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Native Title Research Unit

The Native Title Research Unit (NTRU) forms part of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra, Australia. The Unit provides a research service for people researching native title (the land rights of indigenous peoples) and an annotated list of native title legal research resources including reports, articles, judgements, bibliographies, courts and other organisations. Details are given of NTRU research projects, conferences, workshops and seminars.

Victorian legislation

Legislation website for the Australian state of Victoria, provided by the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and the Parliament of Victoria. Includes acts and statutory rules in force and as made, as well as bills before Parliament and a separate collection of all bills from 1996 onwards. Repealed and revoked legislation is available from 1996 onwards, with a link to AustLII for older material. The Legislative Information page has news and information dossiers about topics such as commencement and repeal / revocation / expiry of legislation and amendments to legislation.

A.C.T. Legislation Register

The ACT (Australian Capital Territory) Legislation Register is hosted by the Parliamentary Counsel's Office in Canberra, Australia. It provides all ACT acts and subordinate laws (rules and regulations) along with disallowable instruments, approved forms, notifiable instruments and commencement notices. Also included are bills which are currently before the Legislative Assembly. Basic and advanced search facilities are available, together with browseable lists of instruments. This site also gives background information about legislation in the territory.

Parliament of South Australia

Official website of the Parliament of South Australia. The site has background information about the Parliament including history, how Parliament works, the system of government and information about Parliament House (including a virtual tour which requires IPIX plug -in). The role of the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council is dealt with giving profiles of each member, a calendar of sitting days and notice papers giving details of current business.

New South Wales Legislation

Website providing New South Wales legislation, managed by the NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office. Includes acts,and statutory instruments in force, historical and repealed versions of legislation (starting from January 2002), bills, and an archive of legislation as it was originally made (back to January 1990). Acts and regulations are listed alphabetically by title or can be searched using words and phrases.

New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission decisions

An AustLII database, providing free access to selected decisions of the New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission from 1985 to date. The system includes a comprehensive search facility and browsing by case name and date. AustLII, the Australasian Legal Information Institute has been developed by the University of Technology in Sydney to provide public access to primary legal materials. Materials contained in the database are selected and provided by the Commission.

Queensland Industrial Relations Commission

An AustLII database, providing free access to selected full-text decisions in HTML format of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission from 1999 to date. The system features full search facilities, alphabetical case name browse list, and list of recent cases. AustLII, the Australasian Legal Information Institute has been developed by the University of Technology in Sydney to provide public access to primary legal materials. Materials contained in the database are selected and provided by the Commission.

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