Parliamentary procedures

Glossary
A Glossary of Parliamentary Words

Senate

Online

Odgers' Australian Senate Practice - Eleventh Edition
This version of OASP is updated approximately twice a year. Chapter 1 has a table of party affiliations in the Senate 1901-2004.

Brief Guides to Senate Procedure
Printable (pdf), practical guides to the main procedures used in the Senate

Library holdings

Odgers, J.R. (1953- ) Australian Senate practice. Canberra
Detailed reference work on all aspects of the Senate's powers, procedures and practices. Matters covered range from broad constitutional principles to the fine details of the rules of debate and procedure.

House of Representatives

Online

Guide to procedures
Concise introduction to the procedures of the House of Representatives, intended for participants in and observers of proceedings in the Chamber of the House and the Main Committee. August 1999 edition. html, pdf 233kb; Changes since August 1999.

House of Representatives practice
4th edition, 2001, authoritative text on the procedure and practice of the House. Complete text of book available as a series of pdf files.

Standing and sessional orders
Permanent rules of procedure together with other rules of procedure which have effect only to the end of the session.

Library holdings

Harrington, M. (1993), AGAAA! : Australian government acronyms and abbreviations, AGPS, Canberra

Guide to procedures : House of Representatives : as at August 1999, (1999), Department of the House of Representatives, Canberra

Harris, I.C. (ed) (2001), House of Representatives practice, 4th ed, Dept. of the House of Representatives, Canberra.

The Parliamentary vocab : 500 parliamentary terms and their meanings, (1987), AGPS, Canberra

House of Representatives. Standing and sessional orders as at .., AGPS, Canberra

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