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Australian & International Law Reform Commissions
Australian Law Reform Commission
Access Fulltext publications		 The Commission's main focus is on Commonwealth laws and legal processes, however its work is wide-ranging; from technical aspects of the law to questions of broad social policy.
Australian federal law reform sources
Australian State and Territory law reform sources
Overseas law reform sources
 Via Australian Law Reform Commission.
Directory of Law Reform Commissions Via University of Calgary.

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Australian Courts & Tribunals
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)

 An independent body that reviews, on the merits, a broad range of administrative decisions made by Australian Commonwealth (and, in limited circumstances, State)
Government ministers and officials, authorities and other tribunals.
Australian Industrial Relations
Commission.		 Provides information about the Commission, its members and panels, as well as Full Bench and selected decisions of the AIRC.
Federal Court Of Australia. Includes information about the Court, as well as Court Lists, links to legislation and judgments.
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia Includes information about the Court, as well as Court Lists, links to legislation and  judgments.
Family Court of Australia. Contains information about the Family Court, Court Lists, links to legislation, full-text of reports and conference papers, as well as selected full-text judgments from 1997 and 1998, available for downloading in rich text
format.
High Court of Australia.

 Links to Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1901; Judiciary Act 1903; High Court of Australia Act 1979; Judgements; Practice Directions; High Court of Australia (Fees) Regulations and many other links.
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission

 Access available to the areas of human rights, disability rights, sex discrimination, racial discrimination, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice.
Industrial Relations Court of Australia

Holds information about the Court, its judges, jurisdiction and rules, judicial Registrars; Jurisdiction; Other Officers of the Court; Reported decisions; Court Rules and
1997-1998 Annual Report.
National Native Title Tribunal

 Facilitates the making of agreements among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, governments, industry and others whose rights or interests may co-exist with
native title rights and interests.
Magistrates Court of Victoria

 Access to information about the Court and the new City Court complex, contact details, list of current Victorian magistrates, as well as Court Lists and Magistrates Case (reports of the Supreme Court 1992-1995).
County Court of Victoria.

 An intermediate Trial Court, its civil and criminal jurisdictions placing it above the Magistrates Court and below the Supreme Court in the Victorian hierarchy of courts.
Supreme Court of Victoria.

 Information on the history and current practice, practice notes and practice statements of the Court of Appeal and the daily lists from 29th January to date.
Court of Appeal judgment summaries and Unreported Judgments Catchwords are also included.
Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal
Access to information about the Tribunal, full-text of VCAT legislation, a Daily Law List, and full-text VCAT Decisions from 1 July 1998
List of Courts and Tribunals in other States of Australia. Via AustLII
List of International Courts & Tribunals Via AustLII

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Government Gazettes
Government Gazette
 Government gazettes contain legal notices with information about government appointments, decisions and actions. They also include notices and actions by individuals and companies such as bankruptcy and liquidation which must be publicly announced.
Title From Description On the Web
Commonwealth Government Gazettes

2002-

Links to CTH Government Gazettes including Notices Gazettes, Special and Periodic Gazettes.

Australian Capital Territory Gazettes

May 1989-

ACT Government Gazettes

 

Sydney Gazette & New South Wales Advertiser

March 1803-

From March 1832 the New South Wales Government Gazette became the official source for the publication of government notices.
Two series: General (weekly), which includes Special Supplements (irregular),
and Public Service Notices (weekly).

Northern Territory of Australia Government Gazette

1883-

Originally entitled The North Australian and Northern Territory government gazette.  Ended publication in May 1890.
It was incorporated into the Northern Territory times in June 1890.
Resumed separate publication in January 1916.
May 1977 it became its current title.

Queensland Government Gazette

1859-

QLD Government Gazettes

The South Australian Government Gazette

June 1839-

Originally entitled The South Australian Gazette and colonial register and published from June 1836 - June 1839.
From June 1839 it took the current title and is published in two series: General & Extraordinary.

Tasmanian Government Gazette

1816-

Originally entitled The Hobart Town gazette. 
Name changed to Tasmanian Government Gazette in 1907.  Published in two series: General & Special.

Victoria Government Gazette

1842-

Originally entitled The Port Phillip Government Gazette. July 1851 it became the Victoria Government Gazette. Published in two series: General & Special.

The Government gazette of Western Australia

1836-

Originally entitled The Western Australian government gazette.
Title change to The Government gazette of Western Australia and was published since 1878.
Published in two series: General & Special.

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Government Budgets
ComWth ACT NT NSW QLD SA TAS VIC WA

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Law Schools &  Libraries in Australia
Directory of Law Schools and Libraries. Via Monash University Law Library.

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Legal Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Duhaime's Law Dictionary.

 Researched, written in plain language and
provided free of charge by lawyer Lloyd
Duhaime.
The 'Lectric Law Library's Legal
Lexicon's Lyceum.		 A Law Dictionary with Thousands of Definitions & Explanations of Legal Terms, Phrases & Concepts.

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Legal Publishers
Anstat An Australian company of up-to-the-minute statutory and regulatory information.
CCH Offering new standards in quality tax and legal publications.
Federation Press An independent, Australian-owned and run publishing company specialising in legal, social and academic books.
LBC An Australian publisher of legal and professional information.
Lexislegal.com with Butterworth's Portal to Legal Information

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Major Australian Law Websites

Australian Law Online

 Information on the Australian Legal System, Attorney General's Department and portfolio.
Search the ScalePlus Database and Legislative Instruments Database.
AustLII Access to AustLII is provided by the Australasian Legal Information Institute, a joint facility of the Faculties of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of New South Wales.
The AustLII collection contains full-text databases of most Australian decisions and legislation.
Australian Institute of Criminology

 Focuses on the study of crime and criminal justice in Australia and for the dissemination of criminal justice information.
Includes full-text papers in the series, Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice & Research and Public Policy.
Australian Law on the Internet. A directory of major sites relevant to Law.
Via The National Library of Australia.
Findlaw Australia Links to legislation (from last year), recent cases (last 30 days), news (daily), practical articles on legal issues and a directory of lawyers.
JURIST Australia A clearinghouse of academically-authored and other
quality-controlled Australian legal resources provided for the convenience of Australian law teachers, law students, lawyers and members of the public.
Law & Justice Foundation of New South Wales An independent non-profit organisation.
The Law Foundation supports innovative programs and activities which inform public policy on justice issues and improve the community's access to justice.
The Law Report Transcripts of the The Law Report broadcast on Radio National. (1995- )
Parliamentary Library Of Australia Includes : Information from the Parliamentary Handbook; Parliamentary Library publications and Vital Issues Seminars and guides to Internet Resources prepared by the Library's specialists.
Victorian Legal Resources
Australian Legal Resources
Worldwide Legal Resources		 Via VICNET
WEBLAW - a co-operative web legal indexing project. A co-operative subject index to Internet resources for Australian legal researchers.

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Major International Law Websites
FindLaw Links to - Legal News - Free Web Sites - SEC EDGAR - LawCrawler - Supreme Ct Center - NewsLetters
Hieros Gamos Legal Resources for Business, Consumers, Attorneys and Students.

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Professional Organisations

Australian Women Lawyers
 AWL is the new peak group for women lawyers in Australia.
Law Council of Australia
 Australia's national professional legal organisation.
Law Institute of Victoria The professional association for Victorian solicitors.
Law Society of New South Wales

 A professional association for the solicitors branch of the legal profession in the State of New South Wales, Australia.
Law Society of South Australia

 Initially established as a voluntary professional association for members of the legal profession in 1879.
The society has about 1850 members representing over 80 per cent of the practising legal profession in the State of South Australia.
Law Society Of Western Australia

 A professional association for Western Australian barristers and solicitors. It offers services both to its members and also to the public and government.
Victorian Bar
 Homepage

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Subject Gateways
BUBL ~ Law Links

 Subject tree sections relating to law.
SOSIG - Law SOSIG can help you locate high quality sites on the Internet, which are relevant to Business, Social science, Education and Research.
WebLaw WebLaw is a co-operative subject index to Internet resources for Australian legal researchers. Participating organisations take responsibility for a subject area/s, and provide annotated links to quality assessed resources in this area. Each organisation maintains their own legal subject guide page and makes links to the relevant WebLaw site.

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Treaties
The Australian Treaties Library Via AustLII
Australian Treaty Series Via AustLII

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