Australian government information

Guide to finding Australian government information including Hansard and Parliamentary papers.

Guides to Australian government

• Australian politics and government
  Provides introductory information about the structure and background of government in Australia.
• New South Wales government
  Major entry point for all NSW government information.

Parliamentary debates - Hansard

• House of Representatives Hansard
  Online access to edited transcripts of debates in the House.
  From 1996 onwards (PDF and HTML)
  From 1901 onwards (HTML only)
• Senate Hansard
  Online access to edited transcripts of debates in the Senate.
  From 1996 onwards (PDF and HTML)
  From 1901 onwards (HTML only)
• NSW Parliament Hansard & Papers
  The record of daily business before NSW Parliament.

Parliamentary papers

Parliamentary papers are reports tabled in parliament.
Those described as ordered to be printed are published and can include annual reports of government departments, committee reports and white and green papers.

• Commonwealth Parliamentary papers: Tabled papers
  From 2002 onwards
• House of Representatives: powers, practice and procedure
  Provides publications and detailed information about the workings, procedures and practices of the House of Representatives.
• Senate: powers, practice and procedure
  Provides a selection of publications of the Senate, including a copy of the Constitution.

Government gazettes

• Government gazette of the state of New South Wales
  From 1832 onwards

Information published in government gazettes includes:

• Appointments and employment
• Budgetary papers
• Freedom of Information
• Index and Contents (cumulative indexes and content listings for individual issues)
• Government notices (including registers of medical professionals, licensing, honours, electoral notices, trade registrations and population statistics)
• Private notices (legal notices including bankruptcies, company registrations and local government matters)
• Proclamations and legislation
• Tenders and contracts (including requests for tender and notifications of approved contracts)

Parliamentary sites

• Australian, state, territory & local governments
  The Australian whole-of-government entry point. Provides links to the entry points for Australian state, territory and local governments.
• Parliament of Australia
  Provides links to the Senate and House of Representatives, bills, publications and extensive information and research.

Government publications

• Parliament of Australia - Publications and policies
  Guide to selected Australian government publications, such as acts, Hansards, gazettes and parliamentary papers. Available online or in Australia's national, state and territory libraries.