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2008 ASPG Conference, Brisbane, 10 - 12 July
The conference will be held from Thursday 10 July until Saturday 12 July 2008, with a conference tour to Moreton Island /Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort on Sunday 13 July 2008. The conference will be held at Queensland’s Parliament House.
The conference will bring together past and present members of parliament from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, and potentially other parliaments, a range of academics with an interest in parliament, members of the media, and other interested persons to explore the topic Parliament and the People: Engagement, Representation and Participation. The conference format will include delivery of formal papers from academics and practitioners, structured panel discussion, formal debate, and informal discussion.
Papers are able to be submitted for the following broad conference streams
- Parliament and the people
- Parliament and representation
- Parliament and engagement
- Parliament and participation
Abstracts / papers are now being accepted, please visit http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/aspg/Aspg08Conference.html for more information.
2007 ASPG Conference, Adelaide, 23 - 25 August
Responsible Government is based on the concept that governments are accountable to their Parliaments and that parliaments are accountable to the voters. Given recent growth in the power of the Executive, legislatures have developed a variety of ways to maintain and exercise some scrutiny over governments. However, the capacity of voters to maintain an appropriate scrutiny over the parliament is more limited— but no less important. This Conference is dedicated to exploring the ways parliaments are accountable to the people and the means by which they can be made more accountable.
Parliament’s Accountability to the People- Conscience Votes
- Televising Parliament
- Role of Committees
- Role of Independents
- Budget
- Media
- Internet
- Right of Reply
- Party discipline
- Petitions
Mr Paul Collett, Conference Secretary
South Australian Chapter, Australasian Study of Parliament Group
GPO Box 572, Adelaide 5001 SOUTH AUSTRALIA
2005 Annual Conference, Sydney, 6 - 8 October
The 2005 Annual Conference of the Australasian Study of Parliament Group will be held from
Thursday (6 October) to Saturday (8 October) at Parliament House, Sydney.
The conference has as its theme, "Parliament and Accountability in the 21st Century: The Role of Parliamentary Oversight Committees".
From the main theme of the Conference, four sub-themes have been adopted. These are:
- General overview of Parliament and accountability in the 21st Century and Parliamentary oversight of agencies role and the development of oversight committees
- Parliamentary oversight from the agency perspective
- Parliamentary oversight from the Parliament’s perspective
- Parliamentary oversight from other jurisdiction perspectives.
Enquiries about the conference or membership of the ASPG should be forwarded to the Conference Secretary.
Mrs Cheryl Samuels
Secretary, NSW Chapter
Australasian Study of Parliament Group
Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: (02) 9230 2240
Email: cheryl.samuels@parliament.nsw.gov.au
2004 Annual Conference, Perth, 28 - 29 May
The 2004 annual conference was held in May in Perth and had as its theme "the role of Parliament in constitution making and constitutional amendments." A variety of interesting papers were presented, and many are expected to be included in the next edition of Australasian Parliamentary Review.
Importantly, the conference provided an opportunity to breathe new life into the ASPG, and a number of exciting initiatives are being developed. Among these are a regular newsletter, a new editor for the journal and potential involvement of the Pacific and PNG.
It is hoped that the renewed enthusiasm displayed at the conference will flow through to all other areas of activity, including a vibrant ACT Chapter.
2004 Conference details (ASPG WA Chapter Newsletter) (PDF 182Kb)