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ISSN 1328-8091 BILLS DIGEST NO. 86, 2012-13 12 March 2013 Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment Bill 2013 Rob Lundie and Cathy Madden Politics and Public Administration Section Contents Purpose of the Bill ................................................................................................................................... 2 Background ............................................................................................................................................. 2 Position of major interest groups ........................................................................................................... 6 Financial implications .............................................................................................................................. 7 Statement of

JANUARY 25, 2013 Another step towards referendum on Constitutional recognition of local government On 24 January 2013 the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Local Government recommended in its preliminary report that a referendum on the financial recognition of local government be held in conjunction with the 2013 federal

MAY 30, 2012 Australian elections in the next four years There are between four and seven elections at the federal, state/territory or local government level each year. From now to the end of 2015 there will be one federal election, eight state or territory elections and seven local council elections.

  DECEMBER 22, 2011 Conscience votes on same-sex marriage legislation In the last months of 2011 there was much media interest in the possibility of the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party allowing a conscience vote on the issue of same-sex marriage. On 3 December 2011, delegates to the

  APRIL 15, 2011 Time in Government since Federation On Monday 28 March 2011 Barry O’Farrell was sworn in as Premier of New South Wales thus ending the Labor Party’s 16-year period in office. The Liberal/National Coalition’s win in NSW brings to three the current number of non-Labor governments in

    BACKGROUND NOTE  8 October 2010 Selected Australian political records (as at October 2010)  Martin Lumb and Rob Lundie  Politics and Public Administration Section  Contents  Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1  First Governor‐General .................................................................................................................. 1  First Australian‐born Governor‐General ........................................................................................ 1  Parliament first opened ................................................................................................................. 1  First President of the Senate ......................................................................................................... 1  First Speaker of the House of Representatives ............................................................................. 1  First Prime Minister ....................................................................................................................... 1  First Leader of the Opposition ....................................................................................................... 1  First woman to become Prime Minister ........................................................................................ 2  Youngest person to become Prime Minister ................................................................................. 2  Oldest person to become Prime Minister ..................................................................................... 2  Longest serving Prime Minister ..................................................................................................... 2  Shortest serving Prime Minister .................................................................................................... 2  Oldest serving Prime Minister ....................................................................................................... 2  Prime Ministers who lost their seats at a federal election ............................................................ 2  Prime Ministers who died in office ................................................................................................ 2  Prime Minister from the Senate .................................................................................................... 3  Youngest person to become Minister ........................................................................................... 3  Oldest person to become Minister ................................................................................................ 3  Longest serving Minister ............................................................................................................... 3         Shortest serving Minister .............................................................................................................. 3  First woman member of the Ministry/Cabinet.............................................................................. 4  First Minister to resign because of a disagreement with Cabinet ................................................. 4  Youngest person elected ............................................................................................................... 4  Youngest person in the Senate ...................................................................................................... 4  Oldest person first elected to the House of Representatives ....................................................... 5  Oldest person appointed or elected to the Senate ....................................................................... 5  First woman political candidate .................................................................................................... 5  Women first eligible to vote and sit in the Commonwealth Parliament ....................................... 5  First woman candidate for the House of Representatives ............................................................ 5  First woman candidate for the Senate .......................................................................................... 5  First women elected to Parliament ............................................................................................... 5  First Indigenous Members of Parliament ...................................................................................... 6  Oldest and longest serving Member of Parliament ....................................................................... 6  Shortest serving Member of Parliament ....................................................................................... 6  Government with the largest majority .......................................................................................... 6  Governments with the smallest majority ...................................................................................... 6  First and only Member expelled from the House of Representatives .......................................... 7  First Member suspended from the House of Representatives ..................................................... 7 

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament RESEARCH PAPER www.aph.gov.au/library 2 February 2009, no. 20, 2008-09, ISSN 1834-9854 Conscience votes during the Howard Government 1996-2007 Deirdre McKeown and Rob Lundie Politics and Public Administration Section Executive summary • During the Howard

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament RESEARCH PAPER www.aph.gov.au/library 21 August 2007, no. 5, 2007-08, ISSN 1834-9854 Australian electoral systems Scott Bennett and Rob Lundie Politics and Public Administration Section Executive summary The Australian electorate has experienced three types of