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	Australian Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From a comparative governmental perspective, the Australian Senate exhibits distinctive characteristics, in that unlike upper houses in other Westminster system governments, the Senate is not a vestigial body with limited legislative power, but rather plays and is intended to play an active role in legislation.
		If the Senate repeatedly refuses to pass legislation initiated in the lower house, the Government may either abandon the bill, continue to revise it, or call a double dissolution (election for both houses of Parliament) and attempt to pass the bill at a subsequent joint sitting of the two houses.
		The Australian Constitution requires that the number of Senators approximate as nearly as possible to half of the number of members of the House of Representatives, and it has therefore grown periodically.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Senate (1414 words)

	Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Senate deferred voting on bills that appropriated funds for government expenditure, attempting to force the Prime Minister to dissolve the House of Representatives and call an election.
		Unlike members of the House of Lords or the Canadian Senate, Australian Senators are directly elected, albeit on a rotational basis and in a manner that proportionally advantages states with smaller populations at the expense of larger ones.
		In the years afterwards, some Australian republicans have used the crisis as an argument for change, on the basis that Australia's current constitution is flawed over (a) the powers of the Upper House with regard to supply and (b) the lack of security of tenure of the Governor-General in dealing with a crisis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_constitutional_crisis_of_1975 (2840 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Australia - The Senate
		The Australian Senate is composed of 76 members: twelve from each one of Australia's six states, and two from each of the country's two internal territories.
		However, in the event the Senate repeatedly fails to approve legislation passed by the House of Representatives, the Constitution of Australia provides for the dissolution of both houses of Parliament - a double dissolution - followed by elections for the House of Representatives and the full Senate.
		In each state and territory, Senate seats are awarded to candidates who attain the state or territory quota, calculated by dividing the number of formal first preference votes cast in the state or territory by one more than the number of seats to be filled, and then adding one to the result.
	electionresources.org /au/senate.html (865 words)

	Australian legislative election, 1998 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election.
		The conservative coalition of the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister John Howard, and the National Party of Australia, led by Tim Fischer, was elected to a second three-year term, defeating the Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.
		The election chose the Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1998-2001 and half of the Members of the Australian Senate, 1999-2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_legislative_election,_1998 (243 words)

	Robert Hill (Australian politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Murray Hill (born 25 September 1946), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from July 1981 to March 2006, representing South Australia.
		Hill was Leader of the Government in the Senate from March 1996 until his resignation in January 2006.
		Like many South Australian Liberals, Hill belonged to the liberal or moderate wing of the Liberal Party and was never close to the Prime Minister, John Howard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Hill_(Australian_politician) (381 words)

	Australian Senate, 21 October 1999
		Senator Alston stated that we are "maniacs", "low grade, undergraduate political activists", "have no interest at all in sensible and responsible regulation of the Internet" and are "not in the slightest bit interested in the welfare of the community, whether parents have concerns or anything else".
		Senator Alston also stated that we approve of offensive material being forced on children and adults and that we are the cause of a problem the Internet Industry Association and the Government have in negotiating a code of practice.
		Senator Alston's statement that we are "not in the slightest bit interested in the welfare of the community, whether parents have concerns or anything else" is incorrect.
	www.efa.org.au /Publish/priv_ctee.html (2662 words)

	Australian senate inquiry receives 4,000 submisions on abortion pill - Wikinews
		The Australian Senate has been flooded with submissions into an inquiry about the possible use of the abortion drug Mifepristone (known as RU486) in Australia.
		The senate committee is to consider a private members bill, introduced by a group of female senators and MPs to strip the Australian health minister of his control over the drug.
		Senator Fiona Nash of the Nationals argues that the bill is not about abortion but about process.
	en.wikinews.org /wiki/Australian_senate_inquiry_receives_4,000_submisions_on_abortion_pill (547 words)

	ipedia.com: Australian Senate Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the Australian case, probably due to its age and its pre-dating of the British Parliament Act, 1911, that power, once possessed by the House of Lords, is still possessed by the Australian Senate.
		The Australian Constitution requires that the Senate be as near as possible to half of the size of the House of Representatives, and it has therefore grown periodically.
		Significant events in the history of the Senate include its role in the downfall of the Whitlam Government during Australian Constitutional Crisis of 1975, and the Howard Government's controversial acquisition of the support of Senator Mal Colston, thus obtaining a majority and enabling the passage of a great deal of disputed legisaltion.
	www.ipedia.com /australian_senate.html (1022 words)

	RU486 debate enters Australian Senate - Wikinews
		Australian Liberal Party Senator Gary Humphries then spoke, stating that the bill is a "mistake", not because of the possible risks, or that the TGA is unfit to perform the evaluation, but because RU486 is "not just another drug", "facilitating a medical procedure that is not just a medical procedure".
		Australian Greens Senator Kerry Nettle spoke in favour of the bill, making mention of views of others on the supposed push polling of some groups opposing the bill.
		Liberal Senator Nick Minchin, the new Leader of the Government in the Senate, spoke in support of Humphries and his views, and "was not persuaded to support [the] bill", and expressed his "conservative" views that life begun "from conception onwards".
	en.wikinews.org /wiki/RU486_debate_enters_Australian_Senate (555 words)

	Echelon: Senator Brown's questions
		As to Senator Brown's contribution: Senator Brown, you might be lucky, it might be a slow news day and there might be a journalist who has not read the bill, who is happy to take your remarks at face value, and you will get a bit of a run.
		It is, as Senator Ludwig said in his remarks, something that requires a balance between the needs of the agencies and the need for privacy, and we think we have achieved that balance.
		It is inappropriate for Senator Brown to use an opportunity of speaking to infer that the government response contained things which have not been said.
	www.geocities.com /pwdyson/brownspeech.html (3848 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Australian PM censured over Iraq
		The Australian Senate has passed an historic no-confidence motion against the prime minister over his handling of the crisis in Iraq.
		Senator Bob Brown, head of the left-wing Australian Greens, said the no-confidence vote marked an "historic condemnation of the government" and its leader.
		And a no-confidence motion similar to that passed in the Senate was defeated in Australia's lower House of Representatives on Wednesday.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2727551.stm (448 words)

	Senate overturns island excise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The disallowance motion passed in the Senate only comes into effect from Monday, which means the 14 Turkish asylum seekers cannot (not) access Australia's court system because Melville Island was excised at the time of their arrival.
		The government excised all Australian islands north of Mackay in Queensland and north of Exmouth in Western Australia, which means anyone who arrived on those islands illegally could not apply for refugee status under Australia's legal system.
		Australian Democrats Leader Andrew Bartlett said his party would continue to oppose moves to excise parts of Australia and questioned whether the excision would one day extend to the mainland.
	www.smh.com.au - !http: //www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/24/1069522535053.html (501 words)

	Howard's Senate reform proposals are another grab for absolute power - On Line Opinion - 11/6/2003
		Its 76 Senators - 12 from each of the six states and two from each of the mainland territories - are elected by proportional representation within each state or territory, so that the Senate's composition closely reflects the voting pattern of the electors.
		To say that the Senate has operated in a hostile manner really is the latest in a string of untruths emanating from the government on issues ranging from the children overboard affair, to the state of the nation's finances, and now to the Senate's actions and motives.
		The Senate guarantees that and the Australian public is wise to it.
	www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=402 (1175 words)

	The Southern Cross Group: Working for change for the Australian Diaspora
		Australian Citizenship for Adults who were Adopted as Children by Australians Overseas: Over the years, the SCG has identified several families who adopted children under the laws of countries such as the UK and Canada in for example the 1960s.
		Australian citizens who have been living overseas for six years should be entitled to renew their enrolment as an eligible overseas elector if they have returned to Australia (for any length of time) within the last three years.
		Australian Nobel laureate Professor Peter Doherty (who has also lent his support to ExpatriateConnect.com of which the SCG is a founding partner) was the patron of this workshop initiative and the report includes the text of his opening address.
	www.southern-cross-group.org (6098 words)

	Debate in Australian Senate about Scott Parkin Case : Houston Indymedia
		Senator ELLISON-As I said earlier, ASIO did not initially oppose Mr Parkin's visa at the time of application and, as I said earlier, there was a change in the assessment in relation to two matters after it became apparent that Mr Parkin's intentions had changed whilst he was in Australia.
		Senator STOTT DESPOJA (South Australia) (3.25 pm)-I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Justice and Customs (Senator Ellison) to a question without notice asked by Senator Stott Despoja today relating to the detention of Mr Scott Parkin.
		As honourable senators may be aware, he was arrested on Saturday in a Melbourne cafe and his visa -which had been granted for a six-month period, so he was not here under false pretences or on illegal grounds - was subsequently cancelled.
	houston.indymedia.org /news/2005/09/43447.php (1744 words)

	Senate declares no confidence motion in PM - smh.com.au
		In a 33 to 31 vote, the Senate criticised the government for sending troops to a potential war without a proper explanation to the Australian people.
		Greens senator Bob Brown said the Senate censure marked a historic condemnation of the government.
		Australian Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett said the Senate delivered a rebuke to the government.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/02/05/1044318656598.html (421 words)

	World Affairs Board - Australian Senate reports find problems
		MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: The Senate has always been the more reflective of the two houses of Parliament, less theatrical, more considered than the rough and tumble of the House of Reps. But in its own quiet way until recently the red chamber was far less comfortable for the Government as well.
		SENATOR MICHAEL FORESHAW, ALP COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: I present the report of the finance and public administration references committee entitled Regional Partnerships and Sustainable Regions Programs, together with the Hansard record of proceedings and documents presented to the committee, and move that the report be printed.
		We believe the issues that Senator Fielding has quite accurately referred to are issues that are integral to the Government's industrial relations reform agenda which will be brought before the Parliament in a very short period of time.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=8911 (2374 words)

	Endra Che-Kahn World's First Virtual Candidate Australian Federal Senate Election 2004 Home_SENATE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Australian Federal Senate is the nations Upper House.
		The Upper House (Senate) and the Lower House (House of Representatives).
		It is described as 'the Red' because the senate used to be dominated by a bunch of old Commies until Sir Robert Menzies PM put an end to their little party.
	www.vote1che.org /home/senate.htm (618 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate : Volume 2: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Australian senators who served from 1929 to 1962 are featured in this second volume in the Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate series.
		Individual articles on 103 male and 1 female senators who spanned the bridge between the colonial and postcolonial eras provide biographical accounts and a telling history of an increasingly mechanized society wrought with new industrial, economic, and social complexities.
		Ann Millar is the director of the Biographical Dictionary Unit at the Department of the Senate, Australia.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0522850901 (280 words)

	ABC News: Australian Senate to Sell Telstra Stake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The government wants the Senate to vote Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005 on legislation that will allow the sale of the 51.8 percent public stake in Telstra, despite opposition lawmakers arguing that the privatization will degrade services outside Australia's major cities.
		Senate President Paul Culvert said the vote was 37 to 35 to approve the sale of the 51.8 percent government stake in Australia's biggest privatization.
		The government had long hoped to divest itself of Australia's largest telecommunications company but has been thwarted in the Senate in the past by opposition lawmakers who argued services outside major cities would suffer once Telstra was out of government hands.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=1124121&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (467 words)

	Witnesses at Australian Senate hearings warn: "terror" laws aimed at dissent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Three days of hearings held by an Australian Senate committee last week into the Howard government’s unprecedented Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005 provided a partial glimpse of the extent of public opposition to the Bill.
		He said Currency Press, an Australian publisher of plays, had declined to publish three works because of concerns that they could be classified as seditious.
		The Australian Press Council, which represents the major media owners, said “a large number of artistic endeavours would fall within the scope of the law of sedition as it is framed,” including “the lyrics of many of the songs recorded by Midnight Oil and by Yothu Yindi, especially Treaty,” a song about Aboriginal land claims.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2005/nov2005/sen-n22.shtml (1552 words)

	Australian Senate condemns Famine-Genocide (11/16/03) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CANBERRA, Australia - The Australian Senate on October 30 passed a motion condemning Stalin's action in bringing about an act of genocide by creating the Famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933, calling it one the most heinous acts of genocide in history.
		The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organizations has worked in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine in Australia to seek support for the motion.
		Australian Ukrainians are currently involved in the international campaign to revoke Walter Duranty's Pultizer Prize with postcards being sent to the The New York Times publisher, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., calling on him to "do the right thing" and support the move to return Duranty's prize.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2003/460302.shtml (470 words)

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