"Public discourse has increasingly been weaponized, with hateful rhetoric aimed at attacking groups in the Australian community ... was passed by the Australian Senate on Thursday.

Disallowance has the effect of repealing the legislative instrument. For further information regarding the disallowance process, see Odgers' Australian Senate Practice or the Guide to Senate Procedure ...

The Senate is poised to vote on whether to confirm Russell Vought to a top administration role after Democrats held a rare overnight session to oppose his nomination. Vought was tapped by ...

Information on significant events and decisions made by the Senate each sitting day. The summaries contain links to video replays of debates, as well as source documents such as the Senate Journals, ...

The Senate on Wednesday teed up a final vote on the nomination of Russell Vought to lead the White House budget office. The Senate voted 53-47 along party lines on Wednesday to limit debate on ...

The Senate didn't tackle the transmittal of the articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives on the last session day before Congress went on recess to make way for the campaign period for ...

In this article, Mabel Tsui will consider the practice of off-label prescription by medical practitioners and hospitals in Australia, as well as some lessons from the US in terms of potential ...

Democratic Sen. Gary Peters announced on Jan. 28 that he would not seek reelection, leaving Democrats without an incumbent to defend a pivotal Senate seat in a state that has consistently ranked ...

The Senate voted Tuesday night to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general, making the tenacious litigator the latest official to help fill out President Donald Trump’s administration. The vote was ...

Senate Republicans on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Budget and Management (OMB), in the face of mounting Democratic attacks over his ties to ...

The Senate is expected to debate a Greens motion today which calls for urgent action to stop “Trump-style politics” coming to Australia. The motion proposed by Greens Senator Nick McKim is set ...