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| | Parliament of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Parliament of Australia is modelled on the Parliament of the United Kingdom and, to a lesser extent, the Congress of the United States. | | | The Parliament used to have the power of hearing such cases itself, and did so in the Browne-Fitzpatrick case of 1955. | | | The Constitution allows Parliament to determine the number of Senators by legislation, provided that the six original states are equally represented. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Parliament
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| | Australian Government Attorney-General's Department - Attorney General's Department - Australias Legal System |
| | Australian State and Territory courts have original jurisdiction in all matters brought under State or Territory laws, and in matters arising under federal laws, where jurisdiction has been conferred on the courts by the Commonwealth Parliament. | | | Chapter III also gives the Commonwealth Parliament power to create other federal courts (for example, the Federal Court and the Family Court), and to vest federal judicial power in such courts and in courts of the States. | | | The High Court of Australia, however, is the final court of appeal in respect of all matters, whether decided in Federal or State jurisdictions, and the Federal Parliament is empowered under the Constitution to invest State courts with Federal jurisdiction. |
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http://www.law.gov.au/www/agdHome.nsf/AllDocs/RWPA5C949DB88E95857CA256BB300154E38?OpenDocument
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| | LLRX.com - Update to Researching Australian Law |
| | High Court is at the apex of the unified Australian legal system. | | | It was enacted (by a British Act of Parliament) in 1901 and the then separate colonies were united as states of one country. | | | The 'raw' or 'unreported' versions of all Australian court decisions (and those of many Commonwealth and State tribunals) are available from AustLII; those of the High Court usually within an hour of being handed down by the Court. |
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http://www.llrx.com/features/australian.htm
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| | Australia As a Republic |
| | The primary question for Australians to consider in the course of the republic debate is whether Australia should have an Australian citizen chosen by Australians as its head of state, or whether it should retain as its head of state the person who is monarch of the United Kingdom. | | | Nonetheless, the issue of whether Australia should have an Australian head of state is a discrete one, both logically and legally, and deserves consideration on its own merits. | | | The conventions, which are unwritten rules not enforceable by the courts, embody many of the essential principles of responsible government. |
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http://www.irishaustralia.com/Australian/Government/ausrepublic.htm
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| | PEO resources: A short history of Parliament |
| | The Governor-General accepts that the Parliament makes the laws and he or she accepts the will of the Parliament. | | | Between about 1200 and 1900, there was a long slow struggle between the monarch and the Parliament. | | | In Germany the federal parliament includes the Reichstag and the Bundesrat. |
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http://www.peo.gov.au/resources/history.html
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| | PEO resources: Parliament House: the building |
| | Senators in minor parties such as the Australian Democrats and the Greens as well as Independents sit on the cross benches closest to the camera. | | | A multi-channel TV and radio station that broadcasts all proceedings of the Parliament from both chambers and the committee rooms. | | | The members and senators in the Parliament must be able to: |
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http://www.peo.gov.au/resources/building.html
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| | Australia Now - Australia's System of Government |
| | State parliaments are subject to the national Constitution as well as their State constitutions. | | | Elected politicians rarely vote against their parties in Parliament. | | | In the 1890s the colonies adopted the principle of one vote per person, stopping the practice of plural voting. |
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http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/sys_gov.html
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| | Internet Resource Guide: Australian Law Resources |
| | Includes Australian Current Law (monthly summaries of new cases and legislation); statutes annotations for the Commonwealth and some States; and legal dictionaries. | | | Current Western Australian legislation – from the State Law Publisher. | | | They are published in the Commonwealth of Australia gazette and occasionally on Scaleplus in the Instruments made under legislation database (even though they are not made under legislation). |
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http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/law/auslaw.htm
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| | Women in Parliament - Parliament of Victoria |
| | Ann Millar, Trust the women: Women in the federal parliament, Department of the Senate,Canberra, 1994. | | | The WCTU encouraged women to stand as independent candidates to specifically represent women. | | | Last update May 20, 2003 by Education Officer |
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http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/women.html
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| | australian policy online |
| | Keith Jacobs, Tim Seelig, Hazel Easthope and Michele Slatter discuss the current state of knowledge about the schemes, review the current work of Australia’s state housing authorities in devising innovative practices, and identify the areas that will be explored in three case studies, to be undertaken in New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania. | | | He finds that the Act potentially compromises Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. | | | James Jupp reviews the Draft Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005. |
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http://www.apo.org.au
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| | Parliament & Executive Essay Questions |
| | "The Federal Opposition is usually better able to achieve its objectives by working outside rather than inside the Parliament." Discuss. | | | 'Backbenchers have little influence in the federal parliament, the electorate and the party room.' To what extent do you agree? | | | "Real power in the federal parliament resides in the Senate, since it is there that government legislation may be effectively challenged." Discuss. |
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http://www.australianpolitics.com/parliament/essays.shtml
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| | Parliament - Encyclopedia of Political Information |
| | The name is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler (to speak) : a parlement is a talk, a discussion, hence a meeting (an assembly, a court) where people discuss matters. | | | A parliament is a legislative body, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system derived from that of the United Kingdom. | | | The New Zealand Parliament consists of a 120-member unicameral House of Representatives from which an executive cabinet of about 20 ministers is appointed. |
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http://www.politicalinformation.net/encyclopedia/Parliament.htm
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| | ATSIC - The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| | On 16 March 2005 Parliament passed the ATSIC Amendment Bill repealing provisions of the ATSIC Act, and in particular abolishing ATSIC. | | | The legislation received the Royal Assent and was proclaimed with effect from 24 March 2005. |
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http://www.atsic.gov.au
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| | The Australian Parliament |
| | September 07, 2001: Wooldridge Announces Resignation From Parliament | | | Nov 23 1999: Federal Parliament Broadcasting Live on Internet | | | Australian Democrats Leader Calls for Parliamentary Reform - Senator Meg Lees proposals for reform of parliament (22 Feb 1999). |
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http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/21947/20011112/vcepolitics.com/parliament
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| | Australian parliament fights spyware outbreak - ZDNet UK News |
| | Australian Democrat Senator Brian Greig is drafting legislation which aims to better define, and in some cases outlaw spyware and adware, after his office found the computers on the parliamentary system had been compromised by more than 50 different Internet-borne pests. | | | Barring an early election, Senator Greig hopes to present his anti-spyware bill to the August sitting of Parliament. | | | The senator's office ran three anti-spyware packages; Spybot, Ad-Aware and Pest Patrol, and while most of the breaches were fairly innocuous, they also located three malicious pests. |
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39160180,00.htm
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| | Christian Life Resources: Life & Family Events |
| | He is an internationally-recognized expert on stem cell research, has testified several times before the U.S. Congress and various state legislatures, and has spoken before the National Academy of Sciences, European Parliament, British Parliament, Canadian Parliament, Australian Parliament, German Bundestag, French Senate, and United Nations. | | | He has reviewed for professional publications including The Journal of the American Medical Association. |
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http://www.clrevents.com/?/home/materials/2003.php
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| | Package sent to Australian parliament harmless - Boston.com - Australia/Antarctica - News |
| | Any copying, republication, or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. | | | Police said one person in the Australian parliament house's mail room underwent decontamination as precautionary measure after coming into contact with the white powder in the package addressed to Downer. | | | Parliament officials said the package contained a sealed plastic bag of white powder. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/australia/articles/2005/06/03/package_sent_to_australian_parliament_harmless_1117777869
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| | australianpolitics.com |
| | There is material on a range of Parliamentary Procedures, including Questions and the passage of Legislation. | | | The role of the High Court as the ultimate interpreter of Australia's Constitution and a complete list of Justices is here, as is a section on Constitutional Reform. | | | The oldest party in Australia is the Australian Labor Party, which was formed in 1890. |
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http://www.australianpolitics.com
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| | ABC News - Australian Parliament House - 10 Years On |
| | At the time of Federation in 1901 thoughts turned to the need for a Parliament building. | | | Federal politicians had to wait until 1927 for the opening of the provisional Parliament House in Canberra. | | | "The laws of the Commonwealth of Australia are enacted in the name of the Queen and the two houses of Parliament," she said. |
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/features/aph/page01.htm
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| | ComLaw - Homepage |
| | ComLaw is an integral part of the Australian Law Online initiative to bring low or no-cost access to the law for the community. | | | COMLAW, FRLI, Australian Commonwealth Law, Federal Register of Legislative Instruments | | | ComLaw is the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney-General's Department. |
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http://www.comlaw.gov.au
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| | Australian parliament revokes ban on 'Mate' |
| | The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. | | | Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Friday said it was 'absurd' to require security guards at the country's Parliament House to stop addressing visitors and lawmakers as 'mate' and one of his predecessors called it rampant pomposity. | | | "These things are all a matter of context, and that's why it's impractical and absurd to try and ban something," Howard, who in the past has used the term to describe US President George W Bush, told Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio. |
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http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/19mate.htm
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| | Other Electoral Sites Within Australia |
| | Australian Parliament - Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters | | | State and Territory Electoral Authorities (for voting at State or Territory Elections) | | | University of WA, Australian Government and Politics Website |
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http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/how/links/austsites.htm
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| | SA Parliament - Legislation - Acts and Regulations |
| | SA Parliament - Legislation - Acts and Regulations | | | All information available represents the consolidated South Australian legislation. | | | You may also compose complex queries by using the AND, OR, BUT etc options before submitting it. |
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http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/dbsearch/legsearch.htm
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| | Old Parliament House |
| | Supported by the Australian Government’s Saluting Their Service commemorations program. | | | Old Parliament House made headlines for more than sixty years as home to Australia's Federal Parliament from 1927 to 1988. | | | Milestones in the history of Old Parliament House. |
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http://www.oph.gov.au
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| | The Australian: Parliament back for final fortnight (archived) |
| | The Australian: Parliament back for final fortnight (archived) | | | The Australian Medical Association has called for a conscience vote for government MPs on the draft laws, which it says will create tensions within families and may irreparably damage young Australians' health if they feel that their parents will be told of any medical help they seek. | | | Another contentious issue before the parliament will be Health Minister Tony Abbott's plan to allow parents to access their children's medical records. |
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9844326^1702,00.html
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| | USATODAY.com - Bush heckled by Australian parliament |
| | Their imprisonment has been a big issue in Australia. | | | That was reinforced when 41 opposition-party lawmakers signed a letter criticizing Bush's war decision, saying no clear and present danger existed. | | | Bush told a divided Parliament that the war in Iraq was right and inevitable, but that Americans and Australians "still have decisive days ahead" and that the broader war on terror could be long and drawn out. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-10-23-bush-trip_x.htm
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| | Violence, Parliament Put Australian Forests Process in Limbo |
| | Status: Copyright 1999, contact source for permission to reprint | | | A Labor Opposition amendment to ensure either house of Parliament | | | Agreement (RFA) process has run afoul of the Australian Senate. |
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http://forests.org/archive/spacific/violence.htm
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| | Welcome to the Australian Greens Online - View Document |
| | Authorised by Stewart Jackson, Suite 7, Lower Ground Flr, Ethos House, Ainslie Ave, Canberra City ACT - Copyright © 2005 | | | The Prime Minister’s latest laws on terrorism were withheld from parliament this week to avoid one month’s scrutiny by a senate committee, Greens Senator Bob Brown said today after the laws were leaked into the public arena. | | | Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania, Christine Milne, has called on the federal coalition and state Labor governments to recognise the severe disadvantages facing people in the electorate of Braddon and take steps to address the causes of poverty. |
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http://www.greens.org.au
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| | The Australian Parliament |
| | Much of the work of the Parliament is done in its Committees. | | | The question of the relationship between the houses, in particular the right of the Senate to block or amend legislation, is a perennial issue in Australian politics. | | | With equal representation of the States, a proportional voting system that allows minority parties to win seats, the Senate is rarely controlled by the Government or the Opposition. |
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http://www.australianpolitics.com/parliament
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| | Governments on the WWW: Australia |
| | Australian Embassy in Washington, United States of America | | | Australian Consulate in Denver, United States of America | | | Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York |
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http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/au.html
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| | The Australian: Nauru parliament deadlocked (archived) |
| | In a statement, Mr Seneviratne said Mr Harris could remain in power unless the parliament was dissolved and a new president elected, or if he resigned. | | | But Nauru's justice secretary, Denzil Seneviratne, had today declared Mr Harris' rule constitutionally valid, she said. | | | Under the treaty, Australia will provide a senior treasury officer and officials from the finance department to help Nauru reorganise its finances. |
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9469110^1702,00.html
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| | Sanity of the Australian Parliament - Uncyclopedia |
| | Hardliners could not reconcile with eyeliners; the liberal party repudiated the visceral party. | | | In 1957, following the resignation of Jimmy O'Crikey as Prime Minister, the Australian Parliament fell into chaos. | | | It seemed sanity would soon leave the Parliament altogether. |
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http://www.uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Sanity_of_the_Australian_Parliament
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| | 1927 Parliament House Australian Silver Florin |
| | The Federal Parliament transferred from Melbourne to Canberra in May 1927 and was opened in a grand ceremony by the future George VI known then as the Duke of York and his wife, The Queen Mum, as she became known as in her later years. | | | 1927 Opening of the First Parliament House, Canberra. | | | This design is regarded as one of his most delicate efforts. |
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| | RIGZONE - The Western Australian Parliament Approves Gorgon Project |
| | Parliamentary approval was secured on November 14th with the passage of the Barrow Island Bill 2003 through the Legislative Council, which saw the ratification of the Gorgon State Agreement. | | | "I applaud the Parliament for passing the Barrow Island Bill and not obstructing the Gallop Government's efforts to create jobs and opportunities for all Western Australians." | | | State Development Minister Clive Brown welcomed the Parliament's approval, saying it was pleasing that the Liberal Party did not obstruct the Gallop Government's |
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http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=9499
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| | The Parliament of Australia: A Bibliography |
| | For more information about documents published by the Parliament or government of Australia, one should consult the appropriate government indexes. | | | This database is devoted to scholarly works written about the Parliament of Australia. | | | It includes books, articles, dissertations and some publications of the Parliament itself. |
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http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/bib/australia_parliament
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| | CNN.com - Bush heckled in Canberra speech - Oct. 23, 2003 |
| | CNN's Richard Quest talks to one of the senators who disrupted U.S. President Bush's address to the Australian Parliament. | | | Bush later attended a barbecue lunch with leading Australian business, political and sporting figures and also visited the Australian War Memorial in Canberra before boarding Air Force One to fly back to the United States. | | | Bush delivers his address to parliament on Thursday. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/10/23/apec.special.bush.australia
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| | Service SA - Government Directory |
| | SA Parliament, the South Australian Governor and other State Public sector organisations can also be located. | | | Please contact Service SA for any Government Directory changes or enquiries. |
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http://www.service.sa.gov.au/agencies.asp
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| | Legislation - Index of South Australian Legislation |
| | The Index contains the consolidated information for all Acts of the South Australian Parliament that are currently in force and Acts that have been repealed or have expired since 31 December 1975. | | | The Index of South Australian Legislation provides a comprehensive legislative history of all South Australian Legislation. | | | The Index includes information up until the 31st of December 2003 but does not include Appropriation Acts or Supply Acts. |
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http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/leg/5_2_index.shtm
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| | House 8 Weblog President Bush Heckled by Australian Parliament |
| | American President George W Bush was heckled inside the Australian parliament after his speech in Canberra and jeered by protesters outside. | | | Bush defended the Iraq invasion and war on terror, saying Australia and the United States had to lead by example. | | | House 8 Network is built using and maintained by Movable Type. |
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| | FileRoom.org - Australian Parliament removes photos of human rights abuses |
| | Confronting Bodies: Australian Ministers of Parliament, Speakers of the House and President of the Senate | | | FileRoom.org - Australian Parliament removes photos of human rights abuses | | | Name: Australian Parliament removes photos of human rights abuses |
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| | Welcome to the Department of Health and Ageing |
| | The report is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament by 21 June 2006. | | | The Gene Technology Ministerial Council has appointed an independent panel to review the Act. | | | Thousands of retired Australians will be able to undertake educational courses through the Internet at a cost of less than $42 per course with the launch of the University of the Third Age Online. |
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http://www.health.gov.au
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| | Documenting Democracy |
| | Warning: Indigenous Australians are advised that this website may include images or names of people now deceased. |
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| | Bugbear hits Australian parliament - Printer friendly - ZDNet UK News |
| | The outbreak comes just a day after the shadow minister for IT, Senator Kate Lundy, raised concerns during question time regarding the level of funding the government awards to IT security infrastructure. | | | The offices for the minister for information technology, Senator Richard Alston, and the Department of Parliamentary Reporting Staff, which manages the parliament's computer network, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. | | | The Australian Parliament runs a centralised computer network covering a range of departments and ministerial offices -- providing the virus with a wide range of entry points. |
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http://www.zdnet.co.uk/print?TYPE=story&AT=2124317-39020375t-10000025c
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| | University of Toronto |
| | Bush is 1st U.S. President to address Australian Parliament | | | Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: 1992 |
| | * George H. Bush becomes the first President of the United States to address the Australian Parliament. | | | January 8 - Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina declare their own republic in protest at a decision by Bosnia's Croats and Muslims to seek EC recognition. |
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| | Jet: Australian Parliament Expresses Regret For Injustice To Aborigines |
| | Others, such as Aden Ridgeway, who is only the second Aborigine in Australia's history to sit in Parliament and who helped draft the motion, said, "People ought to take heart that [the motion] gives an expression of even severe regret." | | | Australian Parliament Expresses Regret For Injustice To Aborigines | | | The vote ends a long and often bitter campaign to gain government recognition of the injustice to Aborigines, who number more 350,000 in Australia's population of 19 million. |
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