Law and justice
Access to Justice
Provides all Australians with seamless access to information about legal assistance and related services in their local area such as Legal Aid, Community Legal Centres, Family Relationship Centres, and Dispute Resolution Services.
Attorney-General's Department
Administrative Review Council (ARC)
The role of the Administrative Review Council (ARC) is to ensure that our system of administrative review is as effective and significant in its protection of the citizen as it can be.
Attorney-General's Department
Attorney-General's Department (AG)
The Attorney-General's Department serves the people of Australia by providing essential expert support to the Government in the maintenance and improvement of Australia's system of law and justice.
Attorney-General's Department
Australian government law sites
Index Page to Australian government law sites, including courts and tribunals, legislation, case law and commonwealth, state and territory Attorneys-General departments
Attorney-General's Department
Australian law : selected websites
National Library of Australia guide to internet sites for Australian law. It provides a diverse range of information on Australian law resources as well as providing links to other useful sites.
National Library of Australia
Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)
The Australian Law Reform Commission conducts inquiries into, and reviews of, specific areas of the law and legal practice referred to it by the federal Attorney-General. In conducting an inquiry, the Commission undertakes comprehensive research, engages in wide-spread consultation, and canvasses policy reform options.
Australian Law Reform Commission
Guide to government and law in Australia
This website contains the complete text of A Guide to Government and Law in Australia by Dr John Hirst. The book is an exploration of the history, structure and operations of Australian democracy with a concise description of the operations of the Australian system of government and law.
Education Services Australia Limited
Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse
The Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse is a collaborative partnership between the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) and the Attorney General's Department of NSW (AGD) and is endorsed by the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General.
Australian Institute of Criminology
Key internet links on law
This guide contains links to Internet resources and documents in the area of federal law, as well as providing links to other guides and directories which contain material on State and Territory and overseas law.
Parliament of Australia
Legal assistance programs
Provides information on legal assistance programs funded by the Department.
Attorney-General's Department
Legal system - AGs
Provides information about Australia's legal system. Includes information about: The Courts; Legal aid: Alternative dispute resolution; Indigenous law and justice; Contract law and International legal assistance.
Attorney-General's Department
National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund
The National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund promotes quality evidence-based practice in drug law enforcement to prevent and reduce the harmful effects of licit and illicit drug use in Australian society.
Department of Health and Ageing
Statutory declarations
A statutory declaration is a written statement declared to be true in the presence of an authorised witness. A person wishing to make a statutory declaration in connection with a law of the Commonwealth or the Australian Capital Territory may use the form available from this page.
Attorney-General's Department
