This paper outlines developments in national policies relating to asylum seekers between 2008 and 2011, thereby updating a paper published by the NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service in 2008.

The Noxious Weeds Act 1993 regulates noxious weeds in NSW. These weeds have significant economic, environmental and social impacts for the State. Noxious weed control activities are undertaken by the NSW Government, local governments, industry and the community. In February this year, the NSW Government introduced the Noxious Weeds Amendment Bill 2012 to amend the...

The revised legislative crime control scheme would likely survive constitutional challenge in the High Court. On 15 February 2012 the NSW Attorney General, Greg Smith, introduced the Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Bill 2012 [the 2012 Bill] into the Legislative Assembly. The Bill was passed without amendment and transmitted to the Legislative Council on the same...

Over the past year, there have been a large number of shootings, including drive-by shootings, in South-Western and Western Sydney. This has given rise to great concern in the community. NSW Police have set up a special taskforce to tackle gun violence. In addition, on 14 February 2012, the NSW Government announced a number of...

This publication provides detailed analysis of two-party and two-candidate preferred results by polling place for the 2011 New South Wales election. The publication is the latest in a series first published by the Parliamentary Library after the 1991 election, and is a companion to last year's publication "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results"...