Parliament House
Canberra
ACT 2600
Parliament House switchboard is open from:
Phone: 02 6277 7111 (from within Australia) +61 262777111 (from outside Australia)
Canberra
The Commonwealth Parliament is located in the city of Canberra.
Parliament House is arguably the most important commonwealth building in Canberra.
The Senate and the Legislative Council are both names for the upper house of parliament. The Senate is the upper house of the Commonwealth (Federal) Parliament and the Legislative Council the upper house of the state parliament.
Members of the House of Representatives are people that have run in an election and one, and sit in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth Parliament representing their district.
Right of electors of StatesNo adult person who has or acquires a right to vote at elections for the more numerous House of the Parliament of a State shall, while the right continues, be prevented by any law of the Commonwealth from voting at elections for either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth Parliament, the Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge and they are all from Australia?
The Commonwealth of Nations does not have a Parliament. It does have a Parliamentary Associations through which members of Parliament fro the many member states can share ideas and experiences.
The first Federal Parliament sat in the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne as this was the only building large enough to house the Federal Parliament and all the guests.
The Cavaliers were not supporters of Parliament or the Commonwealth. They were also known as Royalists. Prince Rupert was a prominent example of a Cavalier.
Together with the Senate, the House of Reps constitutes the parliament, which is responsible for passing laws in issues that the commonwealth have power over. The House of Reps is also where it is decided who will for government.
Lobbyists, State Parliaments, Federal Parliament (Upper and Lower House), and The Governer General.
Parliamentarians