In the News
These sites deal with current Australian and international political issues in the news.
Australia
Current Interest
section of the Law Internet Guide
url:
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law/lig_current.html
Current Issues Briefs
section of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library site
Detailed and scholarly analyses of Australian and international events.
url:
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/index.htm
E- Briefs
section of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library Site.
url:
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/hotissues.htm
House News
What's happening in the Commonwealth parliament - a summary of the passage of new bills, hearings, special events.
url:
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/house_news/
Senate Recently Tabled Reports
Recently tabled reports of the Australian Senate.
url:
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/reports.htm
Research Papers
section of the NSW Parliamentary Library site
Detailed and scholarly analyses of state (and some federal) events.
url:
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/V3ListRP
International
Current Affairs on the Net
section from the Monash University Library site. Good for worldwide information from all WWW sources, including transcripts and wire services.
url: http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/CurrentAffairs/
Current Issues
section of the Commonwealth Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade site
url: http://www.dfat.gov.au
Documents in the News
from the University of Michigan Very comprehensive site.
url: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html
Foreign Affairs / Defence
section of the PBS site in the US. Quality background information on a range of topics from a US viewpoint.
url: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/programs/categories/1.html