Media Release Launch of Reserve Bank Internet Site

The Reserve Bank opened its Internet site at http://www.rba.gov.au at 9.00 am today.

The new site carries a range of information on the functions and operations of the Bank and also carries copies of the text of many of the Bank's major publications: the latest Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy; recent articles from the Reserve Bank Bulletin; as well as speeches by the Governor and other senior officers of the Bank. Among other material, there is the 1997 Seminar for Teachers and also a full list of Research Discussion Papers (with abstracts of those issued since 1992), as well as all the Bank's Media Releases over the past 12 months.

Links to other relevant Australian Government agencies will assist visitors locate related information; links to the Bank for International Settlements and some other central bank sites around the world are also provided.