Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff
Hansard · Parliamentary Reporting Staff
1901 – 1 February 2004
Parliamentary department that produced Hansard, the official reports of debates in the Senate and the House of Representatives and of parliamentary committee hearings. It later also provided broadcasting and information technology services to the Parliament.
How it came into existence
Created in 1901, when official reporting staff were engaged to record the debates of the first Commonwealth Parliament in Melbourne. It had no Commonwealth predecessor.
Legislation: Parliamentary Service Act 1999 (from 1999)
Changes during its life
- 9 May 1927Moved with the Parliament from Melbourne to the provisional Parliament House in Canberra.
- 1988Moved into the new Parliament House on Capital Hill.
- 5 December 1999The Parliamentary Service Act 1999 commenced, making the department's staff parliamentary service employees rather than officers employed under the Public Service Act.
How it ended
Merged with the Department of the Parliamentary Library and the Joint House Department on 1 February 2004 to form the Department of Parliamentary Services, which took over Hansard, broadcasting and information technology.
- Hansard
- Broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings
- Parliamentary information technology
Main functions
- Hansard reports of Senate and House debates
- Transcripts of parliamentary committee hearings
- Sound and vision broadcasting of parliamentary proceedings
- Information technology services for the Parliament
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