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Australia
Commonwealth of Australia

CONSTITUTION

* 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 (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) offers English translation of constitutional documents and background notes

EXECUTIVE

* 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)

JUDICIAL

* 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
o House of Representatives - offers Factsheets, including Making the Laws and The Constitution
o 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)

LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: Australia (Law Library of Congress) 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)
* Judicial 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 Legal Information Institute: Australia (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from Australasia: Australia (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

GENERAL SOURCES

* Country Profile: Australia (Library of Congress) September 2005; PDF
* Portals to the World: Australia (Library of Congress)
* 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)