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 :

Ms Susan Want, Secretary, Australasian Study of Parliament Group, NSW Chapter, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney 2000.

Contact Details
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Seminars
The NSW Chapter of the ASPG also holds seminars on topical issues relating to Parliament in NSW and Australia. The 2008 Seminar was presented by the Hon Geoff Gallop, AC on the topic 'The Role of a Member of Parliament' on Tuesday 25 November 2008.

Previous 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.

2009 Seminar
to be advised

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.

Year	Host Chapter	Theme
2009	Tasmania	The Changing Face of Parliamentary Opposition - Independents, Parties and Houses
2008	Queensland	Parliament and the People: Engagement, Representation and Participation
2007	South Australia	Parliament’s Accountability to the People
2006	New Zealand	Parliamentary Control of the Executive: the people and the money
2005	New South Wales	Parliament and accountability in the 21st century: The role of Parliamentary oversight committees

Copies of papers presented at conferences can be obtained from the West Australian Chapter website.

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