Consultation: Term of Parliament (Enabling 4-year Term) Legislation Amendment Bill

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Description

This bill would create an option to extend the Parliamentary term to four years at the start of each term. The term could be extended to four years only if the overall membership of Parliament’s subject select committees was proportional to the party membership in the House of Representatives &h