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Guides to The Law

Citation Guide, University of Washington Law School
http://lib.law.washington.edu/cilp/abbrev.html

1. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC): Disability

Discrimination Act Advisory Notes

http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html

This site identifies resources which will assist authors and designers make their web pages accessible to the widest range of people.

The Advisory Notes discuss issues such as equal access and the web, legal requirements as well as the limits on obligations to comply with access.

2. ATOassist

http://www.ato.gov.au

The new look site for the Australian Tax Office, ATOassist, provides three levels of entry: Individuals, Business, and Tax and Superannuation Professionals. Also provides an upgraded search facility.

3. Law Society Online: Practice and Events

http://www.lawsocnsw.asn.au/practice/gst/

This site provides information about the GST for the legal profession. It has FAQs, news and announcements, links and events.

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LEGISLATION AND CASE LAW

1. Cocos Keeling Island: Consolidated legislation

http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/cocosord/browse/TOC.htm

2. Christmas Island: Consolidated legislation

http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/chrisord/browse/TOC.htm

SCALEplus has now included legislation from the Cocos Keeling and Christmas

Islands. Currently only consolidated legislation is available but numbered Ordinances and Regulations are to be included early this year.

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OTHER

1. Lawzone: a new way of searching the law - discussion paper

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/agd.nsf/pages/lawzone

A range of justice sector agencies in New South Wales are participating in the trial of a metadata enabled legal search engine for secondary legal resources. Participating agencies include the Law Foundation of NSW, NSW Attorney General's Department, NSW Legal Aid Commission, Department of Fair Trading, Office of Information Technology and the Tenants Union.

A summary of the project can be found at

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/agd.nsf/pages/lawzone_overview

Comments and inquiries about the project are welcome and should be directed to Mark Burdack, NSW Attorney General's Department, (02)9228 8082, mark_burdack@agd.nsw.gov.au.

2. The Indigenous Law Bulletin

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/ilb

The Indigenous Law Bulletin now has selected issues from1995 and 1996 on-line.

3. New South Wales Court Service Olympic Operational Plan

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink.nsf/pages/olympics_index

Available on Lawlink, the New South Wales Court Service Olympic Operational Plan provides court users with a guide to services over the period of the Olympics Games in Sydney(rtf and .pdf formats).

4. Federal Parliament Broadcast Live

http://www.aph.gov.au/, select the icon on the bottom left - "Broadcasting LIVE Parliament"

The Federal Parliament's site now provides a live broadcast of proceedings. Committee proceedings are also included and there are options to browse the Notice Papers.

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