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Welcome to AustLII, one of Australia's largest online legal resources. This page contains pointers to the information you're most likely to need when starting with AustLII.

Finding Legal Information

• Lawyers, Librarians, etc
  You can start from the Databases screen to select a specific court or jurisdiction that you're interested in. Alternatively, use the Full Search Form to search by individual database (eg only High Court decisions). If you can't find it on AustLII, try looking in the World Law index (includes Other Australian Law). If you know the name of the document you're after you can use the tables of contents and indices. Otherwise, see Search Help for information on using the AustLII search engine.

• Non-Lawyers, Students, etc
  You may prefer to get background information from the World Law index (escpecially Other Australian Law) for commentaries and summaries. In particular, take note of the materials available under Community Legal Information. You may also be interested in accessing specific Databases of case law, legislation and other materials. Use the Search Help to get started with the AustLII search engine.

Finding out more about AustLII

• About AustLII
  Information on what AustLII is, who runs it and why. Will also give you a good overview of the kind of material you can find here, and where to find it.

• AustLII Help
  An index of the help pages on AustLII, which will tell you how to search, what to look for and what you can do with it when you find it!

• AustLII User Guides
  Download and print one of our AustLII User Guides for all the information you need to use AustLII effectively. Documents can be printed and distributed for free to classes and students.

• AustLII Databases
  The starting point for browsing through our materials. Most materials are organised by Australian state. If you're interested in information about a particular subject, you might like to start from our Australian Law index.

• AustLII FAQ
  AustLII's Frequently Asked Questions (and answers). If you have a question it may have already been answered -- check it here.

• Feedback
  How to contact the site maintainers to give feedback or ask questions. This page also has pointers to useful help pages.

Thanks for visiting AustLII

We hope that AustLII proves to be a useful service for you. AustLII is a free service supported by many "stakeholders" -- sponsors and data providers. Together they have contributed to building a world renowned site that goes free to the public. If you have the time, send a note of thanks to our sponsors and data providers.