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Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BACKGROUND NOTE 2 May 2013 Western Australian State Election 2013 Brenton Holmes Politics and Public Administration Section Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 The WA electoral framework .............................................................................................................. 2 2008 state general election ................................................................................................................ 2 The 2013 campaign .................................................................................................................................. 4 The state

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BACKGROUND NOTE 22 April 2013 The house that ASIO built—a short history of the new Central Office of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Nigel Brew Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Section Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Construction timeline .............................................................................................................................. 6 Building

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 What was Australia’s detention policy before 1992? .......................................................................... 2 Why was mandatory detention introduced? ....................................................................................... 5 What has happened since 1992? ........................................................................................................ 8 Howard Government ..................................................................................................................... 8 Rudd/Gillard Governments .......................................................................................................... 11 Rudd Government .................................................................................................................. 11 Gillard Government ................................................................................................................ 14

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BACKGROUND NOTE Updated 11 February 2013 Asylum seekers and refugees: what are the facts? Janet Phillips Social Policy Section Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 What is the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee? ........................................................ 2 Are asylum seekers ‘illegals’?................................................................................................................... 2 Are asylum

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Definition, basis and origins ..................................................................................................................... 2 Scope and application .............................................................................................................................. 3 Scope ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Application .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Rate ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Exemptions ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Ongoing efficiency dividend .......................................................................................................... 8 Additional single-year imposts .................................................................................................... 10 Supporting arguments and criticisms .................................................................................................... 11

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Permanent skilled migration ............................................................................................................... 2 Recent reforms .............................................................................................................................. 4 Temporary skilled migration ............................................................................................................... 9 Temporary business (subclass 457) visas ....................................................................................... 9 Rural and regional skilled migration .................................................................................................. 13 Working holiday makers .............................................................................................................. 16 Source countries............................................................................................................................... 17 Concluding comments ......................................................................................................................

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BACKGROUND NOTE 31 October 2012 Parliamentary relations: political families in the Commonwealth Parliament Martin Lumb Politics and Public Administration Section Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Political families ................................................................................................................................. 2 Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................... 12 Parliamentary relations: political families in the Commonwealth Parliament 1 Introduction Since Federation