Key resources
For other states and territories see their parliamentary or legislation websites
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Federal Register of LegislationThe Federal Register of Legislation contains the full text of acts (as made and amended), bills, legislative instruments (subordinate legislation) and gazettes.
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Commonwealth Parliament websiteSearch for House of Representatives or Senate documents, including bills and Hansard. For each bill, see the ‘Bill Homepage’ to see Explanatory Memoranda and Second Reading Speeches.
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Index to Explanatory memorandaThis index lists all items identified as Explanatory memoranda or as Comparative memoranda from 1901 to the end of 1982. Arranged alphabetically by session of Parliament.
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NSW legislationOfficial NSW Government website for online publication of legislation.
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Parliament of NSWSearch or browse for past and current NSW bills (including explanatory notes, and second reading speeches), Hansard, parliamentary committee reports, and other parliamentary documents.
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LawNow Legislation via Lexis AdvanceBrowse to legislation by firstly choosing the jurisdiction (Commonwealth, State or Territory), then the content type.
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Capital MonitorProvides news and updates from federal, state and territory governments including press releases, second reading speeches, explanatory memoranda, Hansard, speeches, reports, Gazettes, publications issued by government departments and more. Coverage starts from 1996.
Most countries produce legislation. Look at government websites at the appropriate level of government for that country to find online legislation. The list below is selective and there are many more sources of legislation online.
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World LII (World Legal Information Institute)Contains legislation and case law from countries around the world.
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Westlaw ChinaEnglish translations and Chinese language documents dealing with Chinese law and regulations and case notes.
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JustisOneContains UK, Irish and EU case law and legislation dating back to 1163 and legislation from 1235.
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Congress.govIncludes Congressional Legislation for the United States plus other Congressional documents.
