This is a brief guide to web sites which you can use as a starting point for researching South Australian and Australian federal law. The Legal research Gateway sites also provide access to legal materials from other Australian jurisdictions.
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 and as passed
Subject Index to SA legislation - http://www.alla.asn.au/sa/sisal/sisal.html
Use this site to find the names of Acts which relate to a particular topic
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.
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 Administration Authority (SA) - https://www.courts.sa.gov.au/
Supreme Court judgments, cause lists, sentencing remarks, rules and forms
South Australian Employment Tribunal - https://www.saet.sa.gov.au/
Awards, judgments, general info
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - http://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/
Brochures, forms, do-it-yourself kits, guide to proceedings (info in many languages)
Federal Court of Australia - www.fedcourt.gov.au
High Court of Australia - http://www.hcourt.gov.au/
SA Government - https://www.sa.gov.au/
Entry point for all SA government departments and agencies
Australian Government - (www.australia.gov.au)
Links to Commonwealth government departments and services
South Australian Parliament - www.parliament.sa.gov.au
Information about Houses of Parliament and Committees. Lists of Members of parliament. Hansard transcripts ( also called Parliamentary debates)
Federal Parliament - www.aph.gov.au
Information about House of Representatives and Senate. Committees information and reports. Members of parliament. Hansard transcripts.