Currently, not all documents tabled in Parliament are ordered to be printed. Of those which are not, some are accessible from AGPS, but others must be sought from their individual publisher. Information about what they are, and from where they can be obtained, is not readily available. The discontinuation of the PP series will only exacerbate the problem of availability of government documents. The raison d'etre has diminished validity.
Most important reports receive wide circulation, and in some cases are available in other forms.
A growing number of government organisations is placing more information on the Internet. AGPS is also encouraging this practice. All these phrases imply that some access will be possible, but that full-scale access is certainly not here now. The availability of Parliamentary Papers through public and university libraries, who catalogue, index and provide assistance in using them, is still the cheapest and most efficient form of public access to these publications. The move to electronic access and closure of print access in deposit libraries will make the parliamentary papers inaccessible to many taxpayers.