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A woman stands in the Senate Chamber at Old Parliament House.

Westminster traditions

Explore Australia's system of government via Old Parliament House.

An graphic illustration of four students sitting on the floor under the words 'How has our thinking changed?'

How has our thinking changed?

Students reflect on their learnings from Democracy in a Box.

Graphic with three hexagonal tiles featuring the words 'Local', 'State', and 'Federal'.

Three levels of government

Who represents you at each level of government?

Governor-General Sam Mostyn and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese walk outside Government House in Canberra.

What is the role of Australia's governor-general?

The powers and duties of the governor-general explained.

Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster, as viewed from across the river, with red double-decker buses and pedestrians crossing the bridge nearby.

What is a vote of no confidence?

Why Australia has the 'vote of no confidence' option.

Three people stand looking at the Gurindji freedom banners exhibition in Old Parliament House.

A Gurindji freedom banner depicting a First Nations person. The banner hangs in the exhibition on a black wall in Old Parliament House.

Gurindji freedom banners

Retelling the story of the Wave Hill walk-off.

A graphic illustration of stars and plants with activities for students to think about plants in space.

Plants in space

What do plants in space look like?

A woman in a blue skirt holds a box of activities outside Old Parliament House.

Unboxing Democracy in a Box!

Learn more about our Democracy in a Box resources.

Close up of a red velvet curtin falling to a red carpeted floor with a timber furniture panel next to it.

Access to information

Edmund Barton in Venice with Jane Barton and others

The strange provenance of the Fairfax collection

Why researching the origins of information matters.

Prime Minister Bob Hawke and (future prime minister) Paul Keating sit behind a microphone at an Australian Labor Party conference.

Eight ways an Australian prime minister can lose the top job

How the head of the government can lose their position.

Dr Brendan Nelson, wearing a suit and spotted tie, holding a 'Winfield' cigarette box in one hand and a 'Ratsak' box in the other.

A doctor in the house? Five doctors who served in the Commonwealth Parliament

Politicians who could call themselves 'doctor'.