Legal Research

Lawlex Premium is a single point of entry for conducting Australian legislative research. It contains Acts, Bills, second reading speeches, explanatory memoranda, and legislative history, such as historical versions of legislation, commencement information, and amendments, and more.
To search:
Browse Legislation > Select a jurisdiction > Select a category > Select a subcategory
OR
Advance Search > Enter Keywords > Select either "Title search" or "Full-text search"

Westlaw AU provides access to Australian legislation. Westlaw AU's citator FirstPoint contains legislative history including amendments, currency status, and citing references.
To search:
Select "Legislation and Commentary" from the left hand menu, enter keywords into "Free Text" or "Legislation (Title)", tick "Legislation Only", select your jurisdiction from the Legislation Jurisdiction drop down menu, and then click "Search".

LEGENDcom is an electronic database that provides the most up-to-date Australian migration, citizenship and customs legislation and policy documents. This powerful decision-support tool is produced and maintained by the Australian Government, Department of Home Affairs.

The UOW Library currently subscribes to LEGENDcom, through the Commonwealth Library deposit and free issue scheme. A personal ImmiAccount that is joined the Library subscription (ID S227973) is required for continued access.

To join the subscription: Please open the User Guide and follow the instructions to create your ImmiAccount by using your UOW email address and complete a one-off ‘request to join’ the Library's subscription for continued access.

Already joined? Click on the database access URL, select Logon to LEGENDcom and sign in with your ImmiAccount.