Parliament - What do they do for you?

What Parliament can do for you

• the activities and procedures of the House;
• the passage of legislation through both Houses;
• lodging petitions;
• the Chamber Galleries and making a booking to observe Question Time;
• parliamentary committees and their inquiries;
• participation in a parliamentary committee inquiry including advice on making a submission to an inquiry;
• where parliamentary committee public hearings are being held;
• access to documents, including committee reports, tabled in the Parliament;
• community outreach initiatives such as seminars, displays and exhibitions;
• parliamentary education activities including school visits;
• contacting your local Member;
• inter-parliamentary visits and conferences;
• gaining access, including for the purposes of filming and photography, to the Parliament building and parliamentary precincts and the Chamber galleries; and
• the guidelines for demonstrations in the parliamentary precincts.