A Parliamentary Paper is any document which has been tabled in Parliament, ordered to be printed and made available to the public as a printed paper, and can include reports from various committees, annual reports for government departments and subordinated legislation.
Parliamentary Papers Series (PPS):
- a publication of Parliamentary materials
- include documents of a substantial nature (eg. Parliamentary Committee reports and government enquiry reports)
- not all documents presented to Parliament are included in the PPS
- may be ordered to be included in papers when tabled in Parliament, or considered for inclusion later by the Publications Committee)
Pre-2002 papers are available in hard copy. To access these you can find them:
- Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers – held in the Barr Smith Library
- South Australian Parliamentary Papers – held in the Law Library, shelved in the Computer Suite
Papers from 2002 onwards are available online
