Political Reform

Senator John Faulkner Discusses Senate Reform In Sydney Institute Speech [September 30, 2003]
Historic Reform of Victorian Parliament [March 27, 2003]
British Reforms To Parliament’s Sitting Times [December 19, 2002]
The Senate: Terms Of Office, Voting And “Reform” – A speech by Barbara McGarity, President of Women Into Politics, at the Women’s Constitutional Convention [June 12, 2002]
The Australian Parliament: Time For Reformation – Speech by Harry Evans, Clerk of the Senate [April 24, 2002] – [also available for download in PDF]
Open Up – a section of the London Guardian’s website on parliamentary reform
Parliamentary Sitting Days In Australia 2001
A Modern Parliament For A Modern Australia – the Opposition Leader, Simon Crean, proposes reforms to the position of Speaker, the Standing Orders and Questions. [February 7, 2002]
Crean discusses his proposals in a radio interview
Howard Comments On Parliamentary Reform – Howard rejects Crean’s call for a shared Speakership [February 10, 2002]
Mr. Speaker Proposes Reforms To Parliament – an interview with Neil Andrew, Speaker of the House of Representatives, in which he suggests that parliamentary debates should include questions. [May 6, 2002]
Renewing Democracy – a speech by Dr. Carmen Lawrence, containing a discussion of the legitimacy of the political system and proposals for parliamentary reform. [August 17, 2000] – Also in Word format
House of Ill-Repute – an episode of the ABC’s Lateline program, featuring a discussion with Peter Andren, Senator Helen Coonan, Senator Andrew Bartlett and Ian Marsh. Contains good material on possible parliamentary reforms. [June 9, 1999]
Australian Democrats Leader Calls for Parliamentary Reform – Senator Meg Lees proposals for reform of parliament. [February 22, 1999]