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Note: This page contains links to PDF files. For more information see Accessing files.

For a list of government sites, consult the Library's Government and Public Administration resources page.   Our Australian Law resources page provides links to Commonwealth, State and Territory legislative resources.

The Parliamentary Handbook contains a wealth of current and historical parliamentary information.

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Australia:  Current Parliament | Australian State & Territory Parliaments | Federal Judiciary | Historical Information | Lists, Directories and Statistics | Useful Links

World:   | Selection of Links to Legislatures | Directories | Parliamentary Organisations | Inter-Parliamentary Assemblies, Associations, Organisations

Australia

Vice Regal   

Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
State Governors of Australia and Administrators of the Northern Territory and the Island Territories

Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia   

Sitting Schedules for 2008
Parliamentary Information from Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet: includes the Administrative Arrangements Order and draft legislation programs for the Senate and House of Representatives
Administrative arrangements orders from 1901 National Archives of Australia

Hansard: access Parliamentary Debates through indexes
ParlInfo Web Search: search the Parliamentary Documents Repository - or Browse

Parliament: Live Broadcasting Schedule
Question Time Podcast (Senate) from the ABC
Question Time Podcast (House of Representatives) from the ABC

Senator the Hon. Alan Ferguson, President of the Senate.
The Hon. Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Senators: Senators elected 24 November 2007 commence their terms 1 July 2008
Members
Senators and Members - Biographies
Ministry
Shadow Ministry
The Hon Kevin Rudd MP Prime Minister, Australian Labor Party
The Hon Julia Gillard MP Deputy Prime Minister, Australian Labor Party
The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP Leader of the Opposition, Liberal Party of Australia
The Hon Julie Bishop MP Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Liberal Party of Australia
The Hon Warren Truss MP Leader of the Nationals
Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion Deputy Leader of the Nationals (Country Liberal Party)
Senator Lyn Allison Leader of the Australian Democrats
Senator Bob Brown Leader of the Australian Greens parliamentary party
Senator Steve Fielding Family First Party

Standing Orders and other Orders of the Senate and Annotations, September 2006 Edition
House of Representatives Standing and Sessional Orders
Odger's Australian Senate Practice and Supplement: Updates to 30 June 2007
House of Representatives Practice

Brief Guides to Senate Procedure
House of Representatives Guide to Procedures
Publications of the Senate
Publications of the House of Representatives

ANZACATT: Australia and New Zealand Association of Clerks-at-the-Table

Search the publications of the Department of the Parliamentary Library, 1996+
Featured publication: S. Bennett, Parliament House and the Australian people Research Paper no. 29 2007–08, 7 May 2008.

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Parliaments of Australian States and Territories   

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
Hansard (1989+)
Hansard Search: available for 1995+

New South Wales Parliament
Hansard and Papers search
Hansard is also held in datafiles from 1988 as follows:
   Legislative Council Hansard (1988+)
   Legislative Assembly (1988+)
Records of Legislative Proceedings from 1824

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Hansard (1990+) and Legislation
Hansard Search

Queensland Parliament
Latest Hansard
Indexes to Hansard (1990+)
Hansard Search
Tabled Papers

South Australian Parliament
Hansard and Hansard Search (1993+)
Legislative Council Search
House of Assembly Search

Tasmanian Parliament
Parliamentary Documents Index Page
Legislative Council Hansard Search (1992+)
House of Assembly Hansard Search (1992+)

Victorian Parliament
Hansard (1991+) and Hansard Search
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents
Victorian Parliamentary Chronology
re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851

Western Australian Parliament
Hansard Search (March 1997+
Hansard Daily Transcripts
Hansard Index

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Federal Courts and Tribunals

High Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
   --Australian Competition Tribunal
   --Copyright Tribunal
   --Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal
   --Federal Police Disciplinary Tribunal
   --Industrial Relations Court of Australia
Family Court of Australia
Federal Magistrates Court
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Migration Review Tribunal
National Native Title Tribunal
Refugee Review Tribunal

Historical Information   

This is a small sample of material available. Interested readers should consult the Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia

Australia's Prime Ministers: informative site from the National Archives of Australia
The Federation of Australia 1901 - Timeline
Prime Ministers of Australia Since 1901: list of names, parties and dates of office
Chronology of Parliaments
Party Representation in Parliament: elections 1901-2004.
Historical Information from the Parliamentary Library: link to our page containing more historical information

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Lists, Directories, Registers and Statistics   

Politics Internet Resources: including parliaments, parties, elections, governments etc. Compiled by Politics and Public Administration Section, Parliamentary Library.
Australian Government Lobbyists Register
List of registered political parties: Australian Electoral Commission
Australian elections timetable Background Note, online only 8 February 2008
Update on Australian Political Records - A List of Parliamentary Facts, Figures & Trivia, Research Note no. 13, 1998-99  (pdf)
Commonwealth Members of Parliament who have served in war, Research Brief no. 10, 2006–07  (pdf)
Members of Commonwealth ministries, Research Note no. 20, 2006-07  (pdf)
The 41st Parliament: middle-aged, well-educated and (mostly) male, Research Note no. 24, 2005–06  (pdf)

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 Useful Links   

Find: retrieve information from our website
Australian Electoral Commission
australia.gov.au: Access to Australian Commonwealth Government Information and Services
Australian Government Publications
Worldwide Government Information: National Library of Australia
ANU Parliamentary Studies Centre

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World

Selection of Links to Legislatures   

Islamic State of Afghanistan
Brazil: Camara Dos Deputados | Senado Federal
Cambodia: National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia | Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Canadian Parliament
People's Republic of China: The National People's Congress
Denmark Folketinget
Europarl: European Parliament
Fiji. Parliament
France: Assemblee Nationale | Senate
Germany. Deutscher Bundestag
Indian Parliament
Indonesia: House of People's Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR) | People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (MPR)
Iran. Majlis ye-Shura-ye-Eslami (Islamic Consultative Assembly) Research Centre
Iraq. Transitional National Assembly. See IPU listing
Ireland Oireachtas
Parlamento Italiano
Japan: House of Councillors | House of Representatives
Parliament of Kiribati
Lebanese Parliament
New Zealand: Parliament | New Zealand Parliamentary Business: includes Hansard, parliamentary papers, select committee reports
Northern Ireland Assembly
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Philippines Congress
Russia: Duma | Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
The Scottish Parliament
Thailand. National Assembly of the Kingdom of Thailand: House of Representatives and Senate
United Arab Emirates: Federal National Council
United Kingdom | House of Lords | House of Commons | Hansard | Hansard Archive 1802-2004
United States of America: House of Representatives | Senate | Congressional Record | THOMAS | Library of Congress
Vietnam. National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
The National Assembly for Wales

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 Directories   

Use one of these directories to find national parliaments not listed above...

Web Sites of Parliaments: AGORA
Web Sites of National Parliaments: IPU
Parline Database: IPU
Worldlii: Parliaments database
Parliaments: part of Gunnar Anzinger's Governments on the WWW
Web sites of National Parliaments: Washington University in St Louis
World Parliaments: the Knesset

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Parliamentary Organisations   

Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG): ASPG was formed "to encourage and stimulate research, writing and teaching about parliamentary institutions in Australia and the South Pacific"
ASPG 2006 Annual Conference: to be held in Wellington New Zealand, October 2006
ASPG ACT Chapter
ASPG New South Wales Chapter
ASPG New Zealand Chapter
ASPG Queensland Chapter
ASPG Tasmanian Chapter
ASPG Western Australia Chapter
Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government (UK): independent educational charity "promoting effective parliamentary democracy"
National Association of Parliamentarians: US based association with international membership
Parliamentarians for Global Action
Study of Parliament Group (Canada): "a non-profit organization that brings together individuals with an interest in the role, function and reform of parliamentary institutions"
Study of Parliament Group (UK): "to study the working of Parliament and Parliamentary institutions, and other related aspects of Parliamentary government and political science, and to advance public knowledge of these subjects"
United States Association of Former Members of Congress

Inter-Parliamentary Assemblies, Associations, Organisations   

For other links see Useful links on the IPU site

Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union
Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF)
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA)
NATO Parliamentary Assembly: formerly North Atlantic Assembly
Norden: Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Assembly of the Western European Union (WEU): the Interparliamentary European Security and Defence Assembly