Historic milestone for Hansard Today we’re recognising an important moment in our parliamentary history — the anniversary of our Hansard service, which began officially reporting parliamentary proceedings on 12 February 1866. For a decade before Victoria's Hansard was established, debates in both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council were reported by The Argus newspaper. Now, 160 years later, the tradition continues, with Hansard accurately transcribing everything said in the Vict