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Digitization of the Australian Parliamentary Debates, 1998–2022.

Authors :
Katz, Lindsay
Alexander, Rohan
Source :
Scientific Data; 8/26/2023, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Public knowledge of what is said in parliament is a tenet of democracy, and a critical resource for political science research. In Australia, following the British tradition, the written record of what is said in parliament is known as Hansard. While the Australian Hansard has always been publicly available, it has been difficult to use for the purpose of large-scale macro- and micro-level text analysis because it has only been available as PDFs or XMLs. Following the lead of the Linked Parliamentary Data project which achieved this for Canada, we provide a new, comprehensive, high-quality, rectangular database that captures proceedings of the Australian parliamentary debates from 1998 to 2022. The database is publicly available and can be linked to other datasets such as election results. The creation and accessibility of this database enables the exploration of new questions and serves as a valuable resource for both researchers and policymakers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20524463
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Scientific Data
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
170715636
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02464-w