Briefing paper
Funding opportunities for community groups
Members of Parliament regularly receive inquiries directly, or through their electorate offices, about funding opportunities for community groups. This guide is designed to assist MPs and their electorate office staff to respond to these requests.
Briefing paper
Regional NSW: a demographic and economic snapshot
This briefing paper presents a snapshot of regional NSW's demographic, economic and labour force characteristics.
Briefing paper
Uranium mining and nuclear energy in New South Wales
The main focus of this paper is to provide Members of Parliament and the New South Wales public with an overview of the key issues surrounding uranium mining and nuclear energy in NSW.
Briefing paper
Delegated legislation: flexibility at the cost of scrutiny?
This e-brief outlines the purpose of delegated legislation, and how it is used in NSW. It then outlines criticisms of delegated legislation and provides key statistics for both the NSW and Commonwealth Parliaments, before discussing existing scrutiny measures in the NSW Parliament.
Briefing paper
Trends in NSW population growth
This e-brief provides an overview of NSW and Australian population trends using a range of ABS datasets. It first summarises long term population trends for NSW and Australia, before using available data to determine which areas of the state have experienced the highest growth.