Commonwealth Legislation
Finding legislation
- COMLAW
- ComLaw is the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney-General's Department. ComLaw is an integral part of the Australian Law Online initiative to bring low or no-cost access to the law for the community.
- ComLaw contains:
- Commonwealth primary legislation, as well as other ancillary documents and information, in electronic form, and
- the new Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI).
- previous compilations retained as Historical Data. If you want to see an item of legislation as it looked at a particular date, the historical data is the place to look. The historical data also includes legislation of the Commonwealth that is no longer in force.
- ComLaw Legislation link(s)
- Commonly viewed legislation (based on sales of printed copies) listed for ease of access.
- Australian Law Online
- The Australian Government entry point to legal resources.
- SCALEplus
- A legal information retrieval system containing legislation of the Commonwealth and non self-governing Territories (and related material such as Reserved Commonwealth Laws, Bills, explanatory memoranda/statements, tables, indexes and other finding aids).
Purchasing legislation
For purchase of legislation (including subscriptions and standing order alert services), contact Canprint Information Services or buy over-the-counter from the Information Victoria or Goprint bookshops.
Canprint Information Services
Phone: 1300 656 863
Fax: 02 6293 8333
Postal address: PO Box 7456 Canberra MC ACT 2610 (for mail order sales)
Street address: 16 Nyrang Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 (for over-the-counter sales)
Email: legislation@infoservices.com.au
Information Victoria
Street address: 505 Little Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone: 1300 366 356
Fax: 03 9603 9920
Email: bookshop@dvc.vic.gov.au
The Queensland Government Bookshop
Street address: SDS Express, Mineral House, 41 George Street, Brisbane QLD
Phone: 07 3883 8700
Toll-free: 1800 801 123 for callers outside of Brisbane
Fax: 07 3883 8720
Email: sdscustomerservice@sds.qld.gov.au
Order online: www.bookshop.qld.gov.au
Printing Authority of Tasmania
Street Address: 33 Innovation Drive Dowsing Point Hobart TAS 7010
Phone: 1800 030 940
Fax: 03 6223 7638
Email: sales@pat.tas.gov.au
Service SA Government Legislation Outlet
Street Address: Ground Floor 101 Grenfell Street Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: 13 2324
Fax: 08 8207 1949
Email: servicesa@saugov.sa.gov.au
NSW Government Information
Street Address: Ground Floor Goodsell Building Crn Hunter and Phillip Streets Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: 02 9238 0950
Fax: 02 9228 7227