It is etched on the collective psyche of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today that social and economic exclusion was arbitrarily enforced upon us. The ramifications of this exclusion has ...

With every system of election there are two quite separate and distinct processes, the ‘voting’ process and the ‘scrutiny’ process, that is, the counting. The first is performed by the voters in the ...

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2.126That the Australian Government establish a mechanism for co-design with victim-survivors of financial abuse (including through representative groups) in relation to the implementation of ...

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Questions on notice Search the database for questions placed on notice during estimates hearings, and the answers provided. The database contains information for each of the eight legislation ...

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2.380The committee recommends that the minimum consultation period for the Children's Online Privacy Code is extended to at least 60 days.