Website of the Attorney General’s Department of the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. The Department covers the NT courts, tribunals, correctional services, regulatory services and the Director of Public Prosecutions. The site gives links to the court websites which include daily lists and decisions. There are justice publications, information on the work of the NT Law Reform Committee and information aimed at legal practitioners.
The information on this website is provided by the Western Australia Parliamentary Counsel's Office. Full text Western Australian legislation includes acts in force, acts no longer in force and subsidiary legislation. Historical versions of legislation are also available. The materials can be browsed alphabetically, searched by keyword or phrase and viewed in a range of formats.
This guide to Australian legislation is compiled by the University of Melbourne and made freely available on its website. Content includes pages on the different types of legislation, how to locate them, and advice on legislative research. Pages dedicated to the specific Australian states can be found under the finding legislation tab. These pages will usually consist of annotated links to the authoritative website, and then other sites providing legislation in that area. As this guide is aimed at law students, it also includes a page on citing and referencing resources.
This guide to Australian case law is compiled by the University of Melbourne and made freely available on its website. The guide outlines where to go to locate case law, gives annotated links to various resources and provides jurisdiction-specific pages covering the main reports produced for each state/territory and for Commonwealth Australia.
Website of the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) the national umbrella body for refugees. The RCOA is a non-profit organisation supporting refugees and conducting research and policy analysis. The site has information aimed at lawyers dealing with asylum claims, other service providers and refugees wanting to settle in Australia. There are also guides to Australia’s asylum policies and refugees and international law.
Website of the Australian Federal Relations Architecture an intergovernmental forum where Commonwealth, state and territory ministers can meet to manage matters of national significance or issues that need co-ordinated action by all Australian governments. The National Cabinet is a forum for the Prime Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers and there are Ministerial Councils where Commonwealth, state and territory ministers work collaboratively on issues specific to their portfolio areas through intergovernmental meetings.
Website of the Australasian Parliamentary Counsel's Committee (PCC), a discussion forum for the development of legislation. The PCC consists of the heads of the offices of Parliamentary Counsel for the Australian Commonwealth, the States, the ACT, the Northern Territory and New Zealand. PCC publications on national uniform legislation and a list of harmonised laws are available on the site, together with a page of links to sites providing legislation for common law jurisdictions. Parts of the site are password-protected.
The Queensland Law Collection provides free access to digitised legal materials including historical Queensland legislation and materials that were previously offered by Ozcase, a web collaboration project that finished in 2018.
Foolkit is a free guide to Australian legal resources compiled by Australian lawyer Andrew Rogers and aimed at practitioners and the public. For lawyers the site has sections providing links to key resources for each Australian state including legislation, court rules and cause lists, management resources and resources arranged by legal topic eg. family, business, criminal and employment law. Pages aimed at the public provide information on issues such as finding a lawyer, accessing legal aid and a guide to the legal system.
Official database of Australian treaty information, giving the status of each treaty, its Australian Treaty Series citation and other details, plus a link to the text on the AustLII website. The database homepage also provides information about the treaty-making process, status lists for multilateral treaties deposited with the Government of Australia and other treaty-related information. The database is produced by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
