This is the latest edition of the Senate’s Standing Orders, correct to November 11, 2015.
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Standing Orders – House of Representatives
Mar 26, 2015
This is the latest updated edition of the House of Representatives Standing Orders.
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Democrats Support Breast-Feeding In Senate
May 01, 2003
Following the controversy in the Victorian Parliament over Labor MP Kirstie Marshall breast-feeding her baby in the chamber, the Australian Democrats have proposed changes to the Standing Orders in the Senate.
This is the text of a media release by Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian Democrats spokesperson for Work and Family.
Standing Orders may allow breastfeeding in the Senate
Breastfeeding will be allowed in the Australian Senate if a Procedure Committee recommendation, initiated by the Australian Democrats, is adopted by the Senate when it returns this month.
The Procedure Committee considered this change after Senator Natasha Stott Despoja gave notice of a motion to change the Standing Orders.
Senator Stott Despoja’s motion was lodged on March 19 and the proposal to change Standing Order 175 subsequently referred to the President on March 24. [Read more…]