Legislation
Legislation links (Popular legislation)
There are more than 1500 Acts and around 1000 Statutory Rules (including Regulations) of the Commonwealth of Australia currently in force. ComLaw is the Commonwealth legal information retrieval system. This page has links to the most requested items of legislation.
Acts and Legislation (ComLaw)
The ComLaw site provides a search facility for legal information. ComLaw contains Commonwealth Acts, as well as other documents such as Bills and Legislative Instruments (Regulations), in electronic form. ComLaw does not provide access to State Legislation or Commonwealth and State Case Law Databases. A Quick Reference Guide is available to guide you through the form and functions of the site.
Commonwealth Acts
The ComLaw site provides a search facility for legal information. ComLaw contains Commonwealth Acts, as well as other documents such as Bills and Legislative Instruments (Regulations), in electronic form. ComLaw does not provide access to State Legislation or Commonwealth and State Case Law Databases. A Quick Reference Guide is available to guide you through the form and functions of the site.
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act
Links to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act in various formats.
Commonwealth Regulations
The ComLaw site provides a search facility for legal information. ComLaw contains Commonwealth Acts, as well as other documents such as Bills and Legislative Instruments (Regulations), in electronic form. ComLaw does not provide access to State Legislation or Commonwealth and State Case Law Databases. A Quick Reference Guide is available to guide you through the form and functions of the site.
Documenting A Democracy - Australia's story
This website tells the story of Australia through the documents which give our national, state and territory governments the right to govern. It exhibits and explains Australia's primary constitutional documents for New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and the Commonwealth and traces through these documents the shaping of Australian democracy and citizenship.
Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI)
The Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) was established on 1 January 2005 under section 20 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 and is maintained by the Attorney-General's Department. It is a repository of Commonwealth legislative instruments, explanatory statements and compilations of legislative instruments in electronic form.
Frequently Asked Questions
Office of Parliamentary Counsel page giving answers to frequently asked questions about legislation and bills.
Legislation
Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio legislation.
SCALEplus
SCALEplus is a legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney-General's Department. A new legislative repository, known as ComLaw, will eventually replace SCALEplus. Most of the existing material in SCALEplus, including the historical databases, is being migrated to ComLaw in stages.
Social Security and Family Assistance Legislation and Policy Guides
This site contains the Guide to Social Security Law, the Family Assistance Guide and the social security and family assistance Legislation.
