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.
Data portal
Visualising NSW electorates: population growth
Population growth and density data is presented in map and table form for all 93 NSW electorates. The Parliamentary Research Service has also published Trends in NSW population growth, which examines long term population trends in NSW.