Few Commonwealth records cover such a broad sweep of Australian history or touch the lives of so many Australians as those of the federal Cabinet. For example you can find Cabinet decisions about:

• the first ANZAC Day public holiday in 1916
• Western Australia's movement to secede from the Commonwealth
• confirmation or commutation of death sentences
• expeditions to Antarctica
• the arrest and deportation of Bolsheviks

Cabinet records 30 years or older and Cabinet notebooks 50 years or older are accessible through the National Archives. An annual release of Cabinet records takes place on 1 January each year. Explore further:

• About Cabinet records – includes information about submissions, decisions and 'C' files
• Topics covered in Cabinet records
• Cabinet notebooks – notes recorded during Cabinet meetings