Government Publications   Tags: gov pubs, parliamentary publications  

We gratefully acknowledge the significant contribution to this guide  made by placement students Caroline Choong, Kirsten Scholz and Elinor French

Government or Official Publications are those publications, documents and other information resources  issued by Australian (Commonwealth) and State official bodies ie  the Parliament, the Executive and the Judiciary.  Take this link to further information on The Australian system of government.

Key Search resources

Capital Monitor
This database provides up to date information on Bills, Acts Assented, Proclamations, Tax Rulings, High Court, Budget, Elections and Government information on a large number of broad subject areas.  Full text documents in Adobe Acrobat format.

Parlinfo-key resource to search for Parliamentary information

Trove-includes publications from Government departments and agencies

Key Websites

Australian Government homepage

Australian Parliament homepage

Australia Law and Justice homepage

Parliament House, Australia. Image courtesy of AUS

PIC

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• Contact Sue Little, the Reference Librarian for Government Publications or

• for Legal information contact Kay Tucker  Law Library Manager