Constitutional Executive Branch Judiciary Legislatures Legal Guides General Sources (includes LC Portals: Australia)

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Australian Constitution (Parliament of Australia) also available in Word; see also Referendums on Alterations to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
• Australian Federation Full Text Database (University of Sydney Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service) includes 19th century debates, conventions, constitutional commentaries and related to Federation
• International Constitutional Law: Australia (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of constitutional documents and background notes

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Prime Minister
• Gov.au - governments of Australia entry point
• Fed.gov.au - access to Australian Commonwealth government information
• Australian State and Territory Governments (National Library of Australia)
• Australian Local Governments (National Library of Australia)

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• Australian Courts (National Library of Australia)
• High Court - includes judgments from 1948 via AustLII; citations included for earlier cases citations only
• Federal Court - includes judgments from 1977 via AustLII
• Family Court - includes judgments from 1988 via AustLII
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - decisions (AustLII) from 1985; see also Commonwealth Case Law (AustLII) for other commission and tribunals

LEGISLATIVE

• PARLIAMENT: Federal Parliament - contains a useful site map
• House of Representatives - offers Factsheets, including Making the Laws and The Constitution
• Senate - includes Senate Briefs; see The Senate: A Brief Description; The Senate and Legislation; The Role of the Senate
• SCALEPlus (Australia Attorney-General Department) contains current legislation of the Commonwealth and non self-governing terroritories
• Australia Law Online - Australia government entry point to government legal resources
• Australian Legislation and/or Legislative Proceedings (Commonwealth Government Entry Point)
• AUSTLII: Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) includes databases, subject, and jurisdiction lists; regulations and legislation; for current legislative information, see SCALEPlus
• NATLEX: Australia (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• E-Transaction Law Resources: Australia (Baker & McKenzie)
• Natural Resources Legislation: Australia (University of Denver College of Law)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Australia (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Australian Federation Full Text Database (University of Sydney Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service)
• Australian Legal Research Sources (University of Washington School of Law, Gallagher Law Library)
• Butterworths Legal Express
• FindLaw: Australia
• ForIntLaw: Australia (Washburn University Law Library)
• GayLawNet's Australia Federal Laws (GayLawNet)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Australia (New York University Law Library)
• Internet Resource Guide: Australian Law Resources (Parliament of Australia, Dept. of the Parliamentary Library)
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Assistance: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Law Internet Resources (Parliament of Australia, Dept. of the Parliamentary Library)
• Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (Ruth Bird, via LLRX) April 15, 2002; includes Coral Sea Islands, a territory of Australia
• Parliamentary Library - publications
• Update to Researching Australian Law (Nicholas Pengelley, via LLRX) January 3, 2003
• Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (Jane Macoustra via LLRX) June 3, 2002; includes Australia
• World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Australia (Germany Bundestag)
• World Law Index: Australia (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Australasia: Australia (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Profile: Australia () September 2005; PDF
• Portals to the World: Australia ()
• Background Notes: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Australia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reporters listed under East Asia and the Pacific
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Australia (The Economist)
• Embassy of Australia, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Australia (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Australia (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Australia
• NEWS: BBC World Asia-Pacific; World News Index
• U.S. Embassy, Canberra (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Australia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) - see also separate pages for: Ashmore and Cartier Islands; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Coral Sea Islands; Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Australia (Google); Australia (Yahoo); Australia: Government (Google); WWW-VL Asian Studies: Australia (Australia Studies Network)