Parliamentary role play
Parliamentary role plays give your students the opportunity to act out the various roles in Parliament to pass a law.
Our interactive activity allows your students to experience the law-making process firsthand by taking on the roles of Speaker, Clerk, Serjeant-at-Arms, Premier, Leader of the Opposition and other members of Parliament. This experience is conducted over 90 minutes and includes a short tour of Parliament House.
Our role play sessions have been designed to align with the Victorian curriculum.
Role play topics for grades 5/6
We have a number of different topics for our role plays that we will ask your students to vote on during your session.
Our Current topics are:
- E-scooters Bill
- Video Game Curfew Bill
- Gambling Advertising Bill.
You can also prepare your own topic with your class by following these instructions:
Role play topics for VCE Legal Studies
We use real bills that have been passed through the Parliament as case studies to show your students how the Parliament makes laws.
At the time of booking, you will be asked to choose one of the following bills:
- Crimes Amendment (Bullying) Bill 2011 (Brodie’s Law)
- Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Bill 2014 (known as the Sexting Bill)*
- Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017*
- Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Medically Supervised Injecting Centre) Bill 2017*.
*These bills are examples of law reform coming from a Parliamentary committee inquiry.
Program details
Cost | Free |
Year level | 5—6 & VCE legal Studies students in 11—12 |
Group size | Maximum 30 students per session |
Duration | 90 minutes |
Availability | Monday—Friday, 10:30 am & 1:30 pm |
If your school is located in metropolitan Melbourne
We can visit your school and conduct our role play in your classroom. You can follow the link to our metropolitan Melbourne school visits page for more information.
We also take our role play on the road and visit regional schools
You can follow the link to our regional visits page for more information on the locations we will be visiting in 2025.
Book your role play
Bookings for 2025 will open in late January 2025.
We do not take bookings online.
First, view our availability below.
November: | December: | |
10.30 am | 25 | 16, 18, 19 |
1.30 pm | 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19 |
Next, choose your preferred dates and times.
Then, send your booking request to tours@parliament.vic.gov.au
Make sure to include the following details in your booking request:
Selected program | Role Play |
Selected date/s | |
Selected time/s | |
Number of students per time slot | |
Class year level | |
Role-play topic/bill (VCE Legal Studies students) | |
School name and address | |
Contact number for the booking |
Please remember, this is only a booking request, not a confirmed booking. You will receive a confirmation email once your request is processed.
Enquiries
- Phone: (03) 9651 8572
- Email: tours@parliament.vic.gov.au
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