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Research papers are prepared by the Parliamentary Library for Members of Parliament in relation to legislation before the Parliament and State issues and policies.

• Background Papers contain a detailed analysis of an issue, indicated by "BP" in the reference column.
• Briefing Papers provide an overview of an issue, indicated by "BF" in the reference column.

In some cases only executive summaries and contents pages for each publication are available from the links in this section. Complete copies of publications are available through the State Library of NSW. Contact the State Library's bookshop on ph (02) 9273 1611, fax (02) 9273 1249.

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Published	Title	Reference ID
Aug 2008	Child Pornography Law	BF 09/2008
Aug 2008	Education in Country and City New South Wales	BF 04/2008
Aug 2008	The Regulation of Lobbying	BF 05/2008
Aug 2008	Transport Problems Facing Large Cities	BF 06/2008
Aug 2008	Marine Protected Areas	BF 08/2008
Jul 2008	Privacy: The Current Situation	BF 07/2008
May 2008	Carbon Capture and Storage	BF 02/2008
Apr 2008	A Commissioner for Older People in NSW?	BF 03/2008
Mar 2008	The NSW Planning System: Proposed Reforms	BF 01/2008
Feb 2008	2007 New South Wales Election: Final Analysis	BP 01/2008
Feb 2008	Supplement to Background Paper 1/08 by Antony Green: Preference flows by booth and candidate for individual electorates
Dec 2007	The NSW Economy: A Survey	BF 14/2007
Nov 2007	Residential Tenancy Law in NSW	BF 13/2007
Nov 2007	Liquor Licensing Laws: An Update	BF 12/2007
Oct 2007	Older drivers: a review of licensing requirements and research findings	BF 11/2007
Sep 2007	Protecting Children From Online Sexual Predators	BF 10/2007
Jun 2007	Multiculturalism	BF 09/2007
Jun 2007	Election Finance Law: Recent Developments and Proposals for Reform	BF 08/2007
Jun 2007	Manufacturing and Services in NSW	BP 03/2007
Jun 2007	Domestic Violence in NSW	BF 07/2007
May 2007	Freedom of Information - Issues and Recent Developments in NSW	BF 06/2007
May 2007	2007 New South Wales Election: Preliminary Analysis	BP 02/2007
May 2007	Women, Parliament and the Media	BF 05/2007
May 2007	Parliamentary Privilege: Major Developments and Current Issues	BP 01/2007
Apr 2007	Living on the Edge: Sustainable Land Development in Sydney	BF 04/2007
Apr 2007	Provocation and Self-defence in Intimate Partner and Homophobic Homicides	BF 03/2007
Feb 2007	Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading	BF 02/2007
Feb 2007	Government Policy and Services to Support and Include People with Disabilities	BF 01/2007
Dec 2006	Crystal Methamphetamine Use in New South Wales	BF 19/2006
Nov 2006	The Workplace Relations Case - Implications for the States	BF 18/2006
Nov 2006	Commonwealth-State Responsibilities for Health - 'Big Bang' or Incremental Reform	BF 17/2006
Nov 2006	Recent Developments in Planning Legislation	BF 16/2006
Nov 2006	Reducing the Risk of Recidivism	BF 15/2006
Oct 2006	Sovereign States and National Power: Transition in Federal State Finance	BF 14/2006
Sep 2006	Biofuels	BF 13/2006
Sep 2006	New South Wales Electorate Profiles: 2004 Redistribution	BP 03/2006
Aug 2006	Law and order legislation in the Australian States and Territories: 2003-2006	BF 12/2006
Aug 2006	DNA Evidence, Wrongful Convictions and Wrongful Acquittals	BF 11/2006
Aug 2006	NSW State Electoral Districts Ranked by 2001 Census Statistics	BP 02/2006
Aug 2006	Uranium and Nuclear Power	BF 10/2006
Jun 2006	Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships	BF 09/2006
May 2006	Tourism in NSW: Prospects for the Current Decade	BF 08/2006
May 2006	Parental Responsibility Laws	BF 07/2006
May 2006	Native Vegetation: An Update	BF 06/2006
May 2006	A NSW Charter of Rights? The Continuing Debate	BF 05/2006
Apr 2006	Preparing for the impact of dementia	BF 04/2006
Mar 2006	The Political Representation of Ethnic and Racial Minorities	BF 03/2006
Feb 2006	The New Federal Workplace Relations System	BF 02/2006
Feb 2006	The Science of Climate Change	BP 01/2006
Feb 2006	Sedition, Incitement and Vilification: Issues in the Current Debate	BF 01/2006
Dec 2005	Majority Jury Verdicts in Criminal Trials	BF 15/2005
Nov 2005	Affordable Housing in NSW: Past to Present	BF 14/2005
Nov 2005	Election Finance Law: An Update	BF 13/2005
Nov 2005	Parliament and Accountability: The Role of Parliamentary Oversight Committees	BF 12/2005
Nov 2005	Industrial Relations Reforms: The proposed national system	BF 11/2005
Sep 2005	New South Wales By-elections, 1965-2005	BP 03/2005
Aug 2005	Desalination, Waste Water, and the Sydney Metropolitan Water Plan	BF 10/2005
Aug 2005	Abortion and the law in New South Wales	BF 09/2005
Aug 2005	Rural Assistance Schemes and Programs	BF 08/2005
Jul 2005	Waste Management and Extended Producer Responsibility	BF 07/2005
Jun 2005	Children's Rights in NSW	BP 02/2005
May 2005	No Fault Compensation	BF 06/2005
Apr 2005	Land Tax: an update	BF 05/2005
Apr 2005	Trial by Jury: Recent Developments	BF 04/2005
Mar 2005	Small Business in NSW	BF 03/2005
Feb 2005	Energy Futures for NSW	BF 02/2005
Jan 2005	Tobacco Control in New South Wales	BF 01/2005
Jan 2005	NSW Redistribution: Analysis of Final Boundaries	BP 01/2005
Jan 2005	Current Issues in Transport Policy	BF 14/2004
Jan 2005	Drink Driving and Drug Driving by Rowena Johns	BF 15/2004
Oct 2004	2004 NSW Redistribution: Analysis of Significant Changes to Draft Boundaries	BP 04/2004
Oct 2004	Workplace Surveillance	BF 13/2004
Sep 2004	NSW Fishing Industry: Changes in the Twenty-First Century	BF 11/2004
Sep 2004	Ageing in Australia	BF 12/2004
Aug 2004	Medical Cannabis Programs: A Review of Selected Jurisdictions	BF 10/2004
Aug 2004	2004 New South Wales Redistribution - Analysis Of Draft Boundaries	BP 04/2004
Jul 2004	Indigenous Australians and Land in New South Wales	BF 09/2004
Jul 2004	Privatisation of Prisons	BP 03/2004
Jun 2004	Local Development Assessment in NSW	BF 08/2004
May 2004	Tourism in NSW: After September 11	BF 06/2004
May 2004	Indigenous Issues in NSW	BP 02/2004
May 2004	Plastic Bags	BF 05/2004
May 2004	Drug Offences: An Update on Crime Trends, Diversionary Programs and Drug Prisons	BF 07/2004
Apr 2004	The Future of Water Supply	BF 04/2004
Feb 2004	Medical Negligence: An update	BF 02/2004
Feb 2004	Firearms Restrictions: Recent Developments	BF 03/2004
Jan 2004	New South Wales State Election 2003: Electorate Profiles	BP 02/2003
Jan 2004	Principles, Personalities, Politics: Parliamentary Privilege Cases in NSW	BP 01/2004
Jan 2004	Infrastructure	BF 01/2004
Nov 2003	Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation	BF 21/2003
Nov 2003	Child Sexual Offences: An Update on Initiatives in the Criminal Justice System	BF 20/2003
Nov 2003	The Economic and Social Implications of Gambling	BP 09/2003
Sep 2003	Genetically Modified Crops	BF 19/2003
Aug 2003	Expulsion of Members of the NSW Parliament	BF 17/2003
Aug 2003	Cross-examination and Sexual Offence Complainants	BF 18/2003
Aug 2003	Double Jeopardy	BF 16/2003
Jul 2003	"X" Rated Films and the Regulation of Sexually Explicit Material	BF 15/2003
Jul 2003	Alcohol Abuse	BP 05/2003
Jul 2003	The Control of Prostitution: An Update	BF 14/2003
Jul 2003	Local Government Areas and State Electoral Divisions	BF -2003
Jun 2003	Regional Development Outside Sydney	BF 13/2003
Jun 2003	2003 New South Wales Election - Final Analysis	BP 06/2003
May 2003	Fraud and Identity Theft	BF 08/2003
May 2003	Urban Regional Development	BF 12/2003
May 2003	Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Bill 2003	BF 10/2003
May 2003	The Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal	BF 11/2003
May 2003	Women in Parliament: The Current Situation	BF 09/2003
Mar 2003	Young Offenders and Diversionary Options	BF 07/2003
Mar 2003	New South Wales Legislative Assembly Elections 2003: Two-Candidate Preferred Results	BP 07/2003
Mar 2003	New South Wales Legislative Council Elections 2003	BP 08/2003
Mar 2003	Population Growth: Implications for Australia and Sydney	BF 05/2003
Mar 2003	Law and order legislation in the Australian States and Territories, 1999-2002: a comparative survey	BF 06/2003
Mar 2003	Prospects for the 2003 Legislative Council Election	BP 03/2003
Mar 2003	A Suburb Too Far? Urban Consolidation in Sydney	BF 04/2003
Feb 2003	Rural Sector: Agriculture to Agribusiness	BF 03/2003
Feb 2003	2003 New South Wales Election - Preliminary Analysis	BP 04/2003
Jan 2003	Native Vegetation: Recent Developments	BF 01/2003
Jan 2003	New South Wales State Electoral Districts Ranked by 2001 Census Characteristics	BP 01/2003
Jan 2003	Arson	BF 02/2003
Dec 2002	Gangs in NSW	BF 16/2002
Oct 2002	Drought	BF 14/2002
Oct 2002	Bail Law and Practice: Recent Developments	BF 15/2002
Sep 2002	Water reforms in NSW: An update	BF 12/2002
Sep 2002	Public Liability - an update	BF 11/2002
Sep 2002	Defamation Law Reform Revisited	BF 13/2002
Jul 2002	Victims of Crime: Plea Bargains, Compensation, Victim Impact Statements and Support Services	BF 10/2002
Jul 2002	MPs' Entitlements	OP8
May 2002	Dealing with Graffiti in New South Wales	BF 08/2002
May 2002	Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research	BF 09/2002
May 2002	Public Liability	BF 07/2002
Apr 2002	Information Privacy and Health Records	BF 06/2002
Mar 2002	Outworkers	BF 03/2002
Mar 2002	Implications of the 2001 Federal Election for the 2003 New South Wales Election	BP 01/2002
Mar 2002	Censorship in Australia: Regulating the Internet and other recent developments	BF 04/2002
Mar 2002	Bushfires	BF 05/2002
Jan 2002	Sentencing Law: A Review of Developments in 1998-2001	BF 02/2002
Jan 2002	Court Delays in NSW: Issues and Developments	BF 01/2002
Dec 2001	Child Protection in NSW: A Review of Oversight and Supervisory Agencies	BF 16/2001
Dec 2001	The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change: An Update	BF 17/2001
Nov 2001	Tamworth Electorate Profile 2001	BK 2B/1999
Oct 2001	Workers' Compensation Common Law Matters: The Sheahan Inquiry	BF 14/2001
Oct 2001	Election Finance Law: Public Funding, Donations and Expenditure	BF 15/2001
Sep 2001	A Review of the Land and Environment Court	BF 13/2001
Sep 2001	Auburn Electorate Profile 2001	BK 2A/1999
Aug 2001	Proposed Changes to Environmental Planning in NSW	BF 10/2001
Aug 2001	The People's Choice: Electoral Politics in 20th Century NSW	ES
Aug 2001	Front page: The People's Choice: Electoral Politics in 20th Century NSW
Aug 2001	Independence and Accountability of the Director of Public Prosecutions: A Comparative Survey	BF 09/2001
Aug 2001	Police Powers in NSW: Background to the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Bill 2001	BF 11/2001
Jul 2001	The NSW State Election 1959 by David Clune	ES1959
Jun 2001	The NSW State Election 1947 by David Clune	ES1947
Jun 2001	The Future of the New South Wales Workers' Compensation Scheme	BF 08/2001
Jun 2001	The NSW State Election 1950 by David Clune	ES1950
May 2001	Medical Negligence and Professional Indemnity Insurance	BP 02/2001
May 2001	Police Powers and Drug Law Enforcement in NSW	BF 06/2001
Apr 2001	Electoral Misconduct and the Regulation of Political Parties	BF 05/2001
Mar 2001	Options for Sydney's Second Airport	BF 04/2001
Mar 2001	Euthanasia: An Update	BF 03/2001
Feb 2001	Waste Management in New South Wales: A Review	BF 01/2001
Feb 2001	Permanency Planning and Adoption	BF 02/2001
Feb 2001	Deregulation and National Competition Policy and its Effect on Rural and Regional Areas	BF 07/2001
Jan 2001	State Upper Houses in Australia	BP 01/2001
Dec 2000	Federal-State Financial Relations: After the GST	BF 14/2000
Dec 2000	The NSW State Election 1941 by David Clune	ES1941
Nov 2000	DNA Testing and Criminal Justice	BF 05/2000
Nov 2000	Teacher Registration	BF 06/2000
Nov 2000	The Protection of Human Rights: A Review of Selected Jurisdictions	BF 03/2000
Nov 2000	Incidence and regulation of domestic violence in NSW	BF 04/2000
Nov 2000	Adoption and Care and Protection of Children: The Proposed Legislative Changes	BF 10/2000
Oct 2000	Pre-Trial Defence Disclosure: Background to the Criminal Procedure Amendment (Pre-Trial Disclosure) Bill 2000	BF 12/2000
Oct 2000	The NSW State Election 1953 by David Clune	ES1953
Oct 2000	Copyright, Privilege and Members of Parliament	BF 13/2000
Aug 2000	New Water Management Legislation in NSW: A Review	BF 08/2000
Aug 2000	State Owned Corporations: A Review	BF 11/2000
Aug 2000	Forbes, Sir Francis
Jul 2000	Crimes Amendment (Child Protection - Excessive Punishment) Bill 2000: Background and Commentary	BF 9/2000
Apr 2000	Salinity	BF 7/2000
Mar 2000	The Numbers Game: Prospects for a Redistribution in the Current Parliament	BP 4/2000
Mar 2000	Freedom of Information and Open Government	BP 3/2000
Feb 2000	The Future of the Snowy River	BF 2/2000
Jan 2000	NSW Legislative Council Elections 1999	BP 2/2000
Jan 2000	Banks and Community Obligations	BF 1/2000
Nov 1999	New South Wales Legislative Assembly Elections 1999: Two-Candidate preferred results by Polling Place	BP 06/1999
Nov 1999	The Regulation of Prostitution: A review of Recent Developments	BF 21/1999
Nov 1999	Parole: An overview	BF 20/1999
Nov 1999	Dairy Industry in NSW: past and Present	BF 23/1999
Nov 1999	'Megan's Law' and other forms of sex-offender legislation	BF 22/1999
Oct 1999	New Commonwealth and State Government Environment Relationships	BF 18/1999
Oct 1999	Firearms Regulation: An Update	BP 05/1999
Oct 1999	The age of consent: an update	BF 2197U
Oct 1999	Constitutional Monarchy or Republic? The November 1999 Referendum	BF 19/1999
Sep 1999	Gaming Commissions Internet Gambling and Responsible Gambling	BF 16/1999
Sep 1999	Workers' Entitlements and Corporate Insolvency	BF 17/1999
Aug 1999	Egan v Chadwick and Other Recent Developments in the Powers of Elected Upper Houses	BF 15/1999
Aug 1999	New South Wales Elections 1999	BP 04/1999
Aug 1999	Zero Tolerance Policing	BF 14/1999
Jul 1999	The NSW Drug Summit: Issues and Outcomes	BP 03/1999
Jul 1999	NSW and Gambling Revenue	BF 16/1996
Jul 1999	The NSW Drug Summit: Issues and Outcomes	BP 03/1999
Jul 1999	The NSW Workers' Compensation System: problems and proposed reforms	BF 24/1999
Jun 1999	Natural Resource Management in New Zealand: Lessons for New South Wales	BF 13/1999
May 1999	Changing Nature of the NSW Economy	BP 1/2000
May 1999	Transport in NSW	BF 10/1999
May 1999	The Medical Use of Cannabis: Recent Devleopments	BF 11/1999
May 1999	Legal recognition of same-sex relationships	BF 12/1999
May 1999	Tenants' Rights in NSW	BF 09/1999
Apr 1999	Overseas visitors in NSW: Present trends and future possibilities	BF 08/1999
Mar 1999	Native vegetation in NSW: An update	BF 06/1999
Mar 1999	Juvenile Justice: Some Recent Developments	BF 05/1999
Mar 1999	The illicit drug problem: drug courts and other alternative approaches	BF 04/1999
Mar 1999	Law and order legislation in the Australian States and Territories 1995-1998: a comparative survey	BF 07/1999
Mar 1999	Censorship Law: Issues and Developments	BF 03/1999
Feb 1999	Forests in NSW: An Update	BF 02/1999
Feb 1999	New South Wales State Election 1999: Electorate Profiles	BP 02/1999
Jan 1999	Egan v Willis & Cahill: The High Court Decision	BF 01/1999
Jan 1999	New South Wales State Electoral Districts Ranked by 1996 Census Characteristics	BP 01/1999
Jan 1999	The Legislative Council of New South Wales: Past Present and Future	BF 01/1990
Dec 1998	National Parks in NSW	BF 22/1998
Dec 1998	Tourism in NSW: Possibilities for Rural Regional Areas	BF 19/1998
Dec 1998	Probation: An Overview	BF 21/1998
Dec 1998	Privacy Law Reform: Issues and Recent DevelopmentsBF	BF 20/1998
Nov 1998	Implications of the 1998 Federal Election for the 1999 New South Wales Election	BP 05/1998
Nov 1998	Assisted Reproductive Technology	BP 06/1998
Nov 1998	Changing Boundaries Changing Fortunes: an analysis of the NSW Elections of 1988 and 1991	OP7
Oct 1998	Home Invasion and Self-Defence: An Update	BF 17/1998
Oct 1998	The Quality of Sydney's Drinking Water: Current Issues	BF 16/1998
Oct 1998	Mandatory and Guideline Sentencing: Recent Developments	BF 18/1998
Sep 1998	The Native Title Debate: Background and Current Issues	BF 15/1998
Aug 1998	The Commission for Children and Young People Bill 1998 and other child protection initiatives	BF 14/1998
Aug 1998	Urban Planning in New South Wales: Current Issues	BF 13/1998
Jul 1998	The Management of Sydney Harbour Foreshores	BF 12/1998
Jul 1998	Constitutional Monarchy or Republic? Implications for New South Wales	BF 03/1998
Jul 1998	Air Pollution: An Update	BF 11/1998
Jun 1998	Animal Experimentation	BP 03/1998
May 1998	Rural Sector: Changing towards 2000	BF 10/1998
Apr 1998	Street Offences and Crime Prevention	BF 09/1998
Apr 1998	Initial Responses to the Wood Royal Commission Report on Paedophilia	BF 08/1998
Apr 1998	Land Tax in NSW	BF 06/1998
Mar 1998	Water Reforms in NSW	BF 04/1998
Mar 1998	Judicial Accountability	BP 01/1998
Mar 1998	Reforming the Waterfront: Background to the Current Debate	BF 05/1998
Mar 1998	1997/98 New South Wales Redistribution: Analysis of Draft Boundaries	BP 02/1998
Feb 1998	Unfair dismissal: the new laws	BF 02/1998
Jan 1998	Companion Animal Legislation	BF 01/1998
Jan 1998	1997/98 New South Wales Redistribution: Analysis of Significant Changes to Draft Boundaries	BP 2A/1998
Dec 1997	Water for Rural Production in NSW: Grand designs and changing realities	BF 26/1997
Dec 1997	Dangerous Offenders Legislation: An Overview	BF 14/1997
Dec 1997	The Future of State Revenue: The High Court Decision in Ha and Hammond	BF 16/1997
Dec 1997	Bail in New South Wales	BF 25/1997
Nov 1997	Outsourcing and the Public Sector	BF 22/1997
Nov 1997	Contaminated Land Management Bill 1997: Background and Commentary	BF 24/1997
Nov 1997	Urban Consolidation: Current Developments	BF 23/1997
Oct 1997	Listening devices and other forms of surveillance: issues and proposals for reform	BF 20/1997
Oct 1997	The age of consent	BF 21/1997
Sep 1997	Crimes Amendment (Diminished Responsibility) Bill 1997: Commentary and Background	BF 19/1997
Aug 1997	Childhood Immunisation: The Legal Dimensions	OP6
Jul 1997	Coastal management in NSW: An update	BF 07/1997
Jun 1997	Registration of Paedophiles	BF 12/1997
Jun 1997	Integrated Development Assessment and Consent Procedures: Proposed Legislative Changes	BF 09/1997
Jun 1997	The Administrative Decisions Tribunal Bill 1997: Commentary and Background	BF 10/1997
Jun 1997	The Right to Silence	BF 11/1997
May 1997	Police Powers of Detention After Arrest	BF 08/1997
May 1997	Alcohol and Tobacco in NSW: Consumption Revenue and Concern	BF 07/1997
Apr 1997	Where do you draw the line?: Prospects for the 1997 NSW Redistribution	BP 01/1997
Apr 1997	Parliamentary Privilege: Use misuse and proposals for reform	BF 04/1997
Apr 1997	The Children (Parental Responsibility) Act 1994: An Update	BF 06/1997
Mar 1997	Proposed New Pollution Legislation in NSW: Background and Commentary	BF 05/1997
Feb 1997	NSW Rural Communities: The Impact of Change and Strategies for Assistance	BF 28/1996
Feb 1997	Awards and Enterprise Agreements in NSW and Commonwealth Industrial Relations Systems	BF 03/1997
Jan 1997	Aborigines Land and National Parks in NSW	BF 02/1997
Jan 1997	Women in Parliament: An Update	BF 01/1997