Every sitting day, time is set aside for what is known as 'Discovery of Formal Business'. This is an opportunity for business to be 'fast-tracked' - that is, moved and determined without debate.

Senate Discovery is a video series designed to 'fast-track' information about Senate business and the work of its committees.

Previous episodes | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |

Senate Discovery: Budget and estimates

• Parliamentary Education Office fact sheets:
  • Budget
  • Senate estimates
• Senate Brief – Consideration of estimates

Senate Discovery: Opening of Parliament 2022

• Opening of the 47th Parliament
• Senate Brief 2 – The Opening of Parliament
• Parliamentary Education Office – Preparing for a new Parliament

Senate Discovery: 28 March to 8 April 2022

• Senator Kimberley Kitching
• Senate daily and weekly summaries
• Inquiry into the application of the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia
• Estimates
• Senators – service expiry dates
• Australian Electoral Commission – Election timetable

Senate Discovery: 8 to 18 February 2022

• Senate daily and weekly summaries 8 – 10 February 2022
• Set the standard: Report on the independent review into Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces
• Parliamentary Standards Joint Committee
• Senate estimates
• ParlView