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Roles and Responsibilites
Federal
Members of Parliament
How a bill becomes a law
The House of Representatives
The Senate
New Parliament House
The House of
Representatives
The Senate
The Great Hall
The Members' Hall
First reading:
The bill is
introduced.
Hansard Reporters
Second reading:
The Minister explains the
bill and the members give
their opinion.
The members discuss
each part of the bill in
detail and vote on each
amendment.
Hansard Reporters are responsible for producing a published record of everything that is said in the Chamber. There are many of them because discussions and debates are usually dealt with at fast speed.
The
Usher of the Black Rod
Third reading:
The members vote
on the current version
of the bill. The bill is passed and sent to the Senate
The Sergeant at Arms
First reading:
The bill is
introduced.
The President of the
Senate
The Sergeant at Arms is in charge of carrying out the orders and directions of the Speaker, and carrying the Ceremonial Mace into the House of Representatives.
The Usher of the Black Rod is an official in the Senate. His job is to help the President maintain order and organise the details in the Senate.
Second reading:
Senators provide
their own opinions
and the votes are
taken.
The Ceremonial Mace
John Hogg is the President of the Senate. He runs sessions in the Australian Senate, doing a similar job to the Speaker.
The Senators discuss
each part of the bill
in detail and vote
on each amendment.
Third reading:
The Senators vote on the finished version of the bill. Amemded bills are returned to the House of
Representatives.
The House of
Representatives votes on
all of the Senate amendments.
The bill is passed if the two
houses agree on all of the
amendments in the final
version.
Minister for Broadband and Communiction
The Governor-General
signs the bill. This is
called a royal assent.
The bill is now a law.
Stephen Conroy is in charge of Broadband and Communication in Australia. He has been an ALP member of the Australian Senate since May 1996.
Penny Wong is in charge of Climate Change and Water in Australia. She is the first Australian Federal minister responsible for this portfolio.
Minister for Defence
Minister for Tourism, and Resources and Energy
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
John Faulkner is in charge of defence in Australia. He has been an ALP member of the Australian Senate since 1989 and was appointed minister for defence in June 2009.
Chris Evans is in charge of Immigration and Citizenship in Australia. He was acting Prime Minister for approximately 30 hours in June 2008.
Martin Ferguson is in charge of Tourism, and Reources and Energy. He is one of the few Ministers that are responsible for more than one portfolio.
The Leader of the Opposition
Tony Abbott is the leader of the Opposition.
He has a Cabinet called the Shadow Cabinet and his minsters are called Shadow Ministers. In this year's election, if The Liberal National Party gets voted in, he will be Prime Minister.