The Library holds a complete set of the Official Reports of the Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) for both the South Australian House of Assembly and the Legislative Council. Copies arrive in the library about two or three weeks after the parliamentary session.
There are indexes in the front of the bound volumes which are divided into Indexes to subjects and Indexes to questions and speeches. The unbound issues have an alphabetical list of contents at the end, and separately published indexes in the same format as the bound volumes. South Australian Hansard from 1991 is available electronically on the internet at the South Australian Parliamentary website.
The Library has a complete set of the Official Hansard for both houses of the Australian Parliament. The House of Representatives is bound in green; the Senate is bound in red.
There are indexes at the back of the bound volumes. Indexes to the unbound issues follow at the end of the unbound sequence on the shelves. Indexes are divided into Indexes to speeches and Indexes to subjects. The latter uses broad subject categories such as Bills; Committees; Questions on Notice etc. The print versions arrive in the library usually about five or six weeks after the parliamentary session.
Commonwealth Hansard on the internet
Internet access is available to the daily proof and official weekly versions of the House of Representatives & Senate Hansards. Debates for both Houses House of Representatives Hansard and the Senate Hansard are available from 1901.
Historic Hansard provides Commonwealth of Australia parliamentary debates (1901-1980) presented in an easy-to-read format.
Hansard is the edited version of what is spoken in Parliament. Hansard reports form a complete record of parliamentary debates and questions. Hansard for the Commonwealth and for South Australia are shelved in the Government Publications Collection. Recent debates for other States are available at the Parliamentary website for each State. See links alongside for Interstate Hansards. Older debates may be held off-site. Ask for these at the Information Desk.
The Library holds Parliamentary Debates for most Australian States and Territories until mid 2001. Holdings for Tasmania are very incomplete. For precise holdings for each State consult the Govpubs website. Most interstate Hansards are now in off-site storage and can be made available within three working days. The Library does not hold Hansards for the ACT, nor for Tasmania after 1993/94. ACT debates from 1989- can be found at the Legislative Assembly site for the ACT.
Victorian debates and the Northern Territory Parliamentary Record are still being received and are available in the Government Publications Collection.
The following Hansards are available on the internet. Available dates vary and are frequently added to.
