Australian Official Publications is a six-part book that begins with a separate chapter on the framework of Australian government. Part I then describes the main features of the commonwealth parliament. Part II details the commonwealth government departments and statutory authorities. Parts III and IV elucidate the distribution and availability of Australian official publications and the main forms of official publishing in each State of Australia. Part V discusses the internal territories of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The last part contains the bibliography of Australian official publications.

ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Framework of Australian GovernmentI The Commonwealth Parliament 2 The Work of Parliament 3 The Proceedings of Parliament 4 Parliamentary Debates 5 Parliamentary Papers 6 Legislation: Bills, Acts and 45 Delegated LegislationII Commonwealth Departments and Statutory Authorities 7 Some Recent History 8 A Publishing Survey 9 The Australian Bureau of Statistics 10 The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization 11 Two Problems III Distribution and Availability 12 The Australian Government Publishing Service 13 Other OutletsIV The States of Australia 14 New South Wales 15 Victoria 16 Queensland 17 Tasmania 18 South Australia 19 Western AustraliaV The Internal Territories 20 The Australian Capital Territory 21 The Northern TerritoryVI The Bibliography of Australian Official PublicationsAppendices Index