Australian Commonwealth Government The main gateway to Commonwealth (Federal) government information: The Constitution, departments, parliament, members of parliament and media releases. Could be considered an online government directory.
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Parliamentary Debates, also known as Hansard, are a record of what has been said in Parliament. Access debates from House of Representatives and the Senate.
Official records The official records are summary records of proceedings and therefore do not record everything said, apart from the wording of motions. They contain information regarding members of committees, records of attendance and details of papers tabled but not printed. These are prepared after each sitting day and are republished at the end of each parliamentary session in bound volumes. Journals of the Senate is the official record of the activities of the Senate Votes and Proceedings is the official record of the activities of the House of Representatives. The Index is in the index for Parliamentary Papers at S 328.9401/3(1).
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Parliamentary Debates, also known as Hansard, are a record of what has been said in Parliament. Access debates from Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly.
Parliamentary Papers Parliamentary papers include a range of reports and documents tabled before parliament. NOTE: Some gaps may occur in our holdings as UOW is not a deposit library for NSW Government publications.
Government Gazettes Official records The official records are summary records of proceedings and therefore do not record everything said, apart from the wording of motions. They contain information regarding members of committees, records of attendance and details of papers tabled but not printed. Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council (Upper House) Bound volumes are produced as Journal of the Legislative Council of New south Wales. Votes and Proceedings the records of the Legislative Assembly (Lower House) Indexes are produced sessionally and are located at the front of the bound volumes.
Parliamentary Committees The evidence presented to Select Committees is no longer being printed.
Australian Treaties Library part of the Austlii database and supported by Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It includes the full text of the Australian Treaty Series as well as a plain English guide on treaty making. An incomplete series of the Australian Treaty Series is available in the UOW Library at Serials 327.9405/5 .
Australian Treaties Database Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Use for researching treaties.See the Australian Treaties Library for the full text of treaties.
Treaties and reports about treaties may be located using a keyword search on the Library Catalogue. E.g. multilateral and treaties. Use truncation with caution.
