Commonwealth

Commonwealth legislation by type of legislation

Acts and Legislative Instruments: ComLaw
From 1 January 2005, ComLaw publishes most legislation and related material that was previously published in SCALEplus. ComLaw incorporates the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI). It is maintained by the Australian Attorney-General's Department.

Acts
• Acts: compilations - current
• Compilations - historical (from 1/1/2005)
• Compilations - historical (before 1/1/2005)
• Acts: as made 1973- by year
• Acts: as made 1973- by title

Legislative Instruments (includes SLIs and SRs)
• Compilations - current
• Compilations - historical (from 1/1/2005) 
• Compilations - historical (before 1/1/2005)
• As made - by title

Select Legislative Instruments (SLIs) and Statutory Rules (SRs)
• Compilations - current
• Compilations - historical (from 1/1/2005) 
• Compilations - historical (before 1/1/2005)
• As made - by year
• As made - by title

Acts and Regulations: Other sources

• Acts: consolidated [AustLII]
• Acts: numbered 1973- [AustLII]
• Regulations: consolidated [AustLII], [SCALEplus]
• Regulations: numbered [Austlii]
• Numbered Statutory Rules: (including Regulations) 1979-2004 [SCALEplus]
• Acts: historical compilations ("as at" given time) to 1973 [SCALEplus]
• Statutory Rules (including Regulations): historical compilations ("as at" given time) to 2004 [SCALEplus]
• Statutory Rules: Explanatory Statements 1991-2004 [SCALEplus]
• Instruments made under legislation to 2004 [SCALEplus]

SCALEplus data still to be migrated to ComLaw includes all historical databases, Statutory Rules that are not in force and the legislation of the non-self-governing Territories.

Industrial Awards and federal workplace relations

• Awards and agreements [Fair Work online]

Bills

• Bills (including EMs) by year 1996-  [Comlaw]
• Bills (including EMs) by title 1996-  [ComLaw]
• Bills Digest: summaries and related material [Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia]
• BillsNet: daily list, Explanatory Memoranda, proposed amendments 1999 [Parliament of Australia]

Gazettes

• Government Notices Gazettes

Parliament of Australia

• Home Page
• Hansard: Senate, House of Representatives, Joint Committee Transcripts [.pdf and html format]