The following databases are recommended when searching for legislation on a topic or when tracking the history of a piece of legislation:
Law One via Timebase (QUT Library subscription database)
Contains full text legislation across all Australian jurisdictions, and includes Bills, Explanatory Memoranda and Hansard along with detailed legislative histories
LawNow Legislation via LexisNexis AU (QUT Library subscription database)
Search or browse for legislation from all Australian jurisdictions, includes Bills, Explanatory Memoranda and Secondary Reading Speeches, as well as links to cases and judicial consideration.
AustLII
A database containing legislation for all Australian jurisdictions. This database allows you to 'note up' (i.e. find cases applying or interpreting a statutory provision)
LawLex
A portal for searching all Australian jurisdictions, including explanatory memoranda and Hansard
Queensland Law Collection(QUT Digital Collection)
The Queensland Law Collection contains historical Queensland legislation and other legal materials relating to Queensland, including Statute Reprints (1962-1992) and the Public Acts of Queensland 1828-1936
Classified and annotated reprint of the Public Acts of Queensland 1828-1962. Digitised version available from the Supreme Court Library of Queensland website.
United States based legal research database. Includes complete coverage of US Reports (back to 1700s), famous world trials (back to 1700s), legal classics from 16th to 20th centuries, all United States Treaties, Federal Register (from inception in 1936) and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (from inception in 1938).
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