How is legislation supervised in australia?

Answer 1

Several ways.

Bicameral scrutiny: Governments do not often hold a majority of seats in the Senate as they do in the House of Representatives, this means that the Senate is a strong supervisory body when a majority is not held.

Parliamentary committees: Committees are made up of members from both parties and meet outside of parliament. These committees hold inquiries based on an issue put before them; which can be either general purpose or legislative. The committee will create an advisory report and submit it to parliament for it to consider when making new laws.

Office of the Ombudsman: Ombudsmen investigate complaints made by citizens, the Ombudsman will create a recommendation to the parliament, which is usually considered and accepted.

Doctrine of judicial review: This gives every person, business and organisation the ability to challenge legislation in a court, this is usually based on if the government acts outside of their legislative powers.

Others include statutory interpretation, public scrutiny, sunset provisions, and administrative tribunals