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During World War II, the Parliament met in secret on a number of occasions, to hear confidential reports on the progress of the war. [6] There is no Hansard record of the proceedings. Both Houses met in secret joint sittings on 20 February 1942, [7] [8] 3 September 1942, [9] [10] and 8 October 1942. [11] [10]
The term of Australian parliaments is determined by the opening and dissolution (or expiration) of the House of Representatives. The Senate is not normally dissolved at all, except at a double dissolution, when the entire parliament is dissolved. Parliaments do not have a fixed term. The maximum term permitted by section 28 of the Constitution of Australia is three years, counted from the date ...
The current Parliament is the 47th Australian Parliament. The most recent federal election was held on 21 May 2022 and the 47th Parliament first sat on 26 July. The outcome of the 2022 election saw the Labor Party return to government for the first time in nine years, winning 77 seats in the 151-seat House of Representatives (an increase of 9 ...
World War Z 2 potential release date: Has World War Z 2 been cancelled? Photo credit: Paramount At one point the sequel was scheduled for release in 2017, but that time came and went without ...
This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving the Commonwealth of Australia (1901–present) and its predecessor colonies, the colonies of New South Wales (1788–1901), Van Diemen's Land (1825–1856), Tasmania (1856–1901), Victoria (1851–1901), Swan River (1829–1832), Western Australia (1832–1901), South Australia (1836–1901), and Queensland (1859–1901).
2 (1) Katter's Australian Party (1) Centre Alliance: 151 Election Year Prime Minister Summary Labor Liberal Nationals Greens Independent Other parties Total seats 47th 2022 Anthony Albanese (1963–) Labor forms a government under Anthony Albanese. 77 : 27 (+ 15 LNP) 10 (+ 6 LNP) 4 10 2 (1) Katter's Australian Party (1) Centre Alliance: 151
The history of Australia from 1901 to 1945 begins with the federation of the six colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. The young nation joined Britain in the First World War, suffered through the Great Depression in Australia as part of the global Great Depression and again joined Britain in the Second World War against Nazi Germany in 1939.
German New Guinea was captured by Australia during the First World War, becoming a League of Nations mandate after the war. Following the bitter New Guinea campaign of World War II which saw occupation of half the island by the Empire of Japan , the Territory of Papua and New Guinea was established by an administrative union between the ...