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ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 3 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 3 Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee ............................................................................................... 3 Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform ............................................................................... 3 Senate Selection of Bills Committee .............................................................................................. 4 Statement of Compatibility with

NOVEMBER 20, 2012 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (White Ribbon Day)—25 November 2012 Image source: http://www.un.org In 1999, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (also marked in Australia as White Ribbon Day).

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 3 The creation of a National Portrait Gallery ......................................................................................... 3 The development of a National Cultural Policy .................................................................................. 4 Main issues............................................................................................................................................... 6 Governance arrangements for the National Portrait Gallery of Australia ......................................... 6 Basis of policy commitment

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Box 1: Definition: media convergence ....................................................................................... 2 Finkelstein Review .............................................................................................................................. 2 Defining the context of the review................................................................................................. 3 Media privileges in the face of public disquiet ............................................................................... 4 Rights of redress ....................................................................................................................... 5 Effectiveness of media code of practice

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BACKGROUND NOTE Updated 18 September 2012 Codes of conduct in Australian and selected overseas parliaments Deirdre McKeown Politics and Public Administration Section Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Summary of codes of conduct in Australian parliaments ........................................................................ 2 Australian parliaments ............................................................................................................................. 3 Commonwealth parliament ................................................................................................................

JULY 9, 2012 Australia’s performance against Anti-corruption treaty reviewed Image source: Commonwealth Ombudsman Australia signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in December 2003 and ratified it two years later. A summary of the findings of the first review of Australia’s implementation of the UNCAC was released on 18

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose of publication ............................................................................................................................. 1 Ben Roberts-Smith .............................................................................................................................. 1 The Victoria Cross ............................................................................................................................... 1 History ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Description .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Electorates .......................................................................................................................................... 4 New South Wales ........................................................................................................................... 4 Victoria ......................................................................................................................................... 90 Queensland ................................................................................................................................ 155 Western Australia ...................................................................................................................... 186 South Australia .......................................................................................................................... 193