What is Parliament

Discover the structure and key functions of the Australian Parliament with this short video. It introduces the Parliament’s roles of law-making, representing Australians, the formation of government, and checking the work of the government. The PEO, part of the Department of the Senate, welcomes respectful and relevant comments to PEO videos. Comments which do not follow the general rules of respectful civil discourse will be removed. This includes comments that include language that is degrading, discriminatory, threatening, harassing or defamatory, incites violence or contains profanity.