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Events and Activities
The Parliamentary Studies Centre brings together politicians,
academics, parliamentary officials, and journalists at regular
events.
- Events 2008
- 2007
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- Research and Activities
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Bicameralism: Australia in Comparative Context
Sponsored by the Parliamentary Studies Centre, ANU
Parliament House, Canberra, 9-10 October 2008
 Conference Notice (updated 10 June)
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Architecture and Parliament: how do buildings help shape parliamentary business?
A Roundtable marking the 20th Anniversary of Parliament House.
Sponsored by Parliamentary Studies Centre, ANU and the Commonwealth Parliament
Parliament House, Canberra, 22 August 2008
Roundtable Notice (updated 16 July)
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Workshop on Parliamentary Committee Systems, 15 and 16 February 2008
Main Committee Room, Parliament House, Canberra (Held in conjunction with House of Representatives Conference on 20th Aniversary of House Committee System)
15 February Workshop Agenda
16 February Workshop Agenda
View Worshop Report
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Workshop - Executive-Legislative Relationships and the ‘War on Terror’
Griffith University, Brisbane, 18 - 19 March 2008. Co-sponsored by the ANU Parliamentary Studies Centre
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Workshop - Public Leadership in Australia and Beyond: Political, bureaucratic and civic leadership in comparative perspective
University House, Australian National University 29-30 November 2007
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Parliament and International Conflict
- what can parliaments contribute to decisions over war-making
and peace-keeping? (part of the Govnet 2006 Conference
on ‘Transformations in Governance’), 29 November
to 1 December 2006, ANU
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Politics
of Opposition: Minor Parties and Independents,
27 October 2006, ANU
Speakers: Senator Lyn Allison, Leader of the Australian
Democrats; Norm Kelly, ANU and former WA MLC; Professor
Richard Mulgan, ANU; Peter Andren, Independent, House of
Representatives; Professor Brian Costar, Swinburne University,
Melbourne; Dr Deb Foskey, Greens, ACT Legislative Assembly;
Bob Katter, Independent, House of Representatives.
Listen to Upper House Speakers
Listent to lower House Speakers
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The Future of the Select Committee
System, 15 September 2006, National Museum of Australia,
Canberra.
Read flyer
Listen to Session 1 (mp3)
Listen to Session 2 (mp3) |
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The PSC currently hosts two
ARC-funded research projects
- 'Reconstructing Parliamentary Opposition: The Australian
Experience’, Professor John Uhr and Dr Kevin Tuffin
(Discovery grant awarded 2004)
- ‘Strengthening Parliamentary Institutions’,
Professor John Uhr (Linkage grant awarded 2006) |
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International Collaborative Research
Projects
Progress on international collaborative research
projects, such as that being conducted jointly by John Uhr
and Elizabeth McLeay comparing the experience of the Australian
and New Zealand Parliaments responding to globalization (part
of a larger comparative project being led by Dr Jennifer Curtin
of Auckland University); and between the Centre and the Constitution
Unit, University College London, on the ‘Governance
of Parliament’
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The PSC provides a focal point
for parliament-related research at the ANU. |
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Recent Research
A comprehensive bibliography of
recent research on parliament is being compiled and a discussion
paper series is planned. |
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