15/08/2022

Pacific partnership moves to next stage

A visit to Fiji by Victoria’s Legislative Council President has heralded the next stage of the twinning partnership between the Victorian and Fiji Parliaments.
29/03/2022

Law in the Time of Corona: Optimising Parliamentary Functions During Long-Term Crises

The Acting CPA Small Branches Chairperson explores the methods for optimising parliamentary functions without jeopardising the Executive’s capacity to respond effectively using the example of the Australian Capital Territory.
29/03/2022

Complexity: Evolving Pandemic Meets Federation

The pandemic has thrown parliamentary powers into sharp relief, especially where powers are dispersed as in federations.
29/03/2022

New Speaker Elected at Australian Federal Parliament

On 23 November 2021, Hon. Andrew Wallace, MP (Liberal National Party of Queensland) was elected as 33rd Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, following the resignation earlier that day of Hon. Tony Smith, MP.
29/03/2022

Appointment of the First Aboriginal Liaison Officer at the Parliament of New South Wales

It has been 12 months since the Parliament of New South Wales employed its first Aboriginal Liaison Officer, to ensure the Parliament is better placed to engage with Aboriginal communities across New South Wales.
07/02/2022

CPA Small Branches and Disabilities

Both the CPA Small Branches and Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) networks can learn a lot from each other. In the pursuit of sustainable human development in small jurisdictions, sharing the collective experience of persons with disabilities both within and outside Parliament can be aided through the CPA and the great convening power of its networks.
07/02/2022

New South Wales Parliament Helps Disadvantaged Communities During the Pandemic

A buzzing kitchen, delicious comfort food and a passionate, dedicated team are some of the ingredients that helped feed families in need and saved jobs during the global COVID-19 pandemic at the Parliament of New South Wales.
07/02/2022

Reflections on Parliamentary Democracy in the Australian Parliament

As the two Presiding Officers of the Australian Federal Parliament both retire, they reflect on the challenges and privileges of their roles in Parliament.
26/11/2021

Julia Gillard: Vaccine Inequality, Women in Politics and the Commonwealth

In a special episode of Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, the former Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, sits down with the CPA Secretary-General, Stephen Twigg, for a wide-ranging conversation.
08/11/2021

Role of Commonwealth Parliaments in tackling the challenges of the pandemic is the focus for 2021 CPA Australia and Pacific Regional Conference in Western Australia

Commonwealth Parliamentarians came together in person and virtually to discuss the role of Parliaments in tackling the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic at the 2021 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Australia and Pacific Regional Conference in Perth, Western Australia from 1 to 4 November 2021. Delegates attended in person and virtually from across the two CPA Regions under the theme of ‘Parliament, People and Pandemics’.
06/10/2021

CPwD network reaffirms its priority of promoting disability inclusion in Parliaments as it releases its new three-year strategic plan

The Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) network has published the CPwD Strategic Plan 2021-2024, setting out its core priorities for the next three years.
23/09/2021

New Chairperson for Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities network announced

Following a virtual meeting of the Regional Champions of the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) network, Hon. Dennitah Ghati MP from the National Assembly of Kenya has been announced as the new CPwD Chairperson.