Hansard (Parliamentary Debates)
Hansard is a substantially verbatim record of the debates in Parliament. The official publication of Hansard in Tasmania began in 1979. Prior to this, Parliamentary debates were published in The Mercury (newspaper).
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- Coverage: 1992-
- To search, enter your keywords in the search box and select ‘Hansard’ instead of ‘Entire Site’ from the drop-down menu.
- Note that there is usually a direct link to the Second Reading speech on the home page for each bill from 2009 onwards.
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| GovPubs |
- Contains information about print holdings of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard and The Mercury) in the National Library and State / Territory Libraries.
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| Trove: Digitised Newspapers |
- Prior to 1979, Parliamentary debates were published in The Mercury. Digitised versions are available on Trove. If you have a specific reference, you can browse by date.
- The Mercury 1860-1954
- Hobart Town Daily Mercury 1858–1860
- Hobart Town Mercury 1857
- Hobarton Mercury 1854–1857
- The advanced search allows you to run a full text search. You can limit your search to one or more individual newspapers, or to all newspapers in a particular state. You can also search within a specified date range.
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| Parliamentary Library |
- History of Hansard in England and Tasmania.
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Votes & Proceedings / Journals
The Votes & Proceedings / Journals are the official record of proceedings in Parliament (i.e. the minutes).
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- Coverage: 1992-
- To search, enter your keywords in the search box and select ‘Votes & Proceedings’ instead of ‘Entire Site’ from the drop-down menu.
- The advanced search gives some extra options, including the ability to limit your search to the last 7 days, last month etc (use the ‘return files updated’ drop down list)
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| GovPubs |
- Includes a brief history of the publication of Parliamentary proceedings in Tasmania, plus information about print holdings of Votes & Proceedings / Journals in the National Library and State / Territory Libraries.
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| Early records of the Tasmanian Parliament |
- Includes selected votes & proceedings, letterbooks of the Clerk of the House and other papers.
- Digitised by the Tasmanian Parliamentary Library (part of their history resources)
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Parliamentary Committee reports
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- Contains links to current committee home pages (joint committees, standing committees and select committees). Committee home pages include information about the members and secretary, plus links to reports and transcripts from committee hearings.
- For previous committees and reports, see the archived committees page (1997-).
- For more information, see About Parliamentary Committees
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| Trove |
- Trove includes records of publications held in Australian libraries and available online (along with many other resources). Some Parliamentary Committee reports are catalogued individually. If a committee report is not available online, you may be able to locate a print copy in a library.
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Parliamentary Papers
| Parliamentary Papers Index |
- Coverage: 1898-
- Note that this is an index, not a full text database. Records will include the author, title, parliamentary paper number, report type and a subject heading (e.g. forestry).
- To search, enter your keywords in the search box and select ‘Parliamentary Papers Index’ instead of ‘Entire Site’ from the drop-down menu. An advanced search is also available.
- Entries from 2009 onwards usually contain a link to the full text of the paper / report.
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| Trove |
- Trove includes records of publications held in Australian libraries and available online (along with many other resources). Some Parliamentary Papers are catalogued individually.
- Use the Parliamentary Papers Index as described above, then use that information to locate a print copy in a library using Trove.
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| GovPubs |
- Contains information about print holdings of Parliamentary Papers in the National Library and State / Territory Libraries.
- Also includes information about indexes to Parliamentary Papers.
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Standing Orders
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| GovPubs |
- Contains information about print holdings of current and historical Standing Orders in the National Library and State / Territory Libraries.
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Last updated: 6 June 2014
