AUSTRALIAN
LAW
Australian
Law on the Internet
Australasian
Registries of Births Deaths & Marriages
Australian
Federal Police Criminal History Check
Legal Aid
Legal
Aid Call Centre 1300 651 188 Fax: 07 3238 3014
Women's Legal
Service 1800 677 278 ~or~ 07 3392 0670
Youth Legal
Aid Telephone Service (Under 17 years) 1300 651 188
Legal Aid Commissions
Check your
local phone book as there may be regional or suburban office near you.
Legal
Aid Office of the Australian Capital Territory Ph: 02-6243-3411
Legal
Aid Commission of New South Wales Ph: 02-9219-5000
Legal
Aid Queensland Ph: 1300 651188
Legal
Services Commission of South Australia Ph: 08-8463-3555 Advice
Line: 1300 366 424
Legal
Aid Commission of Tasmania Ph: 03-6234-6544
Legal
Aid Commission of Western Australia Ph: 09-9261 6222
Victoria
Legal Aid Ph:03-9269 0234
Family Law
http://www.familycourt.gov.au/
Features
on Australian Adults & Missing Children
http://www.familycourt.gov.au/missing/
The
Family Law Act
The Family
Court of Australia can, when a child has been abducted, lift restrictions
that otherwise stop the names of people involved in family law proceedings
from being published. This is done specifically to locate a child.
List
of missing children - Provides a list of missing children and their
details.
Other
information - Provides a set of links to information about international
child abduction.
Legal
Advice
http://www.familycourt.gov.au/html/legal_advice.html
*Further
reading
1. Legal
Aid Forum towards 2010 : Legal Aid and a Fair Family Law Justice System
An Address
by The Honourable Chief Justice Alastair Nicholson AO RFD, Chief Justice,
Family Court of Australia, Wednesday 21 April 1999, Members Dining Room,
Old Parliament House, Canberra
2. Legal
Aid Forum towards 2010 : Legal Aid and a Fair Family Law Justice System
: Appendix 1 An Address by The Honourable Chief Justice Alastair Nicholson
AO RFD, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia, Wednesday 21 April 1999,
Members Dining Room, Old Parliament House, Canberra
Law Societies
Law
Society of ACT Ph:02-6247-5700
Law
Society of NSW Ph: 02-9220-0333
Law
Society of NT Ph:08-8981-5104 F:08-8941-1623
Email:lawsoc@lawsocnt.asn.au
Law
Society of QLD Ph:07-3233-5888 F:07-3842-5999
Email:info@qls.com.au
Law
Society of SA, Ph: 08-8231-9972
Law
Society of TAS, Ph:03-6234-4133
Law
Institute of VIC Ph: 03) 9607 9311
Law
Society of WA Ph:09-9221-3222
Aust States
Legal Regulations & Acts
*AUSTRALIAN
CAPITAL TERRITORY
ACT
Consolidated Acts and Ordinances
ACT
Consolidated Regulations
ACT
Numbered Regulations
Supreme
Court of the ACT 1986-
ACT
Legislative Assembly
*NEW SOUTH
WALES
NSW
Consolidated Acts
NSW
Consolidated Regulations
Parliament
of NSW
NSW
Government Home Page
*NORTHERN
TERRITORY
Northern
Territory Government
Legislative
Assembly
*QUEENSLAND
Queensland
legislation
Office
of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel
Queensland
Government
*SOUTH
AUSTRALIA
Supreme
Court of South Australia
South
Australian Consolidated Legislation
South
Australian Consolidated Regulations
South
Australian Government
SA
Law Australian legal resource site for solicitors, law students
and general interest groups.
*TASMANIA
Supreme
Court of Tasmania Decisions 1987-
Resource
Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal of Tasmania Decisions 1996-
Department
of Premier and Cabinet - Tasmania's Consolidated Legislation Online
Governor
of TAS
Parliament
of TAS
Departments
and Agencies
*VICTORIA
Victorian
Acts as consolidated in 1996 and subsequent Acts
Victorian
Consolidated Regulations
Supreme
Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal Decisions 1997-1998
Supreme
Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal Decisions 1998-
Supreme
Court of Victoria Decisions 1998-
VIC
Legislation Parliament Documents, Acts of Parliament
Parliament
VIC
Governor
of VIC
Departments
and Agencies
*WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
WA
Consolidated Legislation
WA
Consolidated Regulations
Government
of WA
State
Law Publisher Western Australian Statutes
Commonwealth
Commowealth
Consolidated Acts
Commonwealth
Numbered Acts
Commonwealth
Consolidated Regulations
Commonwealth
Numbered Regulations
FINDING
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
Australian
Commonwealth Government Entry Point
AUSTRALIAN
COURTS
Federal
Court of Australia 1977-
High
Court of Australia 1947-
National
Native Title Tribunal 1994-
Parliament
of Australia Hansard
LEGAL RESEARCH
TOOLS
The top three
search tools used by most Australian lawyers are Law Net, AUSTLII and Scale
Plus.
Law
Net An excellent resource
Australian
Court Lists: Available daily by the Court concerned.
Australian
Business Research
AUSTLII
The Australasian Legal Information Institute
AUSTLII
Extended Search Form
ScalePlus
Federal AG's case law and legislation database
Window
on the Law Homepage Australian government law and law related
services...
Library
resources
LAO
: Law Australia Online : Information for Lawyers and Legal Professionals.
Information, Links, Jobs, Services and a Bookshop for Lawyers, Legal Professionals,
Court Staff, Legal Students, Magistrates, Judges, Barristers...
Australian
Indigenous Peoples and the Law
NTU
Faculty of Law List of Web Resources
Australian
Uniserve Law An electronic clearinghouse of Australian
legal materials.
Lawstuff-
Legal rights, helpful legal contacts and toons for Autralian people under
18.
The
Law Shop Sells law texts and secondhand law reports Email lawshop@highway1.com.au
The
Communications Law Centre (CLC) is an independent, non-profit, public
interest organisation.
Environmental
Defender's Office an extensive number of links to government
and environment sites.
University
of Sydney Law Library
Foundation
Law
LawSearch
Online: Provides access to Commonwealth legislation providing details
about Commonwealth Bills, Commonwealth Acts and most Commonwealth subordinate
legislation
Law
Information
