Zusammenfassung der Ressource
HOR Functions
- Legislative
- THEORY
s51 initiate,
scrutinise,
debate +
pass laws
- PRACTICE •private member bills
rarely successful (15 passed)
•flood gating-pacific solution
passed in 1.5days
- Representative
- should be representative body
- Rep interests of select group in
society e.g. nova peris (2013) 1st
indig woman
- Poor at providing voice
for minorities e.g.Ken
Wyatt-1st indig elected to
HOR
- ^minority rep e.g. 2010
Adam Bandt 1st greens
member elected in HOR
- • Gov dominates,
doesn’t always rep
ppl e.g. gillard’s
carbon tax
- Responsibility
- ministers help
responsible for all
actions (CRM+IMR)
- motions of no
confidence easily
defeated bc gov majority
- CRM+IMR not always
followed e.g. Scott
Morrison
(Immigration)-asylum
seeker death during
Manus Island riot, PNG
- Debate
- wide ranging debates from multiple
viewpoints, standing orders, MPI...
- gag+guillotine shuts
down debate