Parliament of New South Wales

How to watch the NSW Legislative Council

Every sitting is free to watch on Polyfact, live and on replay, no account needed.

Latest updates

What is said in the sittings, update by update, the latest first. Each update opens the video at the second it was said.

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    Question Time and take‑note debate on government record

    Members conduct Question Time across environment, education, justice, transport and intergovernmental finance, then use the take‑note debate to contest the government’s economic management, debt recovery, integrity and industrial policy settings before the House briefly suspends.

    In this chapter

    1. Question Time: environment, education, justice, transport and intergovernmental finance
    2. Take‑note debate on answers and government economic record

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    Opening of sitting, reports and early notices

    The Council opens its sitting, records formal assents, tables extensive annual and oversight reports, deals with privilege rulings and petitions, and moves into wide‑ranging early notices of motion including a foreshadowed privilege dispute over the ODPP and a child‑identity inquiry.

    In this chapter

    1. Opening of sitting, annual reports and early committee businessAbigail Boyd
    2. Notices of motion and ODPP privilege dispute foreshadowed

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Where these transcripts come from

Parliament of New South Wales broadcasts the sittings of the NSW Legislative Council. Polyfact shows each one live, keeps it as a replay with its transcript and links its key moments to the second they were said.

4 sittings on Polyfact since 10 November 2026

Polyfact records and transcribes the sittings and committee hearings of Australia's parliaments. A speaker is named only once their identity is confirmed, by the official record or by a person; automatic guesses are left out.

Every committee

Questions

How can I watch the NSW Legislative Council live?

On Polyfact, free and without an account: a sitting on air is marked live in the schedule above, and each sitting stays available as a replay.

Is it free?

Yes. Watching the sittings on Polyfact is free and needs no account. A Polyfact subscription, which you can try for free, adds the full transcripts as soon as they are ready, search across every sitting and alerts on your topics.

Where is the transcript of the NSW Legislative Council?

On each sitting's page on Polyfact, speaker by speaker, with its key moments one click from the second they were said. The search on this page covers the sittings held more than two weeks ago.

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