Legislative Assembly
Parliament of Victoria

Fact Sheet 22

Finding Information about Parliament

Documents Tabled in Parliament

Summary

A number of documents have to be formally presented to the Legislative Assembly. This is known as tabling. Records are kept of everything tabled.

Tabling

What types of documents are tabled? The most common documents are annual reports from government departments and agencies such as hospitals and universities. Other documents often tabled are petitions, statutory rules and notices of amended planning schemes. For more information:

:	Fact Sheet 8: Petitions

:	Fact Sheet 18: Documents Tabled in the Legislative Assembly

G	Visit the Assembly Procedure Office to collect Fact Sheets 8 and 18

Finding out what has been tabled. A record of all documents tabled appears in the Votes and Proceedings (the minutes of the Legislative Assembly) and in Hansard:

:	Votes and Proceedings
:	Hansard
(	Procedure Office: 03 9651 8563
G	Visit the Procedure Office to ask for details

Getting copies of tabled reports. After it has been tabled, a document is publicly available. If stocks permit, copies are available from the Assembly Procedure Office, otherwise it is usually possible to arrange to inspect it:

G	Visit the Procedure Office and ask for a copy