Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG)

About the ASPG
The Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG) is a politically non-partisan body which was established in 1978 to encourage and stimulate research, writing, teaching and discussion about parliamentary institutions, particularly those in Australasia and the South Pacific. The ASPG has Chapters in all States and Territories of Australia and in New Zealand.

Membership consists of parliamentarians, parliamentary officers, academics, teachers, journalists, students and other interested individuals. Australasian Parliamentary Review (successor of Legislative Studies) is the ASPG's official journal and is published twice a year. The National President of the ASPG is the Hon. Kevin Rozzoli, former Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly.

Membership
Membership of the NSW Chapter costs $40 per year and entitles you to:

Two issues of the ASPG journal, Australasian Parliamentary Review, per year
Discounts to attend the ASPG Annual Conference and other ASPG functions
Priority for seminars and other functions held by the NSW Chapter.

To become a member, complete the Membership form (link below), and send together with a cheque for $40, to Mrs Cheryl Samuels, Secretary, Australasian Study of Parliament Group, NSW Chapter, NSW Legislative Assembly Procedure Office, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney 2000.

Contact Details
For further information contact:

Seminars
The NSW Chapter of the ASPG also holds lunch time seminars on topical issues relating to Parliament in NSW and Australia. Recent seminars include:

Redistribution of NSW electoral boundaries.
Analysis of 1998 Federal election results and its implications for the NSW election
Parliament & Judicial Accountability: time for an overhaul?
"Withering on the Vine": The States After the High Court Decision on Ha & Hammond
Hypothetical Seminar on Parliament Ethics
Speech by Professor Robert Hazell, Director of the Constitution Unit, School of Public Policy, University College, London, on Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom.

Conferences
The ASPG also holds an Annual Conference hosted by the Australasian parliaments on a rotational basis on issues relating to Parliament and matters of interest.

The NSW Chapter hosted the 2005 conference on the topic "Parliament and accountability in the 21st century: The role of Parliamentary oversight committees". Copies of papers appear below:

Copies of papers from other ASPG conferences can be obtained from the ASPG national website www.aspg.org.au.

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