Sir Robert (Bob) Menzies, the 12th and longest serving Prime Minister of Australia, once said, “Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.” However Menzies’ place in posterity has since been assured, and all of his many speeches to parliament will soon be just a click away to all Internet users at the completion of a massive project by The SEMA Group to digitize all pre- 1980 Hansard documents. Challenge This project will transform hard copy document collections, including original Hansard tran- scripts from Australia’s federation in 1901, into digital images that will be accessible online. The origins of today’s Hansard can be traced back to the early years of nineteenth century London, when Hansard reporters were commissioned to pr

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