Clerk of the Senate (Australia)

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The Clerk of the Senate (Australia) is the senior parliamentary official responsible for advising the Australian Senate on procedure, overseeing its administrative support, and maintaining its official records.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office
public office
appointedBy Governor-General of Australia
appointmentOnAdviceOf President of the Australian Senate
surface form: President of the Senate (Australia)
branchOfGovernment legislative branch
chamber Senate of Australia
country Australia
hasAlternativeName Clerk of the Senate (Australia)
surface form: Clerk of the Australian Senate

Clerk of the Senate (Australia)
surface form: Clerk of the Senate of Australia
hasFunction custody of Senate records and documents
ensuring the orderly conduct of Senate business
interpreting and applying Senate standing orders
providing non-partisan procedural advice
supporting the legislative process in the Senate
hasTitle Clerk of the Senate
jurisdiction Senate of Australia
surface form: Australian Senate
languageOfWork English
legalBasis Parliamentary Service Act 1999 (Australia)
standing orders of the Parliament of Australia
surface form: standing orders of the Senate (Australia)
nonPartisan true
officeHoldersInclude Harry Evans
Maureen Weeks NERFINISHED
Richard Pye
Rosemary Laing
partOf Office of the Secretary of the United States Senate
surface form: Department of the Senate

Parliament of Australia
positionInHierarchy senior parliamentary official of the Senate
relatedInstitution Parliament House, Canberra
surface form: Australian Parliament House
relatedPosition Clerk of the House of Representatives (Australia)
reportsTo President of the Australian Senate
surface form: President of the Senate (Australia)
responsibleFor advising senators on parliamentary practice
advising senators on standing orders
advising the President of the Senate
advising the Senate on parliamentary procedure
maintaining Journals of the Senate
maintaining Notice Paper of the Senate
maintaining official records of the Senate
maintaining the Senate’s procedural documentation
managing staff of the Department of the Senate
overseeing administrative support for the Senate
providing secretariat support to Senate committees
providing secretariat support to the Senate
scopeOfAuthority procedural matters of the Australian Senate
sector public sector of Australia
typeOfTenure parliamentary service appointment
workLocation Parliament House, Canberra

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Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland relatedTo Clerk of the Senate (Australia)
Clerk of the Senate (Australia) hasAlternativeName Clerk of the Senate (Australia)
this entity surface form: Clerk of the Australian Senate
Clerk of the Senate (Australia) hasAlternativeName Clerk of the Senate (Australia)
this entity surface form: Clerk of the Senate of Australia