Clerk of the Senate (Australia)

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parliamentary office public office

The Clerk of the Senate (Australia) is the senior parliamentary official responsible for advising the Australian Senate on procedure, overseeing its administrative support, and maintaining its official records.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Clerk of the Australian Senate	1
Clerk of the Senate (Australia) canonical	1
Clerk of the Senate of Australia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3227919 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Clerk of the Senate (Australia)
Context triple: [Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland, relatedTo, Clerk of the Senate (Australia)]

A. President of the Australian Senate
The President of the Australian Senate is the presiding officer and highest authority of Australia's upper house of Parliament, responsible for maintaining order, overseeing debates, and representing the Senate in its relations with the executive and other bodies.
B. Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland
The Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland is the senior parliamentary officer responsible for advising on procedure, administering the legislature’s operations, and maintaining its official records.
C. Secretary of the Senate (California)
The Secretary of the Senate (California) is the nonpartisan chief administrative and parliamentary officer of the California State Senate, responsible for managing legislative records, overseeing floor procedures, and supervising Senate staff.
D. The Presiding Officer
The Presiding Officer is the impartial convener and highest authority of the Scottish Parliament, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and representing the institution.
E. Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
The Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives is the presiding officer responsible for maintaining order, managing debates, and representing the lower house of the Australian Parliament.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Clerk of the Senate (Australia)
Target entity description: The Clerk of the Senate (Australia) is the senior parliamentary official responsible for advising the Australian Senate on procedure, overseeing its administrative support, and maintaining its official records.

A. President of the Australian Senate
The President of the Australian Senate is the presiding officer and highest authority of Australia's upper house of Parliament, responsible for maintaining order, overseeing debates, and representing the Senate in its relations with the executive and other bodies.
B. Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland
The Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland is the senior parliamentary officer responsible for advising on procedure, administering the legislature’s operations, and maintaining its official records.
C. Secretary of the Senate (California)
The Secretary of the Senate (California) is the nonpartisan chief administrative and parliamentary officer of the California State Senate, responsible for managing legislative records, overseeing floor procedures, and supervising Senate staff.
D. The Presiding Officer
The Presiding Officer is the impartial convener and highest authority of the Scottish Parliament, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and representing the institution.
E. Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
The Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives is the presiding officer responsible for maintaining order, managing debates, and representing the lower house of the Australian Parliament.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf	President of the Senate (Australia) ⓘ linked to: President of the Australian Senate
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch ⓘ
chamber	Senate of Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Clerk of the Australian Senate ⓘ linked to: Clerk of the Senate (Australia) Clerk of the Senate of Australia ⓘ linked to: Clerk of the Senate (Australia)
hasFunction	custody of Senate records and documents ⓘ ensuring the orderly conduct of Senate business ⓘ interpreting and applying Senate standing orders ⓘ providing non-partisan procedural advice ⓘ supporting the legislative process in the Senate ⓘ
hasTitle	Clerk of the Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction	Australian Senate ⓘ linked to: Senate of Australia
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Parliamentary Service Act 1999 (Australia) ⓘ standing orders of the Senate (Australia) ⓘ linked to: standing orders of the Parliament of Australia
nonPartisan	true ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude	Harry Evans ⓘ Maureen Weeks ⓘ Richard Pye ⓘ Rosemary Laing ⓘ
partOf	Department of the Senate ⓘ linked to: Office of the Secretary of the United States Senate Parliament of Australia ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	senior parliamentary official of the Senate ⓘ
relatedInstitution	Australian Parliament House ⓘ linked to: Parliament House, Canberra
relatedPosition	Clerk of the House of Representatives (Australia) ⓘ
reportsTo	President of the Senate (Australia) ⓘ linked to: President of the Australian Senate
responsibleFor	advising senators on parliamentary practice ⓘ advising senators on standing orders ⓘ advising the President of the Senate ⓘ advising the Senate on parliamentary procedure ⓘ maintaining Journals of the Senate ⓘ maintaining Notice Paper of the Senate ⓘ maintaining official records of the Senate ⓘ maintaining the Senate’s procedural documentation ⓘ managing staff of the Department of the Senate ⓘ overseeing administrative support for the Senate ⓘ providing secretariat support to Senate committees ⓘ providing secretariat support to the Senate ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	procedural matters of the Australian Senate ⓘ
sector	public sector of Australia ⓘ
typeOfTenure	parliamentary service appointment ⓘ
workLocation	Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland → relatedTo → Clerk of the Senate (Australia) ⓘ

Clerk of the Senate (Australia) → hasAlternativeName → Clerk of the Australian Senate ⓘ

linked to: Clerk of the Senate (Australia)

Clerk of the Senate (Australia) → hasAlternativeName → Clerk of the Senate of Australia ⓘ