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Legal research links

This is a brief guide to websites you can use as a starting point for researching South Australian and Australian federal law.

South Australian Laws

South Australian Legislation - www.legislation.sa.gov.au
This site contains SA Acts and Regulations. Both the current consolidations (as the legislation stands today) and some prior versions are available. The site also includes Bills, as introduced to either House of Parliament and as passed

Commonwealth Laws

Federal Register of Legislation - www.legislation.gov.au
Database maintained by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and covers legislation of the Commonwealth and Territories.

Legal Research Gateway

AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute) - www.austlii.edu.au
AustLII contains legislation, case law (copies of legal decisions) and other Australian legal materials. Also an access point to legal materials from many other countries

Courts and Tribunals

Courts Administration Authority (SA) - https://www.courts.sa.gov.au
Daily cause lists, court rules and forms, judgments, sentencing remarks

South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunalhttps://www.sacat.sa.gov.au
Daily cause lists, tribunal rules and forms, other legal materials 

South Australian Employment Tribunal - https://www.saet.sa.gov.au
Awards, judgments, general information 

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - http://www.fcfcoa.gov.au
Brochures, forms, do-it-yourself kits, guide to proceedings (information in many languages)

Federal Court of Australia - www.fedcourt.gov.au
Daily court lists, court rules and forms

High Court of Australia - http://www.hcourt.gov.au
Court lists, case information, judgment summaries 

Government

SA Government - https://www.sa.gov.au
Entry point for all SA government departments and agencies

Australian Government - https://www.directory.gov.au
A guide to Commonwealth government departments, organisations and services

Parliament

South Australian Parliament - www.parliament.sa.gov.au
Information about the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, parliamentary committees, Members of Parliament, tabled documents and Hansard (parliamentary debates) 

Federal Parliament - www.aph.gov.au
Information about the House of Representatives and the Senate, parliamentary committees and reports, Members of Parliament, Bills and Hansard