parliamentary Glossary t-z A tax is a financial charge or other
levy imposed on an individual or a body. Taxes are usually
collected by a government agency. The Treasurer announced tax
cuts during the Budget speech. A teller is a person, usually a
whip, who is appointed by a chair in both houses to count (or
‘tell’) the members voting in a division. The teller used a
checklist of party names to count the ‘no’ votes. A term is a
limited period of time during which an office or a position is
held. This is the senator’s second term in the Senate. Terms of
reference are the description or outline of a matter referred to
a parliamentary committee for inquiry. There were four terms of
reference that the Science and Innovation Committee was asked to
investigate. In the federal system of government, a territory is
an area which has not been given the full rights of a state. The
home of the Australian federal Parliament is a territory; the
Australian Capital Territory. A territory government is an
elected group of peo