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17 February 2023
The Australian Government has announced the appointment of Dr Vivienne Thom AM as the Independent Expert Chair of the Parliamentary Leadership Taskforce.
17 February 2023
The Special Minister of State, Senator the Hon Don Farrell, has approved changes allowing Australians to use Medicare cards and Australian citizenship certificates to prove their identity for their enrolment.
01 December 2022
Today the Government introduced the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022, to advance the Prime Minister’s commitment to hold a referendum to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Australian Constitution. 
07 October 2022
The Albanese Labor Government has released the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Review of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (Cth).   
02 August 2022
The Government has tabled the Review report for the statutory independent review of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 and the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017.