To be able to contact your Federal Member of Parliament (MP) you need to know who they are. You can find your Federal MP at the Parliament of Australia³. Here you can search by surname, party or electorate. If you are unsure of what electorate you live in you can find out at the Australian Electoral Commission’s website⁴.

Sending an email to a Member of Parliament or another organisation is not like sending an email to your friends. Here is a guide to preparing a formal email. (.pdf 243kB)

You could use Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher or Adobe Dreamweaver:

• Microsoft Word. At a simple level: write your content, insert images and links and save as a Web Page.

• Microsoft Publisher. This is good because of the templates, options, navigation and guidance provided. Look at these step-by-step instructions (.pdf 593kB) to help you

• Adobe Dreamweaver. This is more complex but it gives you greater control over your web page design. Visit the Adobe Dreamweaver support⁵ website for more help.

You can put blogs, podcasts¹ and vodcasts² within your website.

If you wish to have your finished website available over the Internet then you have to look at hosting⁶ options.