Research Guides: Government Legislation & Publications: New South Wales: Parliamentary papers

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Parliamentary papers

Resources

Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry, 1855–1960 [catalogue record],
Use the indexes to find reports from Royal Commissions held in New South Wales. It is common for reports to take a number of years to complete so the report may be in several volumes. It’s also typical for a report to have a different name to the commonly known name, for example, the Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service is commonly known as the Wood Royal Commission.
You will also find reports from Royal Commissions held by Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and the Commonwealth.
Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry, 1960–1980 [catalogue record]
Use the indexes to find reports from Royal Commissions held in New South Wales. It is common for reports to take a number of years to complete so the report may be in several volumes. It’s also typical for a report to have a different name to the commonly known name, for example, the Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service is commonly known as the Wood Royal Commission.
You will also find reports from Royal Commissions held by Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and the Commonwealth.
Consolidated index to the Minutes of the proceedings and printed papers [catalogue record]
Search the index to find parliamentary papers as well as other papers that were tabled in both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council in the below publications. The index extends across five volumes and covers 1856-1954.
Find papers from 1856 to 1904 in the 'Journal of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, 1856–1990' and 'Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, 1856–2010'. For later years see 'Joint volumes of papers presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly' and the NSW Parliament website. These publications are available in the Governor Marie Bashir Reading Room.
Joint volumes of papers presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly, 1904–1996/97 [catalogue record]
Use the indexes in the volumes to find papers that have been tabled in parliament.
Joint volumes of papers presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly, 1997–2006/07 [catalogue record]
Use the indexes in the volumes to find papers that have been tabled in parliament.
Journal of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, 1856–1990 [catalogue record]
Find parliamentary papers presented in the Legislative Council. We recommend using the Consolidated index to the Minutes of the proceedings and printed papers to help find the papers you need.
Some papers are available on microfilm and others in hard copy. For later years see 'Joint volumes of papers presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly' and the NSW Parliament website.
Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, 1856-2010 [catalogue record]
Find parliamentary papers presented in the Legislative Assembly. We recommend using the Consolidated index to the Minutes of the proceedings and printed papers to help find the papers you need.
Some papers are available on microfilm and others in hard copy. For later years see 'Joint volumes of papers presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly' and the NSW Parliament website.
New South Wales Legislative Council 1824–1856 The Select Committees [external website]
Complete listing of all select committees established by the NSW Legislative Council. The first councils advised the Governor on law, convicts, public health and welfare and other matters. Not all reports have survived. This publication gives details on locating the full report where available.
Parliamentary papers: Legislative Assembly, 1997–present [external website]
Search for papers tabled including Parliamentary Papers in the Legislative Assembly by keyword, title, type, and date. Parliamentary papers are assigned a ‘Parliament Paper’ number. Not all papers are available online. You will need to contact parliament or the department who produced the paper to request a copy of the paper if not online.
Parliamentary papers: Legislative Council, 1995–present [external website]
Search for papers tabled including parliamentary papers in the Legislative Council by keyword, title, type, and date. Parliamentary papers are assigned a ‘Parliament Paper’ number. Not all papers are available online. You will need to contact parliament or the department who produced the paper to request a copy of the paper if not online.
Votes and Proceedings, 1991–present [external website]
Browse the Votes and proceedings by year and month to find the outcome of a vote as well as the series of events for each sitting held in the Legislative Assembly.

What is a Parliamentary paper?

A Parliamentary Paper is a document that has tabled in parliament and has been ordered to be printed.

Parliamentary Papers can include reports from Royal Commissions, budget papers, annual reports from government departments and agencies as well as reports prepared by experts, delegations and committees.

What is a tabled paper?

A tabled paper is a document that has been formally presented to the parliament. This is often referred to as being tabled in parliament.

What are Votes and Proceedings?

The Votes and Proceedings are the minutes of the Legislative Assembly. You will find the introduction and passage of bills, attendance and voting, petitions presented and papers tabled.

Government Legislation & Publications: New South Wales