Parliamentary papers

Parliamentary papers are documents placed before parliament and ordered to be printed. They may be annual reports of government departments, all the papers associated with the budget, reports of committees, royal commissions, committees of inquiry, Ombudsman's reports, Ministerial policy statements, Green and White papers etc.

Papers are given a parliamentary paper number when tabled in parliament. (Only a small number of government reports are actually tabled). The Library used to receive these papers as they were printed, but now only receives them at the end of a Parliamentary session as a complete bound set.

Papers

Library holdings

Australia. Parliament. (1901/02 to 1964/65/66; incomplete), The records of the proceedings and the printed papers, Canberra.

Australia. Parliament. (1967- ), Parliamentary papers / The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Commonwealth Govt. Printer, Canberra.
Indexes: 1977 - to the latest bound issue. The index is in the last volume of each year.

Indexes

Index to Parliamentary Papers (1992-)
This index compiled by the Parliamentary Library starts in 1992 and covers the Parliamentary Papers series and a selection of documents presented to Parliament but not printed. For a complete list of everything presented 1996-2003 see:

• 40th Parliament (pdf, 1.02MB)
• 39th Parliament (pdf, 918kb)
• 38th Parliament (pdf, 753kb)

Parliamentary Papers series (PPS)
Browsable list of Parliamentary Papers in number order from 2002-

see also, Royal commissions / Inquiries.

Library holdings

Parliamentary papers, indexes [various titles]
Includes three cumulated indexes covering 1901-72

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