A guide to accessing Queensland Government publications at SLV and online.
In Queensland, the Record of Proceedings integrates the Votes and Proceedings and Hansard into one document. The Votes and Proceedings recorded the procedural events of the House; Hansard recorded the debates of the House. The Record of Proceedings is the official record of the debates and procedures of the House; it is a record of what is said in the House and a record of the procedural events of the House. The formal production of the Record of Proceedings commenced on 12 February 2008. The Record of Proceedings is still commonly referred to as 'Hansard'.
Full transcripts, as well as audio and visual broadcasts of parliamentary proceedings, are available via the Records of Proceedings page of the Queensland Parliament website.
Select from a list of House sitting dates, then select the full transcript of the Record of Proceedings for that date. This will open a PDF copy of the transcript. A camera icon on the left margin indicates an archived broadcast. Click the icon to open the video broadcast of the sitting at that specific point in the proceedings (requires Windows Media Player software).
Estimates Hearings - September 1996-current
These transcripts are available from the website for Record of proceedings
Browse by calendar of sitting dates on right hand side of website. Click on View/Print Parliamentary sitting dates by year to see various sessions of parliament in any given year.
A list of 36 former Committees is available
Parliamentary Committees - approximately 2003-current
Search Committee transcripts here. Select Advanced search. In the first drop down box, select "committees" then select the name of the Committee to narrow your search; otherwise leave the selection blank. Fill in the optional fields if you have this information, then click "Search".
Members’ speeches - 1998-current
At the Advanced search select "Member Speeches", select the year, fill in the optional fields, then click Search.
Questions on notice - 1995-current
Questions on notice asked each sitting day is published in the Questions on Notice section of the next day’s Notice Paper. The Notice Paper is published on the internet at Latest Sitting Dates.
Any questions on notice that have not been answered at the time the Parliament is dissolved are not required to be answered.
For archived questions on notice, go to the Advanced search, select "Questions on notice" from the drop down box, then make date/s selection, and fill in the optional fields. Click Search.
22 May 1860 to date
From the Record of Proceedings page, click on Indexes to Debates from a list on left-hand side. These indexes can be used to :
From 1996 indexes are annual. They became subject indexes in 1996; before then they had a procedural format. 1996 also marked a change in the production of bound volumes, which include an index, from sessional to yearly. Indexes are in pdf format.
2008 to 2011
Official record of proceedings of the Legislative Assembly
SLV no longer receiving issues in print. Use the online Record of Proceedings rather than print format.
1923 to 2007
Official record of the debates of the Legislative Assembly
Cumulated bound volumes. About four volumes per year.
Some gaps 1995 to 2003 in this title, see separate title below for alternative coverage (Weekly hansard/Legislative Assembly)
Use the online Record of Proceedings rather than print format.
1990 to 2000
Weekly Hansard/Legislative Assembly
1990-1998 CD format; 1997-2000 hard copy
Use the online Record of Proceedings rather than print format.
1921 to 1922
Queensland. Legislative Assembly. Official record of the debates of the Legislative Assembly
Not held by SLV, available at University of Melbourne Library.
Use the online Record of Proceedings rather than print format.
1877 to 1920
Official record of the debates...
From 1877 to 1893 issued in alternating volumes covering debates of the Council and the Assembly. From 1894 each volume includes debates of both chambers.
SLV does not hold vol. 109 (1911-12), vol. 132-135 (1919) and vol. 137-138 (1921). Volumes not held by SLV are available at National Library of Australia.
Use the online Record of Proceedings rather than print format.
1864 to 1876
Queensland Parliamentary debates
Does not cover early sittings of Queensland Parliament from 1860 to 1863.
1864 to date
No separately published indexes. Although there are indexes at end of volumes of debates, use the online Indexes to Debates from 1860.
1860 to current
Queensland Parliament Online
Use the Queensland Parliament online advanced search for full text documents and the index search from 1860. These include Hansard; tabled documents; committees etc.
