Commonwealth Legislation
Finding Legislation
ComLaw
ComLaw is the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney-General's Department. ComLaw is an integral part of the Australian Law Online initiative to bring low or no-cost access to the law for the community.
ComLaw contains:
- Commonwealth primary legislation, as well as other ancillary documents and information, in electronic form, and
- the new Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI).
- previous compilations retained as Historical Data. If you want to see an item of legislation as it looked at a particular date, the historical data is the place to look. The historical data also includes legislation of the Commonwealth that is no longer in force.
ComLaw Legislation link(s)
Commonly viewed legislation (based on sales of printed copies) listed for ease of access.
Australian Law Online
Australian Law Online provides access to law and justice related information and services from all levels of government.
SCALEplus
A legal information retrieval system containing legislation of the Commonwealth and non self-governing Territories. Most of the material from SCALEplus, including the historical databases of repealed legislation, has been migrated to ComLaw. However, SCALEplus will continue to be available to users until all relevant material, including historical material, is migrated to ComLaw.
Purchasing Legislation
For purchase of legislation (including subscriptions and standing order alert services), contact CanPrint Communications or buy over-the-counter from Information Victoria, Print Applied Technology or Service SA Government Legislation Outlet.
Online and mail order sales
CanPrint CommunicationsPostal address: PO Box 279 Fyshwick ACT 2609
Phone: 1300 656 863
Fax: 02 6295 8333
Email: legislation@infoservices.com.au
Over the counter sales
Canberra
CanPrint CommunicationsPhone: 02 6295 4422
Fax: 02 6295 4473
Street address: 16 Nyrang Street Fyshwick ACT 2609
Email: support@canprint.com.au
Melbourne
Information VictoriaStreet address: 505 Little Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone: 1300 366 356
Fax: 03 9603 9940
Hobart
Print Applied TechnologyStreet address: 123 Collins Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Phone: 1800 030 940
Fax: 03 6216 4294
Email: sales@thepat.com.au
Adelaide
Service SA Government Legislation OutletStreet address: 108 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: 13 2324
Fax: 08 8204 1909
Email: salegweb@agd.sa.gov.au
Other Resellers
National
The Co-op BookshopPhone: 02 9325 9600
Fax: 02 9212 3372
