) The Tom Roberts painting and the opening of the first Commonwealth Parliament (resources about the opening of the First Parliament) Two Way Street Magazine (discontinued;
back issues archived on website)(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) Unravelling the Parliamentary Role Play (a publication to assist teachers who have seen the role‑play program at Parliament House to replicate it in the classroom) Useful Websites (a list of online resources that would be useful for teachers and students) You and your … series (archived)(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 |
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Annual Report of the
Department of the Senate Corporate Plan Portfolio Budget Statements
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Contact details by subject area
| Senate Table Office | email: table.inquiries.sen@aph.gov.au | |
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| phone: 02 6277 3010 | fax: 02 6277 3448 | |
| Senate Committee Office | email: seniorclerk.committees.sen@aph.gov.au | |
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| phone: 02 6277 3555 | fax: 02 6277 3899 | |
| Procedure Office | email: research.sen@aph.gov.au | |
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| phone: 02 6277 3072 | fax: 02 6277 5838 | |
| Biographical Dictionary Unit | phone: 02 6277 3061 | fax: 02 6277 5933 |
| Parliamentary Education Office | email: info@peo.gov.au | |
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| phone: 02 6277 3147 | fax: 02 6277 5775 | |
| Black Rod’s Office | email: blackrod.sen@aph.gov.au | |
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| phone: 02 6277 3396 | fax: 02 6277 3199 | |