Principle 6: Business information is accountably destroyed or transferred
Keep business information for as long as required after which time it should be accountably destroyed or transferred.
Strategy 2030: a transformed and trusted National Archives
Strategy 2030 sets out the vision for a transformed and trusted National Archives.
Jessie Sinclair Litchfield
This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about Jessie Sinclair Litchfield.
North Head Quarantine Station, Sydney
This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about North Head Quarantine Station, Sydney.
Federal election 2025
Recordkeeping advice about managing important records leading up to and after the 2025 federal election.
Corporate Plan 2017-18 to 2020-21
The National Archives of Australia is embracing the opportunities brought by the digital age by harnessing new technologies to strengthen governance, improve business processes and service delivery across government, and to improve access for the Australian community.
Aerial photographs
This fact sheet provides information on National Archives' major aerial photographic collections.
Citing archival records
Correct citations provide a guide to the origin as well as the location of archival records.
Integrated pest management
Integrated pest management uses a range of measures to control pests. It reduces the need to use chemicals while providing the same or better protection.
Preserving objects
How to preserve objects made from wood, textiles, plastic, metal or other materials.
Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme administrative records
This fact sheet provides information on Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme administrative records.
Artist interview: threatened plants inspire collaboration
Artists Louise Flaherty and Laura Wills joined National Archives to discuss their work, 'Notes on Chenopodium erosum + Spyridium fontis-woodi'.
Research skills
Find out all about primary sources – especially archival records – and how to use them.
Sound Collections in Sydney
This fact sheet provides information on sound collections held in our Sydney office.
2. Implement fit-for-purpose information management processes, practices and systems
Implementing the actions on this page will help your agency implement fit-for-purpose information management processes, practices and systems.
Principle 5: How long business information should be kept is known
Analyse and document how long to keep business information to meet identified business and community needs.
Information management for records created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies
This advice provides guidance on identifying and managing Commonwealth records created by, or relating to, Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies employed by Australian Government agencies.
Our Privacy Policy
This policy outlines how the National Archives of Australia will manage personal information collected in the course of carrying out its business.
Commonwealth electoral rolls held in Perth
This fact sheet provides information on Commonwealth electoral rolls held in Perth.
Christmas Island
This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about Christmas Island.