Research Publications are compiled for Members of the Queensland Parliament by research staff of the Queensland Parliamentary Library for use in parliamentary debates and for related parliamentary purposes.  Information in publications is current to the date of publication.  Information on legislation, case law or legal policy issues does not constitute legal advice. 

Research Publications on Bills reflect the legislation as introduced and should not be considered complete guides to the legislation. 

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To determine whether a Bill has been enacted, or whether amendments have been made to a Bill during consideration in detail, the Queensland Legislation Annotations, prepared by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel, or the Bills Update, produced by the Table Office of the Queensland Parliament, should be consulted. Readers should also refer to the relevant Alert Digest of the Scrutiny of Legislation Committee of the Queensland Parliament.

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• Research Briefs (March 2000 - Current Year)
  Research Briefs provide concise analytic background to the legislative (including Bills) program of the Queensland Parliament and issues of current interest to parliamentarians.
  

Retrospective Series

• Research Bulletins (1991 - June 2001)
  Research Bulletins have been subsumed by the Research Brief title; no further issues will be published.
  
• Legislation Bulletins (1995 - 2000)
  Legislation Bulletins have been subsumed by the Research Brief title; no further issues will be published.
   
• Background Information Briefs (1991 - 1995)
  Earlier series replaced by Research Bulletins.
  
• Research Notes (1999)
  
• Legislation Briefs (2000)
  Legislation Briefs have been subsumed by the Research Brief title; no further issues will be published.
  
• Occasional Monographs
  
• Legislation Notes (1998 - 1999)  

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