13/11/2024
The Commonwealth Parliamentarian of the Year 2024 Awards have been announced at the 67th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in New South Wales.
06/11/2024
The Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) network, led by the CPwD Chairperson, Hon. Laura Kanushu, MP (Uganda), have highlighted the work of a local rehabilitation centre working with persons living with disabilities during the 67th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in New South Wales.
22/10/2024
The Deputy Speaker of Australia's House of Representatives shares the benefits of a parallel Committee chamber as it marks its 30th anniversary.
21/10/2024
HM King Charles III, Patron of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, visited the Parliament of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia on 20 October 2024 to mark the bicentenary of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
17/10/2024
One of the great activities of the CPA Small Branches network is the annual CPA Small Branches Workshop. This year, the CPA Small Branches Workshop on Legislative Leadership for Environmental Resilience in Small Jurisdictions, was held from 23 to 25 July 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
25/09/2024
In September 2024, history was made at the Queensland Parliament. In collaboration with Deaf Connect and Queensland’s Department of Education, Australia’s first-ever Deaf Youth Parliament took centre stage, conducted entirely in Auslan (Australian Sign Language).
27/08/2024
Women in Australia make up just over half of the Australian population and 47.9% of all employed persons yet leadership, decision-making and priority setting has largely been in the hands of men. Any democratic framework needs to take into consideration gendered perspectives and equal representation of both women and men.
29/07/2024
Though the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is both a small Parliament and a Small Branch of the CPA, there is no such thing as being too small to have big expectations for how Parliamentarians will behave and conduct themselves.
21/07/2024
Engaging people in Parliament: The experiences of a young Member of Parliament from South Australia.
We have all heard the expression, “you cannot be what you cannot see.” I think to an extent this rings true to younger voters. Voters may feel like they cannot see themselves, or their demographic, represented in their Parliamentarians. This may at times leave some feeling disenfranchised with our political systems and the decisions that ultimately affect them.
25/03/2024
If Parliaments don’t engage with young people, that’s over a third of the population that aren’t part of the conversation. Having young people as part of the conversation can only positively extend into their adult lives as these foundational experiences carry them through. In this article, I will share what we’ve learnt from young people, and what young people have told us through our youth engagement work at the Parliament of Victoria.
14/03/2024
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Headquarters held a special meeting of Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers held at Speaker’s House at the UK Parliament, following the Commonwealth Speakers Summit 2024 for Commonwealth Day and the 75th anniversary of the Commonwealth.
10/03/2024
If Parliaments don’t engage with young people, that’s over a third of the population that aren’t part of the conversation. Having young people as part of the conversation can only positively extend into their adult lives as these foundational experiences carry them through. In this article, I will share what we’ve learnt from young people, and what young people have told us through our youth engagement work at the Parliament of Victoria.