What is a law?
A law is the system of rules which a particular country or community recognises as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
(from the Oxford dictionary)
Laws are formal rules which society uses to define how people and organisations are expected to behave.
Section 51 of the Australian Constitution gives the Australian Parliament the power to make laws in relation to certain matters.
In Parliament, a bill is a proposal for a new law or a change to an existing one. Bills often seek to address an important issue facing the Australian community.
