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Australian Parliament
Special Events
Every public sitting of the Special Events we capture, transcribed, with the people who spoke there and a search of what was said.
22 public sittings since 22 July 2025
Sittings appear here a month after they are held. A Polyfact plan gives you every sitting as soon as it is transcribed.
How to watch the Special Events
Australian Parliament broadcasts the sittings of the Special Events. Polyfact records each one, transcribes it and identifies the speakers, so you can open a sitting below, read it and watch it from the second a speech starts.
Latest public sittings
Senate Lecture Series by George Megalogenis - Annual Harry Evans Lecture: Australia's multi-party system and its influence on scrutiny and accountability. 11 September 2026 - National Flag Day Event - Great Hall 10 September 2026
- Guest of Government Visit to Australia for His Excellency Mr Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand 19 August 2026
- Guest of Government Visit by the Honourable Matthew Wale, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands 3 June 2026
- National Reconciliation Week 2026 Ceremonial Lighting Event 27 May 2026
- Guest of Government Visit by Her Excellency Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan - Ceremonial Welcome 4 May 2026
- Australasian Study of Parliament Group Lecture by Professor Emerita Anne Twomey AO - Can the Senate initiate a constitutional referendum? 24 March 2026
- Guest of Government Visit to Australia - Her Excellency, Ms Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission 24 March 2026
- International Women's Day 2026 Panel Discussion 13 March 2026
- Guest of Government Visit by the Right Honourable Mark Carney MP, Prime Minister of Canada 5 March 2026
- Senate Lecture Series by Professor Lorne Neudorf: Parliamentary scrutiny of legislation in the age of artificial intelligence 6 February 2026
- Senate Lecture Series by Trish Crossin AM and Gary Humphries AO: 50 years of Territory representation in the state 5 December 2025
- Lighting of the Parliament House Christmas Giving Tree 2025 26 November 2025
- Senate Lecture Series by the Hon. Scott Ryan - Annual Harry Evans Lecture: The Senate in times of national crisis 7 November 2025
- Speaker's Lecture by Holly Rankin: Before the Fall - Can civic institutions engage a new generation in time to save democracy? 27 October 2025
- Senate Lecture Series by Dr Jacinta Dharmananda: Scrutinising the scrutiny of legislation in Parliament 17 October 2025
- Visit by Mr Lawrence Wong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore and the Hon. Anthony Albanese MP - Joint Media Conference 8 October 2025
- Visit to Australia by Mr Lawrence Wong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore and Mrs Lawrence Wong - Ceremonial Arrival 8 October 2025
- Senate President's Lecture by Kate Jenkins AO: Sisters-in-law - Australian Parliament's important role in advancing gender equality 5 September 2025
- National Flag Day Event - Great Hall 1 September 2025
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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.