Parliamentary webcasts

June 15, 2010

Tasmania: the best of all the sites with a clear link and category on the front page. An amazing archive of every session from 2009 available to watch. By far and away leading all other parliaments in terms of good governance, consideration of constituents and usability.

Federal: as expected they offer broadcasts of sessions from both houses and a very limited archive that only extends back 1 month.

Victoria: despite promises, and after a comprehensive search, there seems to be no section on the Victorian paliamentary website pertaining to webcasts. There is no archive offered and there is no information suggesting any up coming webcasts when parliament is in session, unlike the NSW and Qld websites*.

*Since this was published a very prominent link was created on the home page so viewers can watch comprehensive webcasts of both the Legislative Council and Assembly.

Queensland: they offer live broadcasts, audio and video of parliamentary sessions but no archive of web casts is available.

NSW: they offer live broadcasts, but it is not mentioned whether they are audio or video, of parliamentary sessions but no archive of web casts is available, despite a considerable archive offered for other information.

Western Australia: they offer live broadcasts, audio and video of parliamentary sessions but no archive of web casts is available.

Northern Territory: although web casting is spoken about in the 2004-05 annual report, there is no mention on the website about any future web casts of up coming sessions of parliament, and there is no archive of any past broadcasts.

South Australia: they offer detailed minutes from session and meetings, information of how to view a parliament sitting, but a web cast service of the meetings is not offered.