Our Role

Today, our role in New South Wales Hansard is to report the proceedings of the Legislative Council, the Legislative Assembly, parliamentary committees, and ministerial and special conferences.

We have no editorial policy but the pursuit of accuracy. We are not hampered by conceptions of news value, and no bias towards either persons or parties enters our reports. Our primary objective is to provide an impartial, accurate and timely report of the Parliament.

Let us be rid of the idea that there is something called Hansard style. Style in speech making belongs to the members. Our task is to ensure that each speech is reported, so far as possible, in the member's own words, and that the member's style is apparent throughout.

—New South Wales Hansard Gleanings, 1995