Articles, addresses and other publications by current and former Senate staff.

2019

• Enriching Democracy—Achievements of the Senate Crossbench and Backbench in the 45th Parliament
  Maureen Weeks
  (PDF 415KB)
• Wilkie v Commonwealth and Parliamentary Control of Appropriations
  Glenn Ryall
  (PDF 825KB)

2018

• Richard Chaffey Baker and the Shaping of the Senate
  Rosemary Laing
  (PDF 578KB)

2017

• The Concept of 'The Same in Substance': What Does the Perrett Judgment Mean for Parliamentary Scrutiny?
  Ivan Powell
  (PDF 141KB)
• Scrutiny Committees: A Vehicle for Safeguarding Federalism and the Constitutional Rights of Parliament
  Glenn Ryall and Jessica Strout
  (PDF 182KB)

2016

• 'The Pursuit of State Interests in the Senate'
  Papers on Parliament, No. 66, October 2016, pp. 139–160
  Paula Waring
  (PDF 124KB)
• 'The Williams Decisions and the Implications for the Senate and its Scrutiny Committees'
  Papers on Parliament, No. 64, January 2016, pp. 143–159
  Patrick Hodder
  (PDF 124KB)
• 'Representation of Commonwealth Territories in the Senate'
  Papers on Parliament, No. 64, January 2016, pp. 109–141
  Michael Sloane
  (PDF 190KB)

2015

• 'Exclusive cognisance: is it a relevant concept in the 21^st century?'
  Australasian Parliamentary Review, vol. 30(2), 2015, pp. 58–72
  Rosemary Laing
  (HTML)
• 'Commonwealth executive power and accountability following Williams (No. 2)'
  Papers on Parliament, No. 63, July 2015, pp. 109–134
  Glenn Ryall
  (PDF 187KB)
• Senate actions upon the deaths of prime ministers of Australia
  Senate Table Office, updated 23 October 2015
  (PDF 44KB)
• 'Prayers in the Senate: abolition, retention or change', 2015
  Jarrod Jolly
  (PDF 241KB)

2014

• 'Williams v Commonwealth—a turning point for parliamentary accountability and federalism in Australia?'
  Papers on Parliament, No. 63, March 2014, pp. 131–148
  Glenn Ryall
  (PDF 138KB)

2013

• 'Is it futile to petition the Australian Senate?'
  Papers on Parliament, No. 59, April 2013, pp. 129–151
  Paula Waring
  (PDF 187KB)

2012

• '”This is a procedure on which we should not lightly embark”: orders for the production of documents in the Australian Senate, 1901 to 1988'
  Papers on Parliament, No. 58, August 2012, pp. 89–105
  Paula Waring
  (PDF 471KB)
• 'Curbing the grand inquest: legislature v. executive in the United States and Australia'
  Papers on Parliament, No. 58, February 2012, pp. 127–151
  Bill Bannear
  (PDF 348KB)

2011

• 'Swearing-in of senators and members outside of General Elections' August 2011
  Annemieke Jongsma
  (PDF 40KB)
• 'The Senate committee system: historical perspectives'
  Papers on Parliament, No. 55, February 2011, pp. 159–172
  Rosemary Laing
  (PDF 224KB)

2010

• 'The Senate committee system: historical perspectives'
  Papers on Parliament: Senate Committees and Government Accountability, No. 54, December 2010, pp. 5–19
  Rosemary Laing and John Uhr
  (PDF 141KB)
• 'Two global crises, two Senate committees'
  Papers on Parliament, No. 53, June 2010, pp. 83–96
  John Hawkins
  (PDF 118KB)
• 'Control of delegated legislation in the Australian Senate'
  The Table, vol. 78, 2010, pp. 22–31
  Richard Pye
  (PDF 1783KB)

2009

• 'Can we account for parliamentary committees? A survey of committee secretaries'
  Parliamentary Studies Paper 9, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, 2009
  Richard Grant
  (PDF 1171KB)
• 'Senate committees and the legislative process'
  Parliamentary Studies Paper 7, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, 2009
  Ian Holland
  (PDF 1137KB)
• 'Factors that affect participation in Senate committee inquiries'
  Parliamentary Studies Paper 5, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, 2009
  Jackie Morris and Sophie Power
  (PDF 1188KB)
• 'Annotated standing orders of the Australian Senate'
  The Table, vol. 77, 2009, pp. 14–24
  Rosemary Laing
  (PDF 1668KB)

2008

• 'Consideration of legislation by Australian Senate committees and the Selection of Bills Committee'
  The Table, vol. 76, 2008, pp. 34–43
  Richard Pye
  (PDF 601KB)

2007

• 'Accounting and accountability'
  Australasian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 22(1), pp. 19–27
  Rosemary Laing

2004

• 'Questions without answers: joint meetings of the Australian Senate and the House of Representatives'
  The Table, vol. 72, 2004, pp. 5–13
  Rosemary Laing
  (PDF 552KB)

2001

• 'Remedies against the executive for non-compliance with orders for the production of documents—recent developments in the Australian Senate'
  The Table, vol. 69, 2001, pp. 29–37
  Rosemary Laing
• 'Accountability in the Senate: ordering the production of documents'
  Parliamentarian, vol. 82(3), 2001, pp. 22–4
  Rosemary Laing

1999

• 'Public information, accountability and open government: a snapshot of the Australian Senate'
  The Table, vol. 76, pp. 17–27
  Rosemary Laing

1998

• 'Dealing with complex legislation in committee of the whole: the experience of the Australian Senate'
  The Table, vol. 66, 1998, pp. 30–43
  Rosemary Laing and Rosa Ferranda

1995

• 'Overhaul of the Australian Senate's committee system'
  The Table, vol. 63, 1995, pp. 9–16
  Rosemary Laing

Papers by former Clerk of the Senate, Harry Evans