An XML containing the URL to each of the transcripts is available here:
The content inside each transcript is contained inside elements with unique class names:
- data-title
- data-image
- data-prime-minister
- data-period-of-service
- data-release-date
- data-release-type
- data-transcript-id
- data-document
- data-subjects
- data-content
Alternatively, you can access the full content of a release via XML by passing a query string of the transcript ID:
- https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/query
- Query String is "?transcript="
For example: https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/query?transcript=123 will return:
<transcripts>
<transcript>
<transcript-id>123</transcript-id>
<title>P.M.NO. 40/1959 GRANT TO ADELAIDE ARTS FESTIVAL COMMITTEE</title>
<prime-minister>Menzies, Robert</prime-minister>
<period-of-service>19491219 - 19660126</period-of-service>
<release-date>22/10/1959</release-date>
<release-type>Media Release</release-type>
<document>https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00000123_0.pdf</document>
<subjects/>
<content>
GRANT TO ADELAIDE ARTS FESTIVAL
COINMITTEE
The Prime Minister announced today that a
Grant of œ 7,000. had been given by the Commonweagth
towards the Festival of Arts which is to be held in Adelaid
in 1960. The Prime Minister said that in so doing
the Commonweagth recognised the contribution the Festival
would make in focussing attention on Australian cugtural
achievements. Canberra,
22nd October, 1959.]]>
</content>
</transcript>
</transcripts>