Labour Relations Law Resources

For further information, users should refer to the following article: Andrew Frazer, "Researching Labour Law" in Diana Kelly, ed, Researching Industrial Relations, 2nd edn, Sydney, Federation Press, 1999.

This list includes a selection of general law sites, as well as specific sites dealing with labour law and industrial relations as at September 1998. Most are accessible for free, although some law publishers and information providers are beginning to charge for services, while others (eg LEXIS, APAIS, IREL) are available to paying subscribers only. Web pages are being continually established and updated, so some addresses may change.

AUSTLII: Australian Legal Information Institute

http://www.austlii.edu.au

The premier site for Australian primary legal material, allowing access to legislation and cases in all Australian jurisdictions except Queensland and Tasmania. Searchable full text available of Acts and regulations, recent decisions of industrial tribunals and courts (including High Court, state Supreme Courts, Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Federal Court, the former Industrial Relations Court of Australia, NSW Industrial Relations Commission), awards of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, NSW Industrial Relations Commission. This information is consolidated under the Industrial and Labour Law Project at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/industrial

Scale Plus

http://law.agps.gov.au/

The online information retrieval system owned by the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department, which contains a comprehensive searchable database of mainly primary Australian material, with secondary and some foreign references.

An Introduction to Legal Research

http://wwwlib.newcastle.edu.au/faculty/law/intro.html

A brief online guide to legal research sources and methods devised by the Law Librarian at Newcastle University. Includes lists of common abbreviations used in legal research.

Australian Guide to Legal Citation

http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/mulr/aglc.htm

A detailed and comprehensive guide to citation of legal material. It is a revised version of the style guide to the Melbourne University Law Review, and aims to be the standard reference for legal citation in Australia. Copies can be downloaded from the internet site.

Australian Law Index

http://www.spirit.net.au/~dan/newlaw/

Provides links to resources and organisations, by subject.

Ozemail Lawnet

http://www.lawnet.com.au/

Contains a variety of general law links and resources, including TALL (The Australian Law List) which lists Australian law firms on the internet. Most services are fee-based, but some full-text material is available without charge.

Lexis

subscriber only

International full-text database of primary legal materials from a wide range of jurisdictions. Includes Australian material (also available on AUSTLII). May often be available through university law libraries.

IREL: Australian Industrial Relations Database

subscriber only

Regularly updated database of Australian IR publications, based at Queensland University of Technology. Includes legal and law-related material. Accessible in some libraries under subscription via OZLINE, the network service of the National Library of Australia (http://www.nla.gov.au). An online guide is available at http://wwwlib.qut.edu.au/

APAIS: Australian Public Affairs Information Service

subscriber only

Extensive database of periodicals in the social sciences and humanities, including many law journals. Accessible in some libraries under subscription via OZLINE, the network service of the National Library of Australia (http://www.nla.gov.au).

AGIS: Attorney-General's Information Service

subscriber only

Database of secondary materials relevant to law, produced by the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Library. Duplicates APAIS to some extent, but contains more abstracts. Accessible in some libraries under subscription via OZLINE, the network service of the National Library of Australia (http://www.nla.gov.au).

ANSTAT

http://www.anstat.com.au/

A private web site providing access to primary legal resources in a range of English-speaking countries. Though mainly a subscriber service, some material is available for free.

AHEIA Industrial Briefs

http://www.aheia.edu.au/irbriefs.htm

A service from the Australian Higher Education Industry Association, the industrial organisation representing the Vice-Chancellors of Australian public universities. Gives good concise summaries of recent industrial decisions of general interest, as well as industrial developments of specific interest to the higher education sector.

OSIRIS: Online Site Industrial Relations Information Service

http://indrel.agps.gov.au/

Established by the Australian Government Publishing Service, allows users to find federal decisions, awards, variations and agreements.

WageNet

http://www.dwrsb.gov.au/wagenet/index.html

Links to federal and state information on wages and conditions set by both federal and state awards and agreements.

Australian Governments' Entry Point

http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/

Allows access to federal and state government departments and agencies. The home page for the Commonwealth government is at http://www.fed.gov.au/

Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia

http://www.aph.gov.au/

Consolidated home page for the House of Representatives, Senate and Parliamentary Library, allowing access to information on current Bills, transcripts of parliamentary debates (Hansard) and publications of parliamentary committees.

Butterworths

http://www.butterworths.com.au/

A comprehensive general site from one of Australia's leading commercial law publishers. Features include 'Legal Express', a daily law news brief, and 'Australian Current Law Reporter' which provides digests of recent cases sorted by subject (Employment; Discrimination; Industrial Law; Workers Compensation).

LBC Information Services

http://www.lbc.com.au

This major Australian law publisher (formerly Law Book Company) provides excerpts from its recent journals, legislation extracts and weekly summaries of recent decisions.

Commonwealth Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business

http://www.dwrsb.gov.au/

Contains government policy documents, departmental information, media releases and recent legislation, plus useful links to related sites.

NSW Department of Industrial Relations

http://www.dir.nsw.gov.au/

Apart from general Departmental information, press releases and documents, contains material on legal obligations of employers in NSW.

Workcover NSW

http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/

Home page of the NSW WorkCover Authority, containing legal documents and summaries on occupational health and safety law and workers compensation.

Australian Council of Trade Unions

http://www.actu.asn.au/

News and documents from the peak union organisation, with links to member unions online.

Vicnet Labour and Trade Union Page

http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/labour.html

http://www.labor.net.au/index.html

Links to unions and other labour organisations in Victoria and elsewhere.

LaborNet

http://www.labor.net.au/index.html

Union-related information and links established by the Labor Council of NSW.

Queensland Department of Training and Industrial Relations

http://www.dtir.qld.gov.au/

Provides downloadable Queensland labour legislation (currently unavailable on AUSTLII).

Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission

http://www.wa.gov.au/wairc/

Access to WA awards and Commission discussion papers.

Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, University of Melbourne

http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/celrl/

Provides information on the centre, including conferences and publications; also has several links to other specialist sites.

ACIRRT: Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training

http://sue.econ.su.oz.au/acirrt/

A national key centre in industrial relations, ACIRRT's home page provides summaries of recent research and publications in industrial relations and labour law.

International Labour Organization

http://www.ilo.org/

Provides comprehensive access to international labour law documents and ILO reports.

Hieros Gamos

http://www.hg.org/hg.html

Provides a wide range of links to law sites from around the world, though mainly from the US. Includes a guide to employment law sites (international, government, academic, practitioner) at http://www.hg.org/employ.html.

Find Law

http://www.findlaw.com/

US-based search engine and links page for law, including references to labour law in several countries.