Locate Commonwealth legislation online and in our collections, including point-in-time versions, reprints, and consolidated legislation.

We’re calling on all Australians to help us build the next chapter of Australia’s political history by collecting ephemera from the 2025 federal election.

Papers related to Clyde Cameron's long political career, and 12 oral history recordings conducted by Cameron with other political figures.

Over 3,000 printed pamphlets, leaflets and issues of periodicals, mostly published 1900-1970, plus a collection of microfiche and microfilm of other publications, produced by left-wing parties and organisations in the period 1961–88.

British Parliamentary publications are valuable primary sources for research into British and dominion history, including Australia.

Around 10,800 items from the period 1829-1922 ranging from a single page to hundreds of pages and documenting British reactions to particular events, problems and crises, as well as Britain's relations generally with particular countries and regions.

Journalist Tom McIlroy discussed his book 'Blue Poles'.

Learn what Bills and explanatory memoranda are, their purpose in the law-making process, and where they can be found.

Papers, pamphlets, books and periodicals relating to communism, socialism, fascism, capitalism, international relations, public finance, politics, World War II, and the Vietnam War.

Listen to interviews with Australian's sharing their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This guide explains how to find and access Australian legislation, organised by level of government (federal, state/territory, and local) and by type of law, including primary legislation (Acts or statutes) and delegated legislation (subordinate legislation). 

The history of Australian diplomacy is well-represented across our collections. You will find unique primary sources such as interviews and manuscript collections of diplomats reflecting their experiences and the greater context of world events.