New Human Rights Prize Honors Vaclav Havel

The collective agreement between CAPE and the Library of Parliament was signed on March 19th. The provisions negotiated at the bargaining table became effective on the date of the signing. The collective agreement expires on June 15th, 2014. The ...

OSCE Mission to Serbia At a glance Our work Library News From 14 to 17 May 2013, members of the newly established Serbian Women's Parliamentary Network travelled to Helsinki to exchange experiences with representatives from the Finnish Women's ...

From the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library's FlagPost blog comes the following excellentoverview of the main issues in the current debate on out-of-pocket costs. This piece was written byAmanda Biggs and posted with permission. Recent reports have ...

| NSW Parliamentary Library PDF This paper provides updated statistical information on key economic indicators for New South Wales, thereby presenting an updated snapshot of the NSW economy and providing relevant points of comparison with other ...

| Australian Parliamentary Library HTML PDF In the Australian Senate on 23 June 2003, the South Australian Senator Stott Despoja, also on behalf of Senator Bolkus, moved: (1) That the following matters be referred to the Legal and Constitutional ...

Daniel Montoya | NSW Parliamentary Library PDF Two main types of 'single use' plastic bags are used in Australia: 'Singlet' bags , or lightweight plastic bags, made of high density polyethylene (HDPE) used mainly in supermarkets, fresh produce, ...

Seminar | Luke Buckmaster and Matthew Thomas, Commonwealth Parliamentary Library Melbourne, Victoria In modern societies, policy makers are increasingly required to make decisions on complex issues in areas that involve significant public risks.

| NSW Parliamentary Library HTML PDF In November 2012, the Minister for Family and Community Services, Pru Goward MP, released a discussion paper containing child protection legislative reform proposals. The reform proposals are in three parts: (1) ...

A comparison of employment figures in state electorates across the state, released by the Queensland Parliamentary Library, found Thuringowa had the lowest unemployment rate of all the five seats that cover the Townsville region. Thuringowa recorded ...