The Record, Faster
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New Guinea Is On The Record, Faster
THE Hansard reports of Papua- New Guinea’s House of As sembly, already available to the general public more quickly than those of any other Pacific territory, are now being produced even more swiftly, A new system of printing which got a trial run at the June session was in full operation at the September Budget session.
The New Guinea debates are reported by teams of 10 Hansard writers —all women. The debates are typed immediately and the typed sheets passed on to members for correction. Most members return their corrected proofs within a day.
After correction the sheets are edited by the editor of debates, Mrs.
Roberta Buscombe, set in type by a special staff from the Government Printing Office working in the House )f Assembly chambers, re-checked, md then sent off to the presses.
The Government Printer gives the lebates second priority after the government Gazette, and thus the complete record is available to the mblic within a fortnight, solid eading value at 75c!