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Australia (Commonwealth) - Acts/Ordinances/Statutes

Current Series:	Acts of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia; 1901- Acts of the Parliament, Commonwealth of Australia: [reprints of laws in force]; c. 1973-
Previous Series:	Acts of the Australian Parliament, 1901-1973 [consolidation]
Further Reading:	Australian Government Attorney-General's Department Halsbury's Laws of Australia; 1991- Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia; 2001 The Laws of Australia [LBC]; 1993-
Index:	Commonwealth Legislation Tools Commonwealth Statutes Annotations; 1988- Commonwealth repealed acts, 1901- Federal Statutes Annotations; 1992- State and Territory Laws - Retrospective Indexes Wicks Subject Index to Commonwealth Legislation; 1988-

Australia (Commonwealth) - Bills

Current Series:	House of Representatives Bills; 1901- Senate Bills; 1901-
Further Reading:	Business of the Senate; 1970- Senate StatsNet Work of the session; 1956-
Index:	Annual catalogue of Commonwealth publications; 1981-1993 Australian Legal Monthly Digest; 1967- Bills not passed into law and bills which originally lapsed but subsequently passed, sessions 1901-02 to 1983-84; 1901-1984 Commonwealth bills table and associated material; September 1991-June 2000 Cumulative list of bills and associated material; 1970-1983 House Daily Bills List; 1991- PRS federal bill tracker; 1991- Senate Bills List; 1989-

Australia (Commonwealth) - Budget Papers

Current Series:

Budget papers; 1901-

Australia (Commonwealth) - Explanatory Memoranda

Current Series:	Explanatory Memoranda to Commonwealth Bills; Abt. 1922- Explanatory Statements to Commonwealth Regulations/Legislative Instruments; 1932- Explanatory Statements to Legislative Instruments; 2005- Taxation-Related Explanatory Memoranda; 1936-
Further Reading:	Bill Digests; 1977- Taxation laws of Australia: legislation and official explanations; 1922-1990
Index:	Index to Explanatory Memoranda; 1901-1982

Australia (Commonwealth) - Gazettes

Current Series:	APVMA gazette; 1 April 2003- ASIC Gazette; 3 July 2001- Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Business; 5 May 1987- Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Chemical; 4 Dec. 1990- Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Government notices; 6 May 1987- Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Periodic; 1 Aug. 1977- Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Special; 1 July 1977- Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Tariff concessions; 3 Aug. 1983- Electronic APS employment gazette; 9 August 2007- Food Standards Gazette; 9 May 2002- (Amendment No. 59-) Purchasing and Disposals Gazette: AusTender: Australian Government Tender System; May 2004-
Previous Series:	Australian government gazette; July-December 1973 Australian government gazette. General; 8 Jan. 1974-28 June 1977 Australian government gazette. Periodic; 1 Jan. 1974-30 June 1977 Australian government gazette. Public service; 10 Jan. 1974-30 June 1977 Australian government gazette. Special; 4 Jan. 1974-30 June 1977 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette; 1901-June 1973 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Agricultural and veterinary chemicals [NRA Gazette]; 7 June 1994-4 March 2003 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Australian Postal Commission supplement; 1987-1989 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Australian Postal Corporation supplement; 1989-1993 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Australian Securities Commission; 1 Sept. 1992-7 July 1998 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Australian Securities and Investments Commission; 4 Aug. 1998-5 June 2001 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Australian Telecommunications Commission supplement; 1987-1989 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Australian Telecommunications Corporation supplement; 1989-1992 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation supplement; 1992-1993 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. FOI [Freedom of Information]; 1983-1987 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. General; 5 July 1977-28 April 1987 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Public service; 7 July 1977 - 2 August 2007 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Purchasing & disposals; 6 Mar. 1985-9 July 1997 Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Telstra Corporation Limited supplement; 1993-1997 Commonwealth purchasing and disposals gazette; 13 July 1998-Nov. 1999 Do we have any of your money ?: statement of unclaimed moneys under the Banking Act 1959 for the year ending . . .; 1990-1999 Job information circular / Australia Post; 1993-1998 Purchasing and disposals gazette; 28 July 1997-6 July 1998
Index:	Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Index; 1901-

Australia (Commonwealth) - Government Directories

Current Series:

A guide to the Australian government; 2003- GOLD: Government On-Line Directory

Previous Series:

Australian Government directory; 1973-1975 Commonwealth government directory; 1987-2002 Commonwealth government directory; 1977-1982 Commonwealth government directory. Volume 1, offices and personnel; 1983-1986 Directory to the Office of the Governor-General, the Parliament, the Executive Government, the judiciary, departments and authorities; 1961-1972 Federal guide; 1921-1959 Guide to Commonwealth government departments and authorities; 1976 Index to departmental activities; 1918-1920

Australia (Commonwealth) - Notice Papers

Current Series:	House of Representatives. Notice Paper; 1960- Senate. Notice Paper
Previous Series:	House of Representatives. Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day; 1901-1960
Further Reading:	A Guide to the Senate Notice Paper

Australia (Commonwealth) - Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)

Current Series:	Committee Transcripts; 1901- Commonwealth Hansard online; 1901-
Previous Series:	House of Representatives Hansard; September 1953-June 2013 Parliamentary Debates; 1901-March 1953 Senate Hansard; September 1953-June 2013

Australia (Commonwealth) - Parliamentary Handbooks

Current Series:	List of Members; 1967- List of Senators; 1959- Parliamentary handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia; 1978-
Previous Series:	Australian parliamentary handbook; 1973-1976 Biographical handbook and record of elections for the parliament of the Commonwealth; 1901-1930 Parliamentary handbook and record of elections for the Commonwealth of Australia; 1931-1953 Parliamentary handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia; 1951-1971
Further Reading:	Biographical register of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1901-1972 Historical Parliamentary Information; 1901- Parliamentary Library Biographies Database; 1984-

Australia (Commonwealth) - Parliamentary Papers

Current Series:	Parliamentary papers; 1967-
Previous Series:	Papers presented to Parliament (and ordered to be printed); 1901-1966
Index:	About Indexes to Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry. Part I: Commonwealth of Australia, 1900-1950 Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry: Commonwealth, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria, 1960-1980 and South Australia, 1970-1980 Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry: part 1A: Commonwealth of Australia, 1950-1960 Consolidated Register of Senate Committee Reports; March 1970- Consolidated index to the Checklists of Royal Commissions, Select Committees [etc], ... in the Commonwealth of Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, 1856-1960 Index to papers presented to Parliament; 1901- Register of Reports from Committees of the House of Representatives and Joint Committees 1901 - Royal Commissions 1902- Supplement to checklist of Royal Commissions, select committees of Parliament and boards of inquiry, 1856-1980

Australia (Commonwealth) - Standing Orders

Current Series:	House of Representatives. Standing Orders and Sessional Orders; 1988- House of Representatives. Standing orders as at . . . Standing Orders and Other Orders of the Senate; 1990-
Previous Series:	House of Representatives. Standing Orders; 1950-1984 House of Representatives. Standing orders relative to public business: temporarily adopted by the House. . .; 1901-1937 Senate. Standing Orders; 1901-1991
Further Reading:	House of Representatives Practice House of Representatives. Guide to Procedures; 2010 Odgers' Australian Senate Practice

Australia (Commonwealth) - Subordinate Legislation/Regulations

Current Series:	Reprinted Regulations; c. 1979- Select Legislative Instruments; 2005-
Previous Series:	Statutory Rules; 1901-2004

Australia (Commonwealth) - Votes and Proceedings/Journals

Current Series:

Journals of the Senate; 1901- Votes and proceedings of the House of Representatives; 1901-

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