Legislative Assembly
Parliament of Victoria

Fact Sheet 22

Finding Information about Parliament

Summary

The Parliament of Victoria has a different role from the Federal Parliament based in Canberra (also known as the Commonwealth Parliament). Each Parliament has responsibility for different areas of the law.

Information about the Parliaments

1. Responsibilities of the Federal Parliament. The Commonwealth can make laws on issues such as taxation, defence, foreign trading, divorce, immigration and industrial arbitration.

While a State Parliament may make laws on any subject relevant to its own State, Commonwealth law may override State law. For more information go to:

: Other Australian Parliaments(this link also takes you to other State Parliaments)

You can contact the Federal Parliament by phone on 02 6277 7111 or visit the website www.aph.gov.au.

2. Structure of the Victorian Parliament. An understanding of how Parliament works helps when searching for information about the Assembly (Lower House) or the Council (Upper House). For a better understanding, go to:

: Parliament in Action.

Last update 27 September 2007
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