Legal information

This is a list of legal information websites.

• Austlii
  • Commonwealth (Federal) and State legislation
  • Journal articles
  • Court decisions from federal and state courts

• Jade
  • Court decisions and legislation

• Australian Government website
  • Federal legislation
  • Federal policies
  • Information on federal departments and agencies
  • Information about federal government services
  • Reports, submissions and responses to Federal inquiries and commissions

• Victorian Government website
  • Victorian legislation
  • Victorian policies
  • Information on Victorian departments and agencies
  • Information about Victorian government services
  • Reports, submissions and responses to Victorian inquiries and commissions

• The Law Handbook Online
  • Information about a range of Victorian laws and legal issues

• Know Your Council
  • Find your local council
  • Links to council websites that will have local lawsLaws made and enforced by municipal councils within their boundaries. Previously called by-laws. More and council rules

• Victorian Legal Aid
  • Information about a range of Victorian legal issues
  • Resources can be accessed as a PDF or ordered in hard copy

• Community Legal Centres
  • Find a Victorian CLC here
  • Fins CLCs in other states here
  • CLC’s produce legal information resources on a range of laws, policies, and legal issues

• Melbourne Activist Legal Support
  • Resources on legal rights, legal observing, digital security, non-digital security, police
  • Reports on police and legal responses at protests in Melbourne

• Youthlaw and Youth Law Australia
  • Legal information written for young people, parents and youth workers
  • Covers topics of interest such as rights with police, graffiti laws, being searched, and going to court