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Fact Sheets in alphabetical order A Day in Parliament A Day in the Life of an MP Adjournment Debate Amendments Bills and Acts Budget Cabinet Clerk Coalition Coat of Arms Constitution Crossing the Floor Despatch Box Double Dissolution Elections Estimates Federation Frontbenchers & Backbenchers Functions of Parliament Governor-General Hansard House of Representatives Independents Inside Parliament House Joint Sitting of Parliament Leader of the Opposition Mace Main Committee Media Members of Parliament Ministers Ministers & Shadow Ministers Parliament House Facts Parliamentary Committees Party Leadership Party Meetings Party Whip Passing a Bill Petitions Political Party Preparing a Bill for Parliament President of the Senate Prime Minister Private Members & Senators Prorogation & Dissolution Question Time Senate Senators Separation of Powers Serjeant-at-Arms Speaker Speaker's Chair Standing Orders Three Levels of Government Usher of the Black Rod Where Bills Come From Fact Sheets in numerical order 01 The Coat of Arms 02 Despatch Box 03 The Speaker's Chair 04 The Usher of the Black Rod 05 Adjournment Debate 06 Amendments 07 Party Leadership 08 Main Committee 09 Party Meetings 10 The Serjeant-at-Arms 11 The Mace 12 Coalition 13 Prorogation & Dissolution 14 Independents 15 Leader of the Opposition 16 President of the Senate 17 The Governor-General 18 House of Representatives 19 Cabinet 20 Members of Parliament 21 Ministers & Shadow Ministers 22 Political Party 23 The Prime Minister 24 The Media 25 The Senate 26 The Party Whip 27 A Day in Parliament 28 Bills & Acts 29 Functions of Parliament 30 The Speaker 31 The Consitution 32 Senators 33 Double Dissolution 34 Federation 35 Separation of Powers 36 Passing a Bill 37 Frontbenchers & Backbenchers 38 Crossing the Floor 39 Question Time 40 A Day in the Life of an MP 41 Elections 42 Estimates 43 Parliament House Facts 44 Hansard 45 Inside Parliament House 46 Joint Sitting of Parliament 47 Private Members & Senators 48 Ministers 49 Parliamentary Committees 50 Petitions 51 Preparing a Bill for Parliament 52 Standing Orders 53 The Budget 54 The Clerk 55 Three Levels of Government 56 Where Bills Come From

Fact sheet series

You've probably heard about things like 'Cabinet', 'Mr Speaker', and 'Coalition'. But what do they mean? The Fact Sheet Series will answer many of those questions by explaining parliamentary terms.

All 56 Fact Sheets are available to read on the website, or may be downloaded in PDF. Make your selection from the drop-down menus above.

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A Day in Parliament 27

A Day in the Life of a Member of the House of Representatives 40

Adjournment Debate 05

Amendments 06

Bills and Acts 28

Budget 53

Cabinet 19

Clerk 54

Coalition 12

Coat of Arms 01

Constitution 31

Crossing the Floor 38

Despatch Box 02

Double Dissolution 33

Elections 41

Estimates 42

Federation 34

Frontbenchers and Backbenchers 37

Functions of Parliament 29

Governor-General 17

Hansard 44

House of Representatives 18

Independent Members and Senators 14

Inside Parliament House 45

Joint Sitting of Parliament 46

Leader of the Opposition 15

Mace 11

Main Committee 08

Media 24

Members of Parliament in the House of Representatives 20

Ministers 48

Ministers and Shadow Ministers 21

Parliament House Facts 43

Parliamentary Committees 49

Party leadership in the Senate and the House of Representatives 07

Party Meetings 09

Party Whip 26

Passing a Bill 36

Petitions 50

Political Party 22

Preparing a Bill for Parliament 51

President of the Senate 16

Prime Minister 23

Private Members and Senators 47

Prorogation of Parliament and Dissolution of the House of Representatives 13

Question Time 39

Senate 25

Senators 32

Separation of Powers 35

Serjeant-at-Arms 10

Speaker 30

Speaker's Chair 03

Standing Orders 52

Three Levels of Government 55

Usher of the Black Rod 04

Where Bills Come From 56

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