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Home About Parliament Senate Practice and Procedure Guides to Senate Procedure

Guides to Senate Procedure

This series is designed for those who require a practical understanding of the procedures governing the work of the Senate.

Guides to Senate procedure (PDF 725KB)

Contents

  • No. 1
    Senate business documents

  • No. 2
    Rules of debate

  • No. 3
    Voting in the Senate

  • No. 4
    Categories of business

  • No. 5
    Suspension of standing orders

  • No. 6
    Questions

  • No. 7
    Petitions

  • No. 8
    Notices of motion

  • No. 9
    Matters of public importance and urgency

  • No. 10
    Tabling of documents

  • No. 11
    Opportunities for debating documents and reports

  • No. 12
    Orders for the production of documents

  • No. 13
    Referring matters to committees

  • No. 14
    Committee membership

  • No. 15
    Reading a bill

  • No. 16
    Consideration of legislation

  • No. 17
    Debating legislation under time limits

  • No. 18
    Communications between the Houses - dealing with messages

  • No. 19
    Disallowance

  • No. 20
    Parliamentary privilege

  • No. 21
    Qualifications of senators and candidates for Senate elections

  • No. 22
    Provisions governing the conduct of senators

  • No. 23
    Provisions governing the conduct of senators in debate

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