parliamentary Glossary
Welcome to the Parliamentary Education Office (PEO) parliamentary glossary. This comprehensive glossary contains over 340 definitions which focus on the people, processes and practices of the federal Parliament.
The glossary has a number of features including:
- definitions that are provided in full sentences, making it easier to absorb information. See dark grey font.
- definitions that are accompanied by a sentence that makes it easier to understand how the definition relates to the Parliament. See italics.
- definitions that are cross-referenced. This makes it easy to jump from one definition to another. See orange links.
Example of a glossary definition

