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Inquiry into the Social Inclusion of Victorians with a Disability - Hearings and Transcripts

Public hearings Monday 31 March 2014 Vision Australia Jacob Clifton, Manager, Government Relations... Read more

Inquiry into the Impact of Social Media on Victorian Elections and Victoria’s Electoral Administration - Terms of Reference

Self referenced by the Committee on 26 February 2014 That the Electoral Matters Committee, pursuant to... Read more

Inquiry into the Future of Victoria's Electoral Administration - Report

The Committee's Final Report for this Inquiry was tabled in Parliament on Thursday... Read more

Latest News & Events

School Tours & Booked Tours

The Parliament of Victoria offers a range of activities for students at primary, secondary, tertiary and adult education levels. These activities include tours, role plays and metropolitan school visits.

Large groups or organisations of six or more people are also encouraged to book one of our tours. To check the availability of for each type of tour please click here.

160th Anniversary of Parliament

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** 24 March 1854 **

Parliament celebrates the 160th anniversary of the Victorian Constitution Act which established the Parliament of Victoria.

View explanatory flyer or original 1854 Act.

Read more: 160th Anniversary of Parliament

Premiers Portraits Gallery

A gallery of the 17 Premiers portraits held by the Parliament of Victoria is now available, including historical information about the collection, Premiers and artists. Read more: Premiers Portraits Gallery

Hansard volumes now available

Parliament of Victoria is pleased to announce that a full set of the reports of parliamentary debates (Hansard) from 1856 to date is now available electronically. The reports are accessible on the Parliament of Victoria web site, with full text...

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New Parliamentary Papers Database

Searchable pdfs of all Victorian parliamentary papers are now available online. This is the first time that the 10,000+ documents are together online.

Documents back to 1851 are included.

The database will be useful for historical research, for following recent developments...

Read more: New Parliamentary Papers Database

On This Day

Thursday, 24 April, 1975

Capital punishment was abolished in Victoria. The Legislative Council voted 20 to 13 to abolish the death penalty two weeks after the Legislative Assembly supported abolition by 36 to 30 votes.