What is the House doing?
The routine of business chart shows the categories of business the House of Representatives and the Main Committee normally deal with on each day of a sitting week. The Notice Paper is the House’s formal agenda and lists in order of priority all of the government business, private Members’ business and business before the Main Committee awaiting the House’s consideration. The Notice Paper also includes details of the questions lodged by Members for written answers by Ministers and the membership of, and inquiries currently being conducted by, the House of Representatives and joint committees. The Daily Program (PDF format 14kb) provides in more detail the proposed business of the House of Representatives for a particular sitting.
The routine of business chart shows the categories of business the House of Representatives and the Main Committee normally deal with on each day of a sitting week. The Notice Paper is the House’s formal agenda and lists in order of priority all of the government business, private Members’ business and business before the Main Committee awaiting the House’s consideration. The Notice Paper also includes details of the questions lodged by Members for written answers by Ministers and the membership of, and inquiries currently being conducted by, the House of Representatives and joint committees. The Daily Program (PDF format 14kb) provides in more detail the proposed business of the House of Representatives for a particular sitting.
