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 The historical data also includes legislation of the Commonwealth that is no longer in force.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
Australian Law Online provides access to law and justice related information and services from all levels of government.
SCALEplus
A legal information retrieval system containing legislation of the Commonwealth and non self-governing Territories. Most of the material from SCALEplus, including the historical databases of repealed legislation, has been migrated to ComLaw. However, SCALEplus will continue to be available to users until all relevant material, including historical material, is migrated to ComLaw.
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
