Factsheet

9.2
Useful Websites
Parliament of Queensland

Other information available:

The Parliament of Queensland website is

www.parliament.qld.gov.au

The functions of Parliament

The Parliaments Community Engagement

website is www.parliament.qld.gov.au/
communityEngagement

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The Parliaments website provides services

and information including:
The Broadcast of Parliament - www.
parliament.qld.gov.au/listen
E-petitions - www.parliament.qld.
gov.au/Petitions
Tabled papers - www.parliament.qld.
gov.au/tableOffice
Members of Parliament - www.
parliament.qld.gov.au/members

Queensland Parliamentary
Education Programs and Services
The Queensland Parliament website
contains information about:
Parliament and Government;
Parliamentary Education and Training
Seminar program; and
Queensland Parliamentary Internship
Program.
The www.parliament.qld.gov.au/forSchools
pages contain:
Teacher Resources;

The history of Parliament House

Parliamentary Committees
Hansard (reporting of Parliament)
You can also listen to a live broadcast of
Parliament.

Other Parliaments
At the Parliament@Work website you can determine
your electorate by using your postcode, obtain
information about your State and Federal members
and email your member. The Parliaments at a
glance button gives you information about all
Australian Parliaments. Just remember to press
the go button. www.parliament.curriculum.edu.
au/srch_browse.php3

Other Parliaments Websites

Parliament of New South Wales - www.

parliament.nsw.gov.au

Parliament of Victoria - www.parliament.vic.gov.

au

Parliament of South Australia - www.

parliament.sa.gov.au

Parliament of Tasmania - www.parliament.tas.

gov.au/

Parliament of Western Australia - www.

Education Seminars;

parliament.wa.gov.au

Youth Parliament;

Parliament of Australia - www.aph.gov.au

School Tours;

Other Parliamentary Education Offices

Factsheets;
Activities; and
Emblems.

Some of these sites have excellent activities and

factsheets.

Commonwealth Parliamentary Education

Office - www.peo.gov.au
Updated July 2015

Useful Websites
New South Wales Parliamentary
Education Office - www.parliament.

nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/
ResourcesEducServices

South Australian Parliamentary

Education Office - www.parliament.

sa.gov.au/Education

Northern Territory Parliamentary

Education - www.nt.gov.au/lant/

Parliaison/BulletinBoard.shtml

Western Australian Parliamentary

Education Office - www.parliament.

wa.gov.au/web/newwebparl.nsf/
iframewebpages/Education

Tasmanian Parliamentary Library

- www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/tplmain.
htm

Australian Capital Territory

Parliamentary Education Office - www.

legassembly.act.gov.au/education/role-ofthe-assembly.asp

Victorian Parliamentary Education

Office - www.parliament.vic.gov.au/

P +61 7 3553 6000

F +61 7 3553 6419

www.parliament.qld.gov.au
communications@parliament.qld.gov.au

education/edu.html

New Zealands Parliamentary

Education Office - www.ps.parliament.

govt.nz/en-NZ/Education

The United Kingdoms Explore

Parliament Site - www.explore.

parliament.uk

Constitutional Studies
A Beginners Guide to the Constitution
provides text of the Australian
Constitution with commentary: www.
humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/
Australian_Constitution_First_Reading.html
The ABCs Constitutional Convention site
www.abc.net.au/concon has a Simcon
interactive game in which players create
a constitution. The game then tells the
players what sort of government they
have created as well as how their country
rates in terms of trade, wealth, freedom,
stability and militarism.
An interactive trivia quiz on the
Constitution from Palmers Oz Politics is
found at www.ozpolitics.info/guide/fun/
trivia/quiz3

Factsheet

9.2

Information about the Queensland Constitution

and an annotated version of it can be found at
www.constitution.qld.gov.au/home.htm

Law
The Department of Justice and Attorney-Generals
website for students has information about the law,
justice and the courts: http://www.justice.qld.
gov.au/goingtocourt.
The Office of Queensland Parliamentary Counsel
provides access to Bills and Acts: www.legislation.
qld.gov.au/OQPChome.htm

Get Involved With Government

The Get Involved website shows you how to get
involved in Queensland Government decision
making: www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au
It has links to ConsultQld where you can have
your say online: www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au/
consultqld/index.cfm

Generate is a website about young people and

community participation. Theres news, events,
information and opportunities for young people
to get involved, from local life to government
decisions: www.generate.qld.gov.au
Discover Democracy: http://education.qld.gov.
au/curriculum/jointventure/govt/ddemo/

Study of Parliament
Australasian Study of Parliament Group
(ASPG)
The Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG)
aims to encourage and stimulate research, writing,
teaching and discussion about parliamentary
institutions, particularly those in Australasia and
the South Pacific. www.aspg.org.au

Hansard Society
The Hansard Society is the UKs leading
independent, non-partisan political research and
education charity. www.hansardsociety.org.uk
Information About Elections
The Queensland Electoral Commission
www.ecq.qld.gov.au
The Australian Electoral Commission
www.aec.gov.au
Electoral Council of Australia
www.eca.gov.au/systems/index.htm#parliament
Updated July 2015