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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

The Speaker

First reading:

The bill is

introduced.

The Clerk

Hansard Reporters

Harry Jenkins is the Speaker.

He is the Member of Parliament who is in charge of running sessions in the House of Representatives and making sure that everthing runs smoothly.

The Federal

Government

Second reading:

The Minister explains the

bill and the members give

their opinion.

Bernard Wright is the Clerk. He is one

of the most senior officers in the House

of Representatives and his main duties are

to make sure that the recording of official

minutes and the safe keeping of records are

done properly.

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.

The Prime Minister

Third reading:

The Senators vote on the finished version of the bill. Amemded bills are returned to the House of

Representatives.

Kevin Rudd is the Prime Minister of Australia. He is the leader of the Australian Labor party and was voted as Prime minister in 2007.

Minister for

Foreign Affairs

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Minister for Health and Ageing

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.

Stephen Smith is in charge of Foreign Affairs. He has been an ALP member of the House of Representatives since March 1993.

Nicola Roxon is in charge of Health and Ageing in Australia.

Her main duty is to make sure the health system is running smoothly.

Julia Gillard is in chrage of Employment and Workplace Relations in Australia. She not only is a minister, but she is also Deputy Prime Minister. She is the first female Deputy Prime Minister in the history of Australian politics.

Minister for

Climate Change and Water

Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts

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.

Peter Garrett is in charge of Environment, Heritage and the Arts in Australia. He has been an ALP member of the House of Representives since October 2004.

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.

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