Legislation: Australia
Databases
Subscription Services
Available to Deakin staff and students - includes:
- LawLex
- ANSTAT - Victorian Acts and Regulations Library
Federal
Australian Commonwealth Legislation
ComLaw - replaced SCALEplus
Commonwealth Consolidated Legislation (AustLII)
Global Search, Database Search, Act Name Search or Alphabetical List
State
Australian Capital Territory
ACT Consolidated Legislation and Ordinances (AustLII)
Global Search, Database Search, Act Name Search or Alphabetical List
New South Wales
NSW Consolidated Acts (AustLII)
NSW Legislation
NSW Government site
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Consolidated Acts (AustLII)
Global Search, Database Search, Act Name Search or Alphabetical List
Northern Territory Legislation Database
Current Northern Territory legislation and NT legislation history is available at this NT Government site.
Queensland
Queensland Legislation (Qld Government site)
Queensland Consolidated Legislation (AustLII)
Global Search, Database Search, Act Name Search or Alphabetical List
South Australia
South Australian Consolidated Legislation (AustLII)
Global Search, Database Search, Act Name Search, Alphabetical List and Recent Updates.
Tasmania
Tasmanian Legislation (AustLII)
Alphabetical Listing of legislation (also searchable)
Tasmanian Legislation
This searchable legislative database at the Department of Premier and Cabinet contains legislation and regulations/statutory rules. Statutory rules are available from 1998 with some statutory rules made before that date available.
Victoria
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents
Includes Bills under consideration, Acts and Statutory Rules and Consolidated Acts in operation.Victorian Consolidated Acts (AustLII)
Victorian Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee
Includes an index of bills, acts and regulations, altert digests, discussion papers and reports of the committee
Victorian Government Gazettes
This site allows you to view the current Victorian Government Gazette as well as previous and special issues. The Gazettes are in Adobe Acrobat formatOffice of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (Victoria)
Includes an Acts Commencement Book 1958-2000, Statutory Rules - Notes for the Guidance of Legislation Officers. Also includes legislatitive information documents (acts tables, stat. rules tables, index to subject matter of Victorian legislation and more) and other links
Western Australia
Western Australian Consolidated Legislation (AustLII)
Global Search, Database Search, Act Name Search or Alphabetical List. Not up to date due to state law publisher terminating supply of data to AustLII in 2004 - use Lawlex
