Public Tours
When Parliament is not sitting, guided public tours are available free of charge at 11am and 2pm on non-sitting weekdays. Bookings are not required – the tours are suitable for walk-in visitors.
If you have more than 10 people planning on coming to a public tour, please make a community group booking.
Please get in touch with us at [email protected] or on 8237 9467 if you would like to discuss accessibility support for a public tour. Mondays and Fridays are always non-sitting days.
View the sitting calendar (the 2026 sitting calendar will not be available until after March 26th, due to the election)
Guided tours explore the original parliamentary chamber in Old Parliament House (subject to availability), and the current House of Assembly and Legislative Council. Visitors learn about heritage features, history and parliamentary processes. Approximate run time is 45 minutes.
Watch Parliament Sitting
The public galleries in both the House of Assembly and Legislative Council are open and free of charge to visitors when the Parliament is sitting.
View the sitting calendar (the 2026 sitting calendar will not be available until after March 26th, due to the election)
If you have more than 10 people coming to watch Parliament sitting, please contact 8237 9467 to discuss gallery capacity.
Watch Question Time
Question Time starts at around 2pm in the House of Assembly and at around 2.15pm in the Legislative Council on sitting days. Question Time is open to the public and free of charge.
Visitors can view question time from the public galleries.
View the sitting calendar (the 2026 sitting calendar will not be available until after March 26th, due to the election)
If you have more than 10 people coming to watch question time, please contact 8237 9467 to discuss gallery capacity.