Bills Digests provide our expert analysis on legislation before Parliament, and are written to assist in consideration of Bills.

Disallowable Instrument Updates provide an overview of the disallowable instruments tabled in Parliament.

Research papers will get you across current issues, and help provide you with the information you need to know on issues before Parliament.

The Library brings distinguished speakers to the Parliament so you can hear, firsthand, expert opinions on current and emerging issues.

Scroll through our curated view of our latest research.

News and Media Monitoring

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The Library records and stores major Australian news and current affairs programs.

Isentia provides access to Australian national, regional, and rural news, TV and radio broadcasts, as well as social media monitoring.

Newspapers, news clips, and news databases

Access Australian and international news clips, newspapers, and news databases.

Books, databases, journals & more

Coming soon

The Library maintains its own collection of books that are available to parliamentarians and parliamentary staff for loan. We also provide access to online resources for research and leisure, including ebooks, magazines, audiobooks, journals and journal databases.

Coming soon

The Parliamentary Handbook contains the biographical details of the current and former Senators and Members, and serves as a reference of all ministries, shadow ministries, parliamentary committees, electorates, and election results since Federation.

The Library maintains photosheets of current parliamentarians by chamber, party, ministry, and shadow ministry.

Learn about the history of Parliament, the federal capital, and federation.

Find information to help navigate, understand, and analyse the Budget

Jump into our interactive dashboards and maps, including: Your Electorate, Key Economic and Social Indicators, Statistical Geography, Election Results, and more.

View our calendar of upcoming economic and statistical releases.

Explore our collection of statistics.