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Note: This page contains links to PDF files for more information see Accessing files. Users should not rely on PDF bill files for drafting and checking parliamentary amendments, as the PDF files may not match pagination and line numbering in official printed bills, due to conversion problems.

Bills

Bills Lists - a collection which enables you to check the status of legislation in the current and previous Parliament.

Bills of the current Parliament

Bills before Parliament - Bills presently being considered by the Parliament.

Other Bills - Bills that have passed through the Chambers.

Bills of previous Parliaments

Bills of previous Parliaments - a list of bills from present and previous parliaments passed by the Parliament (Act prints) and bills that did not become acts.

Second reading speeches for a bill

Tariff Proposals - a list of excise and custom tariff proposals arranged by year.

Bills Digest - a description of new bills brought into either House arranged by financial year.
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Legislation Proposed for Introduction in 2008 - RTF 166KB | PDF 82KB produced by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Draft Legislation Programmes: Senate - HTML | RTF - House of Representatives - HTML | RTF produced by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Printed Bills Sales

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Acts and Australian Law

Acts - find an Act of Parliament - COMLAW.

Window on the Law - the site administered by the Attorney-General's Department containing a wealth of information on Australian law.

ComLaw - contains: Commonwealth primary legislation, as well as other ancillary documents and information, in electronic form, and the new Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI) which was established on 1 January 2005 under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 as the authoritative source for legislative instruments and compilations of legislative instruments.

Legislative Instruments Database

Parliament House Legislative Instruments

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Senate

Bills Referred to Committees - an up-to-date list of legislation referred to Committees.

The Senate and Legislation - describes how government bills are considered and passed by the Senate.

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House of Representatives

Bills referred to Committees - House of Representatives and Joint.

Making laws -Infosheet No. 7 - describes how government bills are considered and passed by the House.

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The Constitution

The Australian Constitution

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