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  Parliament@Work - Western Australia
Western Australia was the last colony to join the federation of Australia after the Constitution had become law in Britain.
The Head of State in Western Australia is the Queen who appoints the Governor as her representative, on the advice of the Premier.
The Western Australian Coat of Arms was granted in 1969 by Queen Elizabeth II of England.
www.parliament.curriculum.edu.au /wa.php3   (1204 words)

  
  Western Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Western Australia is Australia's largest state in area, covering the western third of the mainland, and is bordered by South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Whilst the sovereign of Western Australia is the Queen of Australia (Queen Elizabeth II), and executive power nominally vested in her State representative the Governor (currently Ken Michael), executive power is effectively administered by the premier and ministers.
The major universities in Western Australia are the University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, Curtin University, Murdoch University and the University of Notre Dame.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Australia   (1778 words)

  
 Aquaculture Council of Western Australia - Aquaculture Council of Western Australia - Organisational Profile
The Aquaculture Council of Western Australia (ACWA) is the State's peak aquaculture industry body.
ACWA is only as strong as it member base, as such, ACWA continues to recruit new members to progess aquaculture industry development in Western Australia.
To promote the Western Australian aquaculture industry to the community and government at State and national levels.
www.aquaculturecouncilwa.com /about_acwa   (403 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Western Australia
AU-WA Western Australia is Australia's largest state, covering the westernmost third of the mainland, bordering South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Western Australia's economy is supported primarily by various mining industries, as well as some agriculture (notably large-scale beef farming) and forestry in the south-west.
The Queen of Australia, Queen Elizabeth II, is represented in Western Australia by a Governor, currently John Sanderson.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Western_Australia   (344 words)

  
 Parliament of Western Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Parliament of Western Australia consists of the Western Australian Legislative Council, the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the Governor of Western Australia.
The Parliament sits at Parliament House in Harvest Terrace, Perth.
The head of government is the Premier of Western Australia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliament_of_Western_Australia   (142 words)

  
 David Black (historian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Western Australian Institute of Technology, Bentley, Western Australia.
Parliament of Western Australia, Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia.
The House on the Hill: A History of the Parliament of Western Australia 1832-1990.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Black_(historian)   (413 words)

  
 University Of Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The University was established by an act of Parliament of Western Australia on...
Murdoch University is located 15km south of the central business district of Perth, Western Australia and about 8 kilometres east of the port city of...
A joint venture between the University of Western Australia and the Chinese...
www.australiacares.org /universityofwesternaustralia.html   (223 words)

  
 Parliament of Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
According to http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au The Parliament is the legislature of Western Australia and is comprised of members of Parliament who are elected by the people of Western Australia.
Western Australia was granted representative government with Legislative Council in 1870.
In 1890 the Parliament was formed Legislative Assembly with 30 elected members and Legislative Council of 15 members nominated by the Governor.
www.petra.ac.id /asc/government/aus_parliament/parliament/western.htm   (192 words)

  
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www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parliaments.html   (650 words)

  
 Australia Post Stamps -- Centenary of WA Parliament
This PSE is being released in January at the start of the centenary year for Western Australia’s parliament house.
The official opening of Western Australia's new parliament house will be celebrated on 28 July 2004.
The stamp area features the new Parliament crest, comprising the fl swan with the crossed mace and rod, set in a thick square, a visual reference to the Western Australian colonial stamps current from 1854-1913.
www.auspost.com.au /philatelic/stamps/index.asp?link_id=2.739   (258 words)

  
 Women in Politics in Australia - Stories from Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal
Australia became the first country to secure the right to vote and the right to stand for election to parliament for its women.
Apart from 'breaking the ice' by running as a candidate, she was also a vocal campaigner for issues such as equal pay for equal work; the recognition of a basic wage; the abolition of child labour; and equal property rights for spouses.
In August 1943, after a 41 year wait, Australia finally elected women to Australia's federal parliament when Dorothy Tangney became Senator for Western Australia, and Enid Lyons, was elected to the House of Representatives.
www.acn.net.au /articles/womeninpolitics   (1157 words)

  
 Victory! Sweeping Legal Reform in Western Australia
All other States and Territories of Australia come under federal legislation in relation to the Family Court, and same-sex couples are therefore generally denied access as the federal Howard Government has refused to extend access.
Western Australia will be in a unique position to allow same-sex couples access to the Family Court due to it being the only State in Australia with its own Family Court legislation.
The legislation was passed by the Labor Government (elected last year in Western Australia), with the support of the Greens in the Upper House.
www.sodomylaws.org /world/australia/aualert001.htm   (674 words)

  
 Parliament of Australia: Senate: Senators: First Speeches
Indeed, I encouraged those young Western Australians to join the political party of their choosing and to take a role in determining the future shape of this nation.
This environment does not exist in Australia at the moment, and that is why the political agenda of the 1990s has the words `Micro-economic reform' written in big letters at the top.
It is an industry in which Australia is very well placed to lead the world, and I put it to the Senate that it is a potential source of future export income.
www.aph.gov.au /Senate/Senators/homepages/first_speech/sfs-h15.htm   (3611 words)

  
 Perth Australia
Perth is the capital city of the state of Western Australia.
The Parliament of Western Australia is in Perth.
Fremantle is Perth's port and it is at the mouth of the Swan River, 19 kilometres from the city.
www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/perth.htm   (366 words)

  
 The Queen v Hughes [2000] HCA 22
This case concerns the provisions of legislation of the Commonwealth and Western Australia respecting the institution and conduct of prosecutions under the national scheme.
For present purposes, namely the decision whether the indictment of the accused should be quashed, the DPP Act is rendered applicable as a law of Western Australia in relation to the offences against the Corporations Law of Western Australia which are the subject of the indictment.
It follows that, as a matter of Western Australian law, the corresponding function or power is conferred on the DPP in relation to offences against s 1064(1) and s 1311(1)(a) of the Corporations Law of Western Australia.
cclsr.law.unimelb.edu.au /judgments/states/high/2000/may/2000hca22.html   (6943 words)

  
 australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Western Australia covers more than one-third of the Australian continent and is one of the six states and two territories that make up the commonwealth of Australia.
Fremantle was established at the mouth of the Swan River in 1829.
Perth, the capital of Western Australia, is a beautiful, clean, modern city on the shores of the Swan River and the Indian Ocean.
www.nd.edu /~tweiler2/project/australia.htm   (233 words)

  
 Infotrekk Plus: Finding Acts, regulations, bills and hansard
In Australia, Acts must be passed by both houses of either the Federal (Commonwealth) or State Parliament.
Australia's defence is the responsibility of the Federal government.
Before an Act of Parliament is passed, a Bill, a proposed law for the Act, must be presented to both houses of Parliament for 'readings', be debated and then passed by each house.
library.curtin.edu.au /infotrekkplus/trek14.html   (1234 words)

  
 nda
It is one of only two private universities in Australia and was established by Act of the Parliament of Western Australia on 21 December 1989.
Its main campus is in Fremantle and its second campus is in Broome, Western Australia.
are Trustees or Governors of the University of Notre Dame Australia.
www.nd.edu /~cneal/uwa/nda.html   (705 words)

  
 Documenting Democracy
This legislation was an unusual move, in that Parliament chose in this way to embody a number of new provisions relating to the 1889 Constitution Act as subsequently amended, in this separate Act.
Battye, JS, Western Australia: A History from its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1924.
Black, D, The House on the Hill: A History of the Parliament of Western Australia 1832—1990, Parliament of Western Australia, Perth 1991.
www.foundingdocs.gov.au /item.asp?sdID=14   (281 words)

  
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In that report, the Standing Committee recommended that a State Agencies Act be enacted, to govern the operation of State agencies (which are generally defined to mean government instrumentalities established under statute).
Parliament of Western Australia, Legislative Council, Apr. 1994.
Parliament of Western Australia, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation, Sixteenth Report: The Subordinate Legislation Framework in Western Australia, Nov. 1995.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au /lawreform/Regulatory_Efficiency/ref/may97/master-19.htm   (292 words)

  
 Parliament House - Tourism Western Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Parliament of Western Australia conducts tours for members of the public every Monday and Thursday.
Depending on the workings of parliament at the time of the tour, members of the public who visit on a sitting day may observe the opening of a day in the Legislative Council and Government Business in the Legislative Assembly.
All tours cover the special features and symbols of the Parliament of Western Australia.
www.westernaustralia.com /en/search/product.htm?ID=9001535   (166 words)

  
 Lynn MacLaren MLC, Inaugural Speech in WA State Parliament
Lynn is the "short-term" Greens MLC for the South Metropolitan Region, replacing Jim Scott for the duration of the term until May 2005.
Without the consent of this Parliament, we have the US military using Fremantle as an "away port," a defacto base to refresh their soldiers and supplies.
Western Australian Senator-elect Rachel Siewert takes her place in July next to Senator-elect Christine Milne (TAS) and Senators Bob Brown (TAS) and Kerry Nettle (NSW).
www.safecom.org.au /mac-laren1.htm   (3365 words)

  
 YMCA Perth - Western Australia - Youth Parliament
Youth Parliament Participants include young people aged between 15 and 21 from diverse backgrounds, gathered from all across Western Australia.
These bills are then forwarded to the Government to highlight the issues that participants consider relevant to the youth of Western Australia.  To date, eight bills from our youth parliament programs have been adopted at the state level.
Youth Parliament is an apolitical program funded by the Office of Children and Young People, and is an annual event which has been successfully run since 1994 in Western Australia.  It harnesses the energy, originality, and ideas of a cross section of young West Australians and educates them on our system of government. 
www.perth.ymca.org.au /index.php?id=18   (274 words)

  
 Documenting Democracy
This document, the Assent original of an Act of the British Parliament, enacted the Constitution passed by the Legislative Council of Western Australia in 1889.
This was only achieved after a delegation was sent from Western Australia to London to appear before a Parliamentary Select Committee which, after 12 meetings, produced a generally favourable report.
The Western Australia 1889 Constitution Act finally became law when it received the Royal Assent on 15 August 1890, and came into operation when proclaimed in the Colony on 21 October.
www.foundingdocs.gov.au /item.asp?dID=98   (287 words)

  
 Western Australia Parliament House Centenary Flag (Australia)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
On 19 January I attended a function at Western Australia's Parliament House to celebrate its centenary.
2004 also happens to be the 175th anniversary of Western Australia and the 150th anniversary of the first stamp issued by Western Australia.
The flag will be flying outside Parliament with the Australian and Western Australia flags during 2004.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/au-wa_pc.html   (240 words)

  
 Western Australian Government Serials
Their function was taken over by the Public Service Lists and the Statistical Registers of Western Australia.
Published from 1836 to the present, they contain a wealth of information on Western Australians and their dealings with government and with government policy and procedure.
Published from 1985 to the present by the Department of Conservation and Land Management, this is a glossy quarterly publication containing articles on the natural history of Western Australia.
www.liswa.wa.gov.au /wagovser.html   (526 words)

  
 Save Dampier rock art Petition
Current plans by the Western Australian government of further extensions to this industrial complex designate 38% of Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula), the archipelago's major land area, to be occupied by petrochemical and other plants, increasing state emissions of air pollution by around 30%.
The undersigned support these simple demands and request that the government of Western Australia reviews its policy concerning Australia's greatest cultural assets, and that it implements a comprehensive management plan that will protect the Dampier rock art galleries in perpetuity.
The Save Dampier rock art Petition to Government of Western Australia was created by AURA and written by Robert G. Bednarik.
www.petitiononline.com /dampier/petition.html   (598 words)

  
 Hansard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The materials and data provided on that site are provided by the Parliament of South Australia for information purposes only and they are subject to change without notice.
The Parliament of South Australia does not warrant and makes no claim as to the accuracy, completeness or currency of the information on that site.
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information site is accurate, the Parliament of South Australia will not accept any liability for any loss or damage whether caused by negligence or otherwise which may be incurred from the use of, or reliance on, information available on this site.
www.parliament.sa.gov.au /han/6_hansard.shtm   (184 words)

  
 Catholic World News : Australian State Passes Abortion On Demand
SYDNEY (CWNews.com) - The parliament of Western Australia passed a new law on Thursday allowing abortion on demand, becoming the first of Australia's six states and two territories to allow the practice, while the Catholic Church has pledged to back any woman who sues to stop the law.
Under the new law, a woman must have the support of two doctors and undergo compulsory counseling before making the final decision to kill her unborn child.
MP Cheryl Davenport, who sponsored the bill in parliament, accused the Church of hypocrisy, and said such court challenges were "virtually inevitable" from women "guilt-tripping" on pro-life counseling.
www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=7680   (337 words)

  
 Hon Bruce Donaldson MLC
Federal MP for Pearce, Judi Moylan, together with the Western Australian Minister for the Environment represented governments at a special event in Northam on Wednesday 7 December.
Adequate vocational training, education and research in the agricultural sector are fundamental in ensuring economic sustainability for regional Australia.
Gavin Crane of Bindi-Bindi has been named Western Australia's Top Young Farmer after the statewide competition was run at the Wagin Woolarama.
www.mp.wa.gov.au /donaldson/mediareleasesagriculture.htm   (1844 words)

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