Australian Senate practice

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Nq 328.94 AUS
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Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service, 1953-1991
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2nd, PP no. 43 of 1959
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AUSTRALIAN SENATE PRACTICE SECOND EDITION (1959) BY J. R. ODGERS, CLERK-ASSISTANT OF THE SENATE. 1 , 3 , 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 13
AUTHOR’S NOTE. 14
CHAPTER I. —FUNCTIONS, COMPOSITION, POWERS OF THE SENATE AND DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HOUSES. 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35
CHAPTER II.—PRINCIPAL ELECTORAL PROVISIONS. 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48
CHAPTER III.—OFFICERS OF THE SENATE. 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58
CHAPTER IV.—ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT. 59 , 60 , 61 , 62
CHAPTER V.—RULES OF ETIQUETTE. 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68
CHAPTER VI.—OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, AND ADDRESS-IN-REPLY. 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77
CHAPTER VII.—ORDINARY PROCEDURE. 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89
CHAPTER VIII.—PETITIONS. 90 , 91 , 92
CHAPTER IX.—QUESTIONS SEEKING INFORMATION. 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97
CHAPTER X.—MOTIONS. 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103
CHAPTER XI.—DEBATE. 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117
CHAPTER XII.—AMENDMENTS. 118 , 119 , 120
CHAPTER XIII.—VOTING AND DIVISIONS. 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126
CHAPTER XIV.—MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT TO DEBATE MATTER OF URGENCY. 127 , 128 , 129
CHAPTER XV.—BILLS. 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163
CHAPTER XVI.—MONEY BILLS. 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187
CHAPTER XVII.—CHAIRMAN’S GUIDE TO PROCEDURE IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198
CHAPTER XVIII.—CLERK’S CERTIFICATE ON BILLS. 199
CHAPTER XIX.—DELEGATED LEGISLATION. 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205 , 206 , 207 , 208 , 209
CHAPTER XX.—COMMITTEES. 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238
CHAPTER XXI.—INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMITTEES. 239
CHAPTER XXII.—WITNESSES. 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246 , 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251
CHAPTER XXIII.—CALL OF THE SENATE. 252 , 253
CHAPTER XXIV.—COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES. 254 , 255
CHAPTER XXV.—CONFERENCES. 256 , 257
CHAPTER XXVI.—ACCOUNTS, PAPERS AND RETURNS. 258 , 259 , 260 , 261
CHAPTER XXVII.—ADDRESSES. 262 , 263
CHAPTER XXVIII.—MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. 264 , 265
CHAPTER XXIX.—STRANGERS. 266 , 267
CHAPTER XXX.—LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO SENATORS. 268 , 269
CHAPTER XXXI.—SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS. 270
CHAPTER XXXII. MINISTERS OF STATE, AND THE PRIME MINISTER, IN THE SENATE. 271 , 272
CHAPTER XXXIII.—MISCELLANEOUS. 273 , 274 , 275
CHAPTER XXXIV.—PRIVILEGE. 276 , 277 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 , 284
AUSTRALIAN SENATE PRACTICE. INDEX. 285 , 286 , 287 , 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 309

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