Legislation
Search tip! Forms
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Indexes to Legislation
Legislative indexes are useful tools to identify legislation relevant to your particular topic. The online versions link you to the full-text of the legislation too.
LAWLEX
A useful website which indexes and classifies all Commonwealth and State legislation with links to the full-text of the legislation. Provides information including commencement dates, proclamation notices, amendments and regulations made under a Act with links to second reading speeches, bills and EMs.
Subject Index to South Australian Legislation
This index to the subject matter of South Australian legislation is primarily an index to the principal public Acts of South Australia. Subjects are indexed by reference to the titles of whole Acts, not to the level of particular parts, divisions or sections of relevant legislation, nor of its specific application to the subject matter.
Index to South Australian Legislation
An Index of principal Acts, annotated with information including commencement dates, legislative history (listing all amending Acts), regulations promulgated under the Act, and any associated proclamations and notices.
Legislation and Associated Legislative Materials
| Search tip! How does a Commonwealth Bill pass through Parliament? See: House of Representatives Infosheet: "Making Laws", December 2004. |
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| Parliamentary Materials | Statutes | Regulations / Rules, etc |
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Australian Parliament – useful for government reports, Parliamentary Library research papers, Hansard and Bills.
Hansard (Australian Parliament)
Bills on BillsNet (Australian Parliament)Bills Digest (Australian Parliament)
Index to Explanatory Memoranda (1901-1982) (with links to full text where electronically available)
Commonwealth Government Gazette - Government Notices available online from 1 July 2002.
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ComLaw and ScalePlus
From 1 January 2005 ComLaw is the Commonwealth Government's new online platform for Commonwealth statutes and legislative instruments. ScalePlus is the previous platform for legislation from Commonwealth and non-self-governing territories and it is still available however it is no longer updated.
Consolidated Acts via ComLaw
Consolidated Acts via Austlii
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Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI)
From 1 Januray 2005 the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments shall be the authorised source for electronic versions of Commonwealth legislative intruments and related materials. A legislative instrument includes rules, regulations, orders, explanatory statements, proclamations and notices, in addition to any compilations of these instruments. FRLI offers basic and advanced search options, and a browse feature.
Consolidated Regulations via ScalePlus
Consolidated regulations via Austlii
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| States and Territories |
| Australian Capital Territory |
| Hansard of the Legislative Assembly for the ACT |
ACT Legislation Includes the ACT Legislation Register which provides access to new and up-to-date ACT Legislation in both authorised and unauthorised format. Consolidated Acts via Austlii |
Consolidated regulations via Austlii |
| New South Wales |
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Consolidated Acts via Austlii |
NSW Legislation Homepage
Consolidated regulations via Austlii
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| Northern Territory |
| NT Government Gazette from 1 December 2004 now available. Please note that this database is not searchable. |
NT Parliament Homepage for Acts, Regulations and Hansard. |
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| Queensland |
| Bills Legislative Assembly since 1992 |
Legislation Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel
Consolidated Acts via Austlii
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Consolidated regulations via Austlii |
| South Australia |
Hansard from 1993+
Bills (from 51st Parliament, 2005+)
Bills (from 49th Parliament)
South Australian government gazette online from 1999 |
South Australian Legislation website (Office of Parliamentary Counsel within the Attorney-General's Dept.). This website provides current and historical compilations of principal Acts and Regulations; as made versions of Acts and Regulations from 2003+.
Consolidated Acts via AustLII
Index to South Australian Legislation – Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Attorney-General's Dept.
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Consolidated regulations via Austlii |
| Tasmania |
| Tasmanian Hansard |
Tasmanian Consolidated Legislation On-Line
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Consolidated Acts via Austlii
Subject Index to Tasmanian Legislation (pdf)
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Consolidated Regulations via AustLII |
| Victoria |
Victorian Hansard
Victorian Parliament – Parliamentary Documents Homepage |
Acts and Statutory Rules (Victorian Parliament)
Consolidated Acts via Austlii
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Consolidated regulations via Austlii |
| Western Australia |
| WA Parliament Site Includes Hansard from 2002; and Bills and EMs from 1997. |
Acts and Subsidiary legislation (WA Parliament)
Consolidated Acts via Austlii
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Consolidated regulations via Austlii |
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