Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 1991, The Standing Orders governing: general rule for conduct of business and procedures for the opening of Parliament, Parliament of Australia, Canberra; Standing Committee on Procedure, 1995, Procedures for the opening of Parliament, Parliament of Australia, Canberra; Standing Committee on Procedure, 2001, Balancing tradition and progress: procedures for the opening of Parliament, Parliament of Australia, Canberra.

[2]       See Chapter 2 in particular..

[3]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 1991, pp. 2–3.

[4]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 1995, p. 1.

[5]       Standing Committee on Procedures, 1995, p. 41.

Chapter 2 Opening day and the options for reform

[1]       Matilda House Williams, Speech at the opening of the 42nd Parliament, 12 February 2008, Parliament House, Canberra, transcript prepared by the Parliamentary Library.

[2]       Matilda House Williams, Speech at the opening of the 42nd Parliament, 12 February 2008, Parliament House, Canberra, transcript prepared by the Parliamentary Library.

[3]      Reconciliation Australia, Submission no. 3, p. 1.

[4]       The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP, Speech at the opening of the 42nd Parliament, 12 February 2008, Parliament House, Canberra, transcript prepared by the Parliamentary Library.

[5]       The Hon. Brendan Nelson MP, Speech at the opening of the 42nd Parliament, 12 February 2008, Parliament House, Canberra, transcript prepared by the Parliamentary Library..

[6]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 1..

[7]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 2.

[8]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 2.

[9]       Reconciliation Australia, Submission no. 3, p. 1.

[10]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 7.

[11]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 1995, p. 2.

[12]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 1995, p. 2; Standing Committee on Procedure, 1991, p. 3.

[13]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 2.

[14]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 3.

[15]       I Harris (ed), 2005, House of Representatives Practice, 5th edn, House of Representatives, Canberra, p. 140.

[16]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 2001, p. 52.

[17]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 2001, p. 44.

[18]       Mr Don Morris, Submission no. 2, p. 2..

[19]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 1991, p. 5.

[20]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 4.

[21]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 4.

[22]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 1995, p. 5.

[23]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 4.

[24]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 1995, p. 14.

[25]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 1991, p. 6.

[26]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 4.

[27]       Mr Don Morris, Submission no. 2, p. 1..

[28]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 2001, pp. 25-26.

[29]       Standing Committee on Procedure, 1991, pp. 6.

[30]       The Hon G Scholes MP, House of Representatives Debates, 24 March 1988, p. 1298

[31]       Mr Don Morris, Submission no. 2, p. 1.

[32]       Clerk of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 1, p. 4.

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