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Bills - Australia (Commonwealth)

Bills introduced into the Commonwealth Parliament are available since the Parliament first met in 1901, but very few libraries hold complete sets from that time.

Current Series of Bills - Australia (Commonwealth)

Further Reading of Bills - Australia (Commonwealth)

Index of Bills - Australia (Commonwealth)



Current Series of Bills - Australia (Commonwealth):

House of Representatives Bills
1901-
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Senate Bills
1901-
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Further Reading of Bills - Australia (Commonwealth):

Business of the Senate
1970-
A comprehensive summary of matters considered by the Senate during each year, including statistics and other details of the progress of bills. A special edition for the years 1901-1906 was published in 1999.
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Senate StatsNet
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Work of the session
1956-

This publication contains tables and statistics summarising the progress of bills, the work of committees, matters of public importance discussed, petitions presented, attendance of members, etc.

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Index of Bills - Australia (Commonwealth):

Annual catalogue of Commonwealth publications
1981-1993

Individual bills as well as other government publications are listed in this catalogue. From 1987-1991 issued only on microfiche

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Australian Legal Monthly Digest
1967-
Since 1982 the Australian legal monthly digest, which reports recent legal cases and new statutues passed, has also included a Table of Bills for all jurisdictions. In 1994 it split into Australian legal monthly digest. How-to-use-guide; Australian legal monthly digest. Digest of law; and Australian legal monthly digest. Cumulative tables.
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Bills not passed into law and bills which originally lapsed but subsequently passed, sessions 1901-02 to 1983-84
1901-1984

Cumulative list of all bills introduced into the Commonwealth Parliament during its first 84 years. Published in 1985.

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Commonwealth bills table and associated material
September 1991-June 2000

This publication listed publication details of bills, Second-Reading speeches, Explanatory Memoranda and supplementary Explanatory Memoranda, as well as the dates on which bills were introduced and passed. It was superseded by the House Daily Bills List

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Cumulative list of bills and associated material
1970-1983
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House Daily Bills List
1991-

The House Daily Bills List contains separate lists of bills initiated in House of Representatives and the senate, with tabular information on the bills' progress through each house. This list has no detail on the objectives of bills, but is updated more frequently than the Senate Bills List. It is now available only online.

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PRS federal bill tracker
1991-

This publication, like the Senate Bills List, contains a brief summary of the objectives of bills, and information on their passage through the Commonwealth Parliament.

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NLA | NSW

Senate Bills List
1989-

The Senate Bills List lists all bills that have been introduced during the life of the current parliament, with a summary of the objectives of the bill, and notes on its passage through both houses of Parliament. It is updated regularly during parliamentary sitting periods.

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