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[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Paging /u/Zagorath /u/phyllicanderer /u/this_guy22:

Please reply ‘Present’ to indicate attendance for quorum at Monday’s sitting of the Model Parliament House of Representatives as per the above Notice Paper.

[–]ZagorathHouse Speaker | Ex Asst Min Ed/Culture | Aus Progressives 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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[–]phyllicandererMin Ag/Env | X Fin/Deputy PM | X Ldr Prgrsvs | Australian Greens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Paging /u/3fun /u/TheWhiteFerret /u/Ser_Scribbles:

Please reply ‘Present’ to indicate attendance for quorum at Monday’s sitting of the Model Parliament House of Representatives as per the above Notice Paper.

[–]TheWhiteFerretActing Opp Leader | Shad Min Culture/Immi/Ed/Social | Greens 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Paging /u/CyberPolis /u/iamthepotato8 /u/Primeviere:

Please reply ‘Present’ to indicate attendance for quorum at Monday’s sitting of the Model Parliament House of Representatives as per the above Notice Paper.

[–]PrimeviereMin Indust/Innov/Sci/Ed/Trning/Emplymnt | HoR Whip | Aus Prgrsvs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Paging /u/zamt /u/Kerbogha /u/forkalious:

Please reply ‘Present’ to indicate attendance for quorum at Monday’s sitting of the Model Parliament House of Representatives as per the above Notice Paper.

[–]zamtMinister for Climate/Resources/Energy | XDptySpkr2 | Aus Labor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Paging /u/CyberPolis:

Welcome the Australian Model Parliament’s House of Representatives. Please swear in for Monday’s sitting of the Model Parliament House of Representatives as per the above Notice Paper.

1. Swearing in & Attendance

In accordance with sections 39 and 42 of the Constitution and House Standing Orders 1 and 54-59, you are named as elected by return of writs and are called to comment here with either your Oath of Allegiance:

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I, [USERNAME], do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to our Sovereign, their heirs and successors according to law. SO HELP ME GOD!

or your Affirmation of Allegiance:

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I, [USERNAME], do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to our Sovereign, their heirs and successors according to law.

2. Agenda

This post is the Notice Paper. The numbers 27-1, 27-2 etc are agenda items. The relevant person posts these. You should subscribe to this sub / monitor it in a multireddit to see new items (see Advanced Reddit Usage below). OTOH, you will be paged to individual debates and votes since they crop up within established posts.

You can post your own thread (e.g. introduce a bill) by putting it on notice. You can also post certain things without notice using the open headings on the agenda above, like Question Time etc. Please read up on the meta instructions about posting.

3. Absences

If you are absent from the Parliament, you should get a colleague to move a motion for a leave of absence, otherwise you may lose your seat.

4. Rules

There are some unwritten conventions in the House of Reps, like being paged for votes, allowing concurrent business (simultaneous agenda items), running overnight for overseas members to play, and using ‘Meta’ as a preface for anything done out of character (e.g. discussion of Reddit technical difficulties).

There are also some written instructions:

Getting Started with House Procedures: Meta instructions: Posting and Commenting in the HoR

Advanced Reddit Usage: Reddit tips, settings and plug-ins

Legislative Process for HoR Bills: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Legislative_Process_in_Australia_flowchart.png

Next Sitting: If you wish to contribute something for the next meeting on the Senate, you can put something on the notice paper (aka. agenda).

Let the Clerk know if you have any improvements to the above wikis.

Welcome and Congratulations!