Media Alert: Proclamation to prorogue parliament

19 July 2010

The Official Secretary to the Governor-General, Mr Stephen Brady, will read the Proclamation from the Governor-General to prorogue the Parliament from 4.59pm, Monday, July 19 2010, till Saturday, August 21 2010.

Parliament’s House of Representatives will be dissolved at 5pm on Monday, July 19 2010.
 
The Proclamation will be read from the front entrance of Parliament House at 4.59pm today.