Australian Statutes

Welcome to our library of Australian statutes.

Clicking on the name of an Act or Regulation below will generally take you, in the case of Federal legislation, to the version in the ComLaw legal information retrieval service maintained by the Australian Attorney General’s Department and, in the case of State legislation, to the version in AustLII. There you will be able to read, search or download a copy of the legislation. In those instances marked with an asterisk, the legislation is not available on ComLaw/Austlii and the link will take you instead to an alternative site with the legislation.

We check these links regularly to ensure that they are up to date. If you find one that is out of date, or if there is an Act or Regulation that you think ought to be included on this page, please contact us and let us know.

Read, search or download a copy of:

  • A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
  • Acts Interpretation Act 1901
  • Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
  • Age Discrimination Act 2004
  • Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
  • Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
  • Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
  • Banking Act 1959
  • Bankruptcy Act 1966
  • Bills of Exchange Act 1909
  • Broadcasting Services Act 1992
  • Cheques Act 1986
  • Circuits Layout Act 1989
  • Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act
  • Competition and Consumer Act 2010
  • Copyright Act 1968
  • Corporations Act 2001
  • Corporations Regulations
  • Crimes Act 1914
  • Criminal Code 1995
  • Customs Act 1901
  • Cybercrime Act 2001
  • Designs Act 2003
  • Disability Discrimination Act 1992
  • Electronic Transactions Act 1999
  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
  • Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999
  • Evidence Act 1995
  • Fair trading legislation (State and Territory):
    • ACT – Fair Trading Act 1992
    • NSW – Fair Trading Act 1987
    • NT – Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act
    • QLD – Fair Trading Act 1989
    • SA – Fair Trading Act 1987
    • TAS – Fair Trading Act 1990
    • VIC – Fair Trading Act 1999
    • WA – Fair Trading Act 1987*
  • Fair Work Act 2009
  • Family Law Act 1975
  • Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
  • Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998
  • Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
  • Freedom of Information Act 1982
  • Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
  • Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
  • Insurance Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1991
  • Insurance Act 1973
  • Insurance Contracts Act 1984
  • Legislative Instruments Act 2003
  • Life Insurance Act 1995
  • Marine Insurance Act 1909
  • Marriage Act 1961
  • Migration Act 1958
  • National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
  • Native Title Act 1993
  • Ombudsman Act 1976
  • Patents Act 1990
  • Payment Systems and Netting Act 1998
  • Personal Property Securities Act 2009
  • Privacy Act 1988
  • Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
  • Public Service Act 1999
  • Racial Discrimination Act 1975
  • Reserve Bank Act 1959
  • Retirement Savings Account Act 1997
  • Service and Execution of Process Act 1992
  • Sex Discrimination Act 1984
  • Social Security Act 1991
  • Spam Act 2003
  • Stamp duty legislation (State and Territory):
    • ACT – Taxation Administration Act 1999 and Duties Act 1999
    • NSW – Duties Act 1997
    • NT – Taxation Administration Act and Stamp Duty Act
    • QLD – Duties Act 2001
    • SA – Stamp Duties Act 1923
    • TAS – Duties Act 2001
    • VIC – Duties Act 2000
    • WA – Stamp Act 1921*
  • Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
  • Telecommunications Act 1997
  • Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
  • Trade Marks Act 1995
  • Trustee legislation (State and Territory):
    • ACT – Trustee Act 1925
    • NSW – Trustee Act 1925
    • NT – Trustee Act
    • QLD – Trusts Act 1973
    • SA – Trustee Act 1936
    • TAS – Trustee Act 1898
    • VIC – Trustee Act 1958
    • WA – Trustees Act 1962*
  • Work Health and Safety Act 2011
  • Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

If the legislation you want is not in the list above, then go to the ComLaw or AustLII search pages and search for it there. Alternatively, try one of the Parliamentary legislation databases:

  • Federal
  • ACT
  • NSW
  • NT
  • QLD
  • SA
  • TAS
  • VIC
  • WA