Title: Committees of Influence: Parliamentary Committees with the Capacity to Change Australia's Counter-Terrorism Laws
Abstract: Parliament’s reputation rests on its capacity to engage effectively with the community it represents and its ability to perform its core functions. These functions include the enactment of laws, the protection of individual rights, and holding the Executive Government to account for its actions. Parliamentary committees provide a unique opportunity for the Parliament to perform these functions, and to connect with the people and to listen to their views on both the process of lawmaking and the actions of the Executive. In this way, parliamentary committees present a vital opportunity for the Parliament to restore and enhance its reputation within the broader community, and may, as Dr. Laura Grenfell explores, contribute to Parliament’s reputation as the ‘pre-eminent’ institution for defending rights.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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