Notice Papers (agenda)

The notice paper is the agenda of the Legislative Assembly and sets out the anticipated order in which the Assembly’s business will be transacted. A new notice paper is published for each sitting day.

Whilst the notice paper sets out the anticipated order of business, the actual items dealt with are decided by the House, and items can be postponed and dealt with later that day or on a future day. As the notice paper lists all outstanding business on the Assembly’s agenda, not all the items on the notice paper are dealt with each sitting day, and often only the first few items are debated.

The notice paper is divided into four sections:

• government business — notices of motion
• government business — orders of the day
• general business — notices of motions
• general business — orders of the day.

Government business included everything proposed by a minister and under government business, orders of the day is where you will find the list of bills to be considered by Assembly. Under Standing Order 34, government business takes precedence over general business.

To see the notice paper for the next sitting day, go to the Legislation and Parliamentary Documents website.
Older notice papers are available from same link.