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  Members of the Australian Senate, 2002-2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2005.
Meg Lees was elected as a member of the Australian Democrats, but resigned from the party in July 2002 to sit as an independent.
Liberal Senator Dr John Herron resigned in 2002.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Members_of_the_Australian_Senate,_2002-2005   (162 words)

  
 AUSTRALIAN SENATE FACTS AND INFORMATION
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.
Significant events in the history of the Senate include its role in the downfall of the Whitlam Government during the 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 contentious legislation.
www.abait.com /Australian_Senate   (1480 words)

  
 Australian_Senate encyclopedia and info, forum and guides   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Rather than being modelled after the House of Lords the Australian Senate was in part modelled after the United States Senate.
The Opposition used its numbers in the Senate to defer supply bills, refusing to deal with them until an election was called for both Houses of Parliament, an election which it hoped to win.
The Australian Senate serves as a model for some politicians in Canada, particularly in the Western provinces, who wish to reform the Canadian Senate to take a more active legislative role.
cuba.caribbean-forum.com /encyclopedia.php?title=Australian_Senate   (1475 words)

  
 Australian Labor Party - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australia's oldest political party.
While Australians normally spell the word labour with an "-our" ending, in the name of the party it is spelt with an "-or" ending.
List of members of the Australian House of Representatives
open-encyclopedia.com /ALP   (898 words)

  
 AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY ALTERNATE GENIE SEARCH ENGINE, INC
The Australian Labor Party is a democratic and federal party, which consists of both individual members and affiliated trade unions, who between them decide the party's policies, elect its governing bodies and choose its candidates for public office.
The national Leader of the Labor Party is elected by the Labor members of the national Parliament (the Caucus), not by the conference.
After failing to persuade the Australian voters to support a referendum approving of conscription which bitterly divided the country in the process, Hughes and his followers were expelled from the Labor Party.
www.agseinc.com /Australian_Labor_Party   (2658 words)

  
 Australian_House_of_Representatives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia.
In a reflection of the United Kingdom House of Commons, the predominant colour of the furnishings in the House of Representatives is green.
List of longest-serving members of the Australian House of Representatives
comicscomics.com /search.php?title=Australian_House_of_Representatives   (446 words)

  
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In 1949 the House was enlarged to 121 members and the Senate to 60 (ten from each state).
In 1984 the House was enlarged to 148 members and the Senate to 76 (twelve from each state and two from each territory).
A minister is not required to be a member of the House or the Senate at the time of their appointment, but their office is forfeited if they do not become a member of either house within 3 months of their appointment.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Australian_Parliament   (1238 words)

  
 Articles - Parliament of Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Like the United States Senate, on which it was modelled, the Australian Senate includes an equal number of Senators from each state, regardless of population.
In that case the bells are rung throughout Parliament House summoning Members or Senators to the chamber.
In the Senate, in order not to deprive a state of a vote in what is supposed to be a states' house, the President votes along with other Senators; in the case of a tie, the motion fails.
lastring.com /articles/Parliament_of_Australia?...   (1658 words)

  
 Senate - Biocrawler definition:Senate - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature.
In the United States, each of its member states has a Senate and a lower chamber, known variously as the House of Representatives, House of Delegates, General Assembly or Assembly, except for the state of Nebraska, where the Senate is the only body of a unicameral legislature.
Until 1919, the Senate of Finland was the executive branch and supreme court.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Senate   (543 words)

  
 Australian Labor Party Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
While standard practice in Australian English is to spell the word labour with an "-our" ending, in the name of the party it is spelt with an "-or".
Labor also believes that the government should ensure that all members of society are able to access quality and affordable housing as well as education and health services [1].
Labor is the primary supporter of issues that affect indigenous Australians such as land rights and supports a formal apology on the issue of the stolen generation.
www.aplaceinthesun.com /encyclopedia/Australian_Labor_Party   (3040 words)

  
 Member of Parliament - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In India, the term Member of Parliament refers to the Sansad or the Indian Parliament chambers of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha MPs to the Lok Sabha are elected popularly by constentuencies in the Indian states and union territories, while MPs to the Rajya Sabha are elected by State legislatures.
The members of the House of Lords are officially appointed by the Monarch, but the selection actually is done by the British Prime Minister.
The representatives from the Dewan Rakyat are elected in general elections or by-elections, as opposed to the members of the Dewan Negara who are appointed by the King, in recognition of outstanding service to the country in various fields.The various State Governments also have the power to appoint Senators, propotionate to the state's size.
www.unipedia.info /MP.html   (819 words)

  
 Welcome to the Australian Greens Online - View Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
One Australian leader in this area is Gabe McCarthy, President of the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS and activist both in Australia and now in assisting positive people in Papua New Guinea to set up a peer organisation there This story introduces Gabe and the work she and NAPWA have been up to.
Greens Senator Kerry Nettle dismissed the Prime Minister's appeal to be trusted on security legislation that passed the Senate today as well as the substantial Anti-Terrorism Bill that was introduced in the House of Representatives this afternoon.
In response to questions from Greens Senator Kerry Nettle at Senate Estimates today it was revealed that it would be four months before the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) may be able to explain the high radiation exposure reading of a worker at Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney.
www.greens.org.au   (853 words)

  
 Articles - Australian Senate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There are detailed conventions and rules regarding situations in which the Senate and the House disagree.
In 1946, the Australian Labor Party government won 33 out of the 36 Senate seats (check).
Significant events in the history of the Senate include its role in the downfall of the Whitlam Government during the 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 contentious legislation.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Australian_Senate   (1287 words)

  
 Significant Terrorist Incidents 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology
The eight crew members and 145 passengers were held for seventeen days, during which one American hostage, a U.S. Navy sailor, was murdered.
She was released unharmed the next day after members of the international commission overseeing the preparations intervened.
The gunmen were members of a sub-clan loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohammed, who controlled the northern section of the capital.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/pubs/fs/5902.htm   (10852 words)

  
 Sep 97 newsletter, ASANA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The list of short-term Australian and New Zealand visiting presenters remains to be filled out, but currently features persons in architecture, politics and the media, heritage and conservation, history, and education.
The Australian Studies Network is one of the only nine Australian web sites listed as a prime reference by CNN and only one of six prime Australian references listed by the Washington Post.
Members are encouraged to insure that their information is correct, especially their email addresses.
www.austudies.org /asana/nltr/sep.97.html   (2653 words)

  
 Australian_Labor_Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
While standard practice in Australian English is to spell the word labour with an "-our" ending, in reference to the name of the party it is spelt with an "-or" ending.
Important unions supporting the left include the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU), the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), the Australian Services Union (ASU) and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA).
Australian Labor Party (ALP) ephemera (http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn2599036) digitised and held by the National Library of Australia
www.comicscomics.com /search.php?title=Australian_Labor_Party   (2265 words)

  
 The Corner on National Review Online
Senators Judd Rodham Gregg ('R'-NH) and Mike Rodham DeWine ('R'-OH), two more Republicans who have clearly forgotten that theirs is supposed to be the party of limited government, are pushing forward a bill to give the FDA the power to regulate the tobacco industry.
Today, diplomatic reporter Nora Boustany hails Helen Caldicott, the loony Australian nuclear-weapons abolitionist, with absolutely no ideological labeling except her gusto at fighting the "neocons." The headline describes her as an "anti-nuclear pioneer." Boustany hailed her as "the anti-nuclear movement's town-crier-in-chief." We're also told her "angst is both unnerving and endearing.
Rather than harass those who voted against creating a federal "do not call" list, I'm inclined to recognize these members of Congress as profiles in courage for recognizing that this sort of thing is simply not a proper responsibility of the federal government.
www.nationalreview.com /thecorner/03_09_21_corner-archive.asp   (10406 words)

  
 DDN Communities: Access   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cat@lyst is a non-hierarchical Australian non-profit venture aimed at delivering Internet access to anarchists, greens, gays, feminists, activists and other interested persons or groups.
Established with visions of freedom and independence in mind, Cat@lyst acknowledges that issues of access and equity to technology are crucial for those who feel they need and want to connect with the world.
Australian computer ownership increased from 53 percent in 1998 to 64 percent in 2000, and Internet access increased from 25 percent in 1999 to 37 percent in 2000.
www.digitaldivide.net /community/access   (5503 words)

  
 Parliament of Australia: Senate - Senators
Senators' Parliament House and State/Territory addresses, phone and fax numbers
Photos of Senators in the 41st Parliament - (PDF 235KB)
Date of Expiry of Senators' Term of Service
www.aph.gov.au /senate/senators   (109 words)

  
 Australian Labor Party - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Santamaria, the movement and the labor split of 1954-55: a re-examination.
Federal Executive minutes, 1915-1955: Minutes of the meetings of the Federal Executive of the Australian Labor Party
Labor in cartoons: Cartoons of the Australian Labor Party in Victoria, 1891-1990
www.unipedia.info /ALP.html   (2454 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Australia
cabinet: Parliament nominates and selects, from among its members, a list of candidates to serve as government ministers; from this list, the governor general swears in the final selections for the Cabinet
Australia has a prosperous Western-style capitalist economy, with a per capita GDP on par with the four dominant West European economies.
Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001), 1.7248 (2000), 1.55 (1999)
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/as.html   (1079 words)

  
 Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive
Complete voting figures for every House of Representatives seat and every Senate election since Federation.
Showing history of each Division since its creation, including enrolment, two-party voting at each election, list of Members.
Australian Constitution and the Constitutions of the States
psephos.adam-carr.net /countries/a/australia   (101 words)

  
 RFE Table of Contents (complete)
Briefing.com Economic Calendar - lists release dates and consensus forecasts  
Econoday - lists release dates of U.S. macro data  
Australian and New Zealand Econometrics List (ANZECMET-L)  
www.rfe.org /toc.php?show=complete   (3565 words)

  
 JustWarTheory.com
Now U.S. policy, and the reluctance of the U.S. Senate to ratify the Rome Treaty that President Clinton signed in 1988, are the primary obstacles to the international legal prosecution of terrorist crimes against humanity.
The primary putative justification for pre-emptive invasion of Iraq was based upon what the U.S. Senate has since discovered were "overstated", "unsupported" and "micharacterized" intelligence reports about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs.
Then the American Library Association's comprehensive list of alternative resources is the best place to start looking for the reports that you don't see on the nightly news and the arguments that you don't hear from TV pundits.
www.justwartheory.com   (7751 words)

  
 MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SENATE, 2005-2008 FACTS AND INFORMATION
MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SENATE, 2005-2008 FACTS AND INFORMATION
This is a list of members of the Australian_Senate from July_1, 2005 to June_30, 2008.
Tasmanian ALP Senator Sue_Mackay resigned on July_30, 2005.
www.abait.com /Members_of_the_Australian_Senate,_2005-2008   (61 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Executive branch
Chief of state includes the name and title of the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government.
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister appointed by the governor from among the members of the House of Assembly
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister appointed by the governor from among the members of the Legislative Council
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 Parliament of Australia: Senate: Senators: Homepages by State
Parliament of Australia: Senate: Senators: Homepages by State
Humphries Gary, Senator for the Australian Capital Territory
Lundy Kate, Senator for the Australian Capital Territory
www.aph.gov.au /Senate/senators/homepages/si-state.htm   (33 words)

  
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