The Queensland Parliament’s Hansard reporting service was established in 1864 following allegedly unreliable newspaper reports of parliamentary proceedings. By 1878, the Queensland Parliament was the first Parliament in the world to have a daily official report of the debates without any form of government censorship. This was 31 years ahead of the House of Commons which first published its reports of debates in 1909. Today, the Parliamentary Reporting Service publishes transcripts of debates within two hours on the Parliament of Queensland website.
