In addition to the Defence Haradine Report, Defence contracts over $100,000 and Defence Grants, the following information is also provided to Parliament.
In the Australian system of government, the Ministers who together administer the Executive branch of government are responsible, that is answerable or accountable, to the Parliament for their actions. In keeping with this concept of responsible government, Ministers may be called on to explain their administrative actions. There are several parliamentary mechanisms for achieving ministerial accountability, one of which is the asking of written on notice questions.
The links below provide direct access to Defence Ministers replies to written Questions on Notice:
A parliamentary committee is a group of Members or Senators (or both in the case of joint committees) appointed by one or both Houses of Parliament to undertake certain specified tasks. They have both government and non-government Members on them and have considerable powers to undertake work on behalf of the Parliament.
Hansard is the name given to the edited transcripts of debates in the Senate, House of Representatives, Federation Chamber and parliamentary committees. They are published shortly after the chamber or committee proceedings have concluded.
