Information published by the Office of the Legislative Assembly

The Office has broad responsibility for providing information to government agencies and the public regarding the business of the Assembly and its committees, and publishes these documents on the Assembly website.

Records of proceedings

• Debates of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (Hansard)—a record of Assembly debates, commonly referred to as Hansard. The official Weekly Hansard is produced approximately three weeks after each Assembly sitting week. The proof Daily Hansard is produced the day after the Assembly sits.
• Broadcasting ACT Legislative Assembly—lets you watch Assembly proceedings and committee hearings using the live video stream or replay them later. You can also listen to any live broadcast as a live audio stream.

Chamber

• Bills list—an alphabetical listing, by short title, of bills considered by the Assembly. The list provides the date a bill was introduced and, where relevant, the date it passed, the Act number and particulars in the legislation register. Bills discharged, negatived at the agreement in principle stage, declared urgent and referred to committees are also listed. The list is published on a regular basis.
• Bills volumes—all bills presented to the Assembly. The volumes include bills, explanatory statements and amendments that were moved at the detail stage for each Assembly term. Publications from 2006 onwards are available online. Hard copy volumes are available for inspection at the Assembly and Territory libraries.
• Business of the Assembly—a summary of business undertaken by the Assembly each calendar year.
• Daily program—the items of business the Assembly is expected to consider, published each sitting day.
• Minutes of proceedings—the official record of the proceedings of the Assembly. Pamphlet copies are published in proof-form immediately following each sitting, with final copies published later. A proof index to the minutes and a proof index to papers tabled in the Assembly are published internally, as are proof bound volumes of the Minutes of proceedings.
• Notice papers—the official list of all outstanding business before the Assembly and setting out the order of business. The notice paper also lists notices of questions (a full list of unanswered questions appears on the first notice paper each sitting week or fortnight) and contains an information section on Assembly committees. The notice paper is published each sitting day, with the exception of the first sitting day of an Assembly term.
• Sitting pattern—the Assembly's sitting calendar is published on the website, with hard-copies available at the building entrance while in stock.
• Summary of bills—a summary of each bill introduced into the Assembly for the current term to date, the minister or member who introduced the bill and the date of introduction. Published on a regular basis.

ACT legislation (bills and acts) and subordinate legislation (e.g.regulations and determinations) are at www.legislation.act.gov.au.

Committees

• Business of committees—a summary of committee activity during the current Assembly, and updated on an ongoing basis.
• Committee reports—reports presented to the Assembly by committees.
• Committee transcripts—transcripts and uncorrected proofs of committee hearings are available for inspection at the Committee Support office. Edited proof transcripts are published on the Assembly’s website as soon as they are verified by Hansard editors; final transcripts are published within 20 working days from the date of the hearing.
• Guide to committees

Members

• ACT Register of lobbyists—details of lobbyists registered to approach public officials in the ACT.
• Members’ declarations of interest—statements of registrable interests declared by members.
• Travel reporting—travel undertaken by MLAs for Assembly business.

Education

• Factsheets—historical, administrative and procedural information about the business of the Assembly.
• Other education materials on various aspects of the Assembly's history, roles and functions.