Factsheet 9.2 Useful Websites Parliament of Queensland Other information available: The Parliament of Queensland website is • The functions of Parliament www.parliament.qld.gov.au • The history of Parliament House The Parliament’s Community Engagement • Members of the Legislative Assembly website is www.parliament.qld.gov.au/ • Parliamentary Committees communityEngagement • Hansard (reporting of Parliament) The Parliament’s website provides services You can also listen to a live broadcast of and information including: Parliament. • The Broadcast of Parliament - www. parliament.qld.gov.au/listen Other Parliaments • E-petitions - www.parliament.qld. At the Parliament@Work website you can determine gov.au/Petitions your electorate by using your postcode, obtain • Tabled papers - www.parliament.qld. information about your State and Federal members gov.au/tableOffice and email your member. The Parliaments at a glance button gives you information about all • Members of Parliament - www. Australian Parliaments. Just remember to press parliament.qld.gov.au/members the “go” button. www.parliament.curriculum.edu. au/srch_browse.php3 Queensland Parliamentary Education Programs and Services Other Parliaments’ Websites The Queensland Parliament website Parliament of New South Wales - www. contains information about: parliament.nsw.gov.au • Parliament and Government; Parliament of Victoria - www.parliament.vic.gov. • Parliamentary Education and Training au Seminar program; and Parliament of South Australia - www. • Queensland Parliamentary Internship parliament.sa.gov.au Program. The www.parliament.qld.gov.au/forSchools Parliament of Tasmania - www.parliament.tas. pages contain: gov.au/ • Teacher Resources; Parliament of Western Australia - www. • Education Seminars; parliament.wa.gov.au • Youth Parliament; Parliament of Australia - www.aph.gov.au • School Tours; Other Parliamentary Education Offices • Factsheets; Some of these sites have excellent activities and • Activities; and factsheets. • Emblems. Commonwealth Parliamentary Education Office - www.peo.gov.au Updated July 2015 Factsheet Useful Websites 9.2 New South Wales Parliamentary Information about the Queensland Constitution Education Office - www.parliament. and an annotated version of it can be found at nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/ www.constitution.qld.gov.au/home.htm ResourcesEducServices Law South Australian Parliamentary The Department of Justice and Attorney-General’s Education Office - www.parliament. website for students has information about the law, sa.gov.au/Education justice and the courts: http://www.justice.qld. Northern Territory Parliamentary gov.au/goingtocourt. Education - www.nt.gov.au/lant/ The Office of Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Parliaison/BulletinBoard.shtml provides access to Bills and Acts: www.legislation. Western Australian Parliamentary qld.gov.au/OQPChome.htm Education Office - www.parliament. Get Involved With Government wa.gov.au/web/newwebparl.nsf/ iframewebpages/Education The Get Involved website shows you how to get involved in Queensland Government decision Tasmanian Parliamentary Library making: www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au - www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/tplmain. htm It has links to ConsultQld where you can have your say online: www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au/ Australian Capital Territory consultqld/index.cfm Parliamentary Education Office - www. legassembly.act.gov.au/education/role-of- Generate is a website about young people and the-assembly.asp community participation. There’s news, events, information and opportunities for young people Victorian Parliamentary Education to get involved, from local life to government Office - www.parliament.vic.gov.au/ decisions: www.generate.qld.gov.au education/edu.html Discover Democracy: http://education.qld.gov. New Zealand’s Parliamentary au/curriculum/jointventure/govt/ddemo/ Education Office - www.ps.parliament. Study of Parliament govt.nz/en-NZ/Education The United Kingdom’s Explore Australasian Study of Parliament Group Parliament Site - www.explore. (ASPG) parliament.uk The Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG) Constitutional Studies aims to encourage and stimulate research, writing, teaching and discussion about parliamentary A Beginners Guide to the Constitution institutions, particularly those in Australasia and provides text of the Australian the South Pacific. www.aspg.org.au Constitution with commentary: www. Hansard Society humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/ Australian_Constitution_First_Reading.html The Hansard Society is the UK’s leading independent, non-partisan political research and www.parliament.qld.gov.au [email protected] The ABC’s Constitutional Convention site education charity. www.hansardsociety.org.uk www.abc.net.au/concon has a Simcon interactive game in which players create a constitution. The game then tells the Information About Elections players what sort of government they The Queensland Electoral Commission have created as well as how their country www.ecq.qld.gov.au rates in terms of trade, wealth, freedom, The Australian Electoral Commission stability and militarism. www.aec.gov.au An interactive trivia quiz on the Electoral Council of Australia +61 7 3553 6000 +61 7 3553 6419 Constitution from Palmer’s Oz Politics is www.eca.gov.au/systems/index.htm#parliament found at www.ozpolitics.info/guide/fun/ P F trivia/quiz3 Updated July 2015 .