Legislation and government documents

Negotiating and implementing Treaties and their importance to Australia.

The Australian Treaties Database is an on-line resource for researching treaties to which Australia is a signatory, or where Australia has taken other treaty action. It is searchable by treaty subject, agreement type, country and date.
This database is an excellent resource for treaty research because it draws together all documentation under the treaty title, providing information on treaty status, type, short title, dates of entry into force and acceptance, plus links to treaty text, National Interest Analysis, Regulation Impact Statement, and JSCOT Report.

Includes the following databases:
Australian Treaty Series (ATS) - Texts of treaties which have entered into force for Australia
Australian Treaties Not Yet In Force (ATNIF)
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) Reports
Select Documents on International Affairs (ATSD) - Texts of multilateral treaties which Australia has participated in the development of, but to which Australia is not yet a party
Australian Treaty National Interest Analyses (ATNIA) - NIAs describe the likely economic, social, cultural, environmental and legal impacts for Australia of proposed treaty action.
List of Multilateral Treaty Actions Under Negotiation or Consideration
Australian Treaty Action - Monthly Updates

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Provides access to treaties, international agreements and multilateral instruments registered, filed or recorded by the United Nations. The collection contains:
Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General
United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS)
League of Nations Treaty Series LOTS)
Depositary Notifications (CNs) by the Secretary-General
Certified True Copies (CTCs) of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary- General
Texts of Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties
Survey of reservations, objections, and withdrawal

The Federal Register of Legislation (the Legislation Register) is the authorised whole-of-government website for Commonwealth legislation and related documents. It contains the full text and details of the lifecycle of individual laws and the relationships between them.

The Guide to Law Online is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.