Laws of Australia
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500 laws on this page
policy · Made 2012-12-19
policy · Made 2017 · Australian Capital Territory
policy · Made 2018 · Australian Capital Territory
Act · Made 1973-10-04 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1972-06-09 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1972-06-30 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1989-11-27
Act · Made 1984-05-30 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2008-08-28 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 1984-08-02
Act · Made 1984-06-25
Regulation · Made 2019-02-19
Act · Made 2019-02-01
Act · Made 2013-09-23 · Queensland
Act · Made 2013-03-27
Act · Made 1978-04-10
Act · Made 1979-05-17 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1978 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 2003-11-06 · Queensland
Act · Made 2021-12-22 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2022-06-18 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1972-10-02 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1976-02-19
Act · Made 1988-03-17 · South Australia
Act · Made 2006-05-09 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 2023-11-15 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1992-02-07 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1974-04-26 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2007-05-25 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 2017-10-17 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2018-03-23 · Victoria
Act · Made 1978-11-09 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 1991-06-12 · Queensland
Act · Made 1986-12-18
Regulation · Made 2016-09-28
Regulation · Made 2006-06-22
Act · Made 1987-06-02
Act · Made 1992-06-16 · Victoria
Act · Made 1989-05-09 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 1991-12-19 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2011-09-08 · Queensland
Act · Made 1983-12-29 · New South Wales
Act · Made 2014-11-19 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1976-12-16
Regulation · Made 1979-12-24 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2007-06-29
Regulation · Made 1996-09-01 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2002-10-25 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2014-08-29 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1970-12-08 · Victoria
Act · Made 1991-06-18 · Victoria
Act · Made 1995-11-14 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2008-05-26 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2018-05-21 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1966-12-08 · South Australia
Act · Made 2013-12-05 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2014-07-01 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 1991-06-21 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1985-04-24 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 1999-02-16 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1992-11-13 · Tasmania
Act · Made 2000-05-01 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2014-11-17 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1967-12-22 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2003-08-22 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2014-09-01 · Queensland
policy · Made 2016 · Australian Capital Territory
policy · Made 2019 · Australian Capital Territory
Regulation · Made 2005 · Australian Capital Territory
policy · Made 2013 · Australian Capital Territory
policy · Made 2013 · Australian Capital Territory
policy · Made 2019 · Australian Capital Territory
policy · Made 2012 · Australian Capital Territory
policy · Made 2011 · Australian Capital Territory
policy · Made 2011 · Australian Capital Territory
policy · Made 2014 · Australian Capital Territory
Act · Made 1901-07-12
Act · Made 1954-04-27 · Queensland
Act · Made 2005-06-04 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2005-06-02 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2020-08-13 · South Australia
Act · Made 2005-12-08 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2006-10-26 · South Australia
Act · Made 1985 · Queensland
Act · Made 1988-05-22
Regulation · Made 1988-11-04
Act · Made 1966-12-12 · Western Australia
Treaty · Made 1994-01-31
Treaty · Made 2008-12-01
Treaty · Made 2011-09-23
Act · Made 1994-03-15
Regulation · Made 1995-05-30
Act · Made 1994-03-15
Act · Made 1994
Act · Made 1994
Act · Made 1994-03-15
Act · Made 1992-12-24
Regulation · Made 1995-02-21
Act · Made 1994-03-24
Regulation · Made 2014-06-26
Regulation · Made 2014-06-25
Regulation · Made 2019-09-16
Regulation · Made 2014-06-27
Regulation · Made 2014-06-25
Regulation · Made 2019-03-21
Regulation · Made 1999-10-20
Regulation · Made 2019-03-22
Regulation · Made 1995-02-28
Regulation · Made 1996-12-17 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 1996-07-30 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 1996-12-16 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2004-12-07 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 2005-10-04 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 2005-05-31 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2007-07-24 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 2012-03-19 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2013-07-23 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 2015-10-01 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 2017-07-11 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 2022-04-24 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1992-06-23 · Victoria
Act · Made 1995-12-08 · Tasmania
Act · Made 2004-06-04 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 1996-12-17 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2000-09-19 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2001-02-21 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 1996-12-17 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2005-12-13 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 2015-10-10 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 1995-03-07 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 1995-03-03 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2000-07-14 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2005-09-01 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2010-05-07 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2015-03-05 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2024-08-23 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1994-09-28 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1994-09-22 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 1994-12-01 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 1999-12-15
Act · Made 1994-06-09 · South Australia
Act · Made 1994-12-16 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2014-12-21 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1994-11-22 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 1995-06-23 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1995-05-17 · Western Australia
Act · Made 2002-08-29 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2004-08-26 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2017-07-14 · South Australia
Act · Made 1955-12-08 · South Australia
Act · Made 1966-12-21 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 1998-05-14 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2021-08-31 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 1996-08-29 · South Australia
Act · Made 1990-09-18 · Victoria
Act · Made 1998-06-26 · New South Wales
Act · Made 2002-10-29 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2015-09-01 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2024-08-23 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2007-09-01 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1998-12-08 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2000-05-19 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2006-09-01 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2011-07-08 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2016-08-12 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1995-09-06 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1996-06-11 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2004-01-09 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1983-12-01 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1985-08-30 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1988-12-23 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2006-03-31 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2001-02-13 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2005-01-07 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2001-07-03 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2016-06-15 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1997-12-01 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 1997-10-01 · Queensland
Act · Made 1990-10-26 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 1996-03-22 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2001-08-28 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1988-10-20 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1982-10-29 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1976-06-09 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1985-07-19 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2006-02-07 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1985-11-08 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1980-07-04 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1983-04-29 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1981-05-08 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1009-11 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2003-05-07 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2009-05-12 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1982-01-07 · Western Australia
Act · Made 2024-10-31 · New South Wales
Act · Made 2022-06-15 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 2018-03-29
Regulation · Made 1997-02-21
Regulation · Made 2000-12-20
Act · Made 2014-12-16
Act · Act No. 169, 2006; compilation C2026C00274 (Compilation No. 62), includes amendments up to Act No. 110, 2024 · Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia; compilation by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Act · Act No. 110, 2024 (C2024A00110) · Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
Regulation · F2025L01026; compilation F2026C00274 (Compilation No. 1), includes amendments up to F2026L00353 · AUSTRAC CEO (made under the AML/CTF Act 2006)
Act · Made 1981-03-19 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2025-07-31 · South Australia
Act · Made 1986-12-18 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2002-08-29 · South Australia
Act · Made 1984-04-18 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2003-12-01 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2014-12-10 · Tasmania
Act · Made 2001-10-25 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2002-02-28 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2012-08-24 · Queensland
Act · Made 2005-10-13 · Australian Capital Territory
Act · Made 1991-12-17 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2012-09-07 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2008-09-01 · New South Wales
Act · Made 2004-03-07 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2006-07-13 · Australian Capital Territory
Act · Made 1994-03-17 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2005-12-21 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2015-12-28 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1995-11-14 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2011-12-05 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2006-08-21 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2016-08-22 · Tasmania
policy · Made 2022
Act · Made 2018-11-22 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2022-10-13 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 1985-11-25 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 1995-09-01 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2005-01-09 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2010-09-01 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1981-09-25 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1986-01-08 · South Australia
Act · Made 1992-09-01 · Australian Capital Territory
Act · Made 1993-10-27 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1999-11-10 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 2002-11-15 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2008-04-29 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2013-06-17 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2003-04-04 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2013-06-17 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2013-05-27 · Tasmania
policy · Made 2017 · Australian Capital Territory
Regulation · Made 2010-11-05 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2013-06-17 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2013-06-17 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2025-06-23 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2024-12-11 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2001-08-02 · Australian Capital Territory
Regulation · Made 2000-03-27 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2000-02-01 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2008-12-22 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2012-08-16 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2003-03-21 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2025-06-23 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2020-10-21 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1977-04-13 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1981-04-14
Regulation · Made 1994-10-18
Regulation · Made 1987-01-12
Regulation · Made 2007-06-07
Act · Made 1960-11-02
Act · Made 1980-06-06
Regulation · Made 1993-05-27
Regulation · Made 1994-03-04
Act · Made 1998-12-18 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1978-12-13 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1982-05-05 · Queensland
Act · Made 1985-03-29 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 1995-09-01 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 1998-05-14 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2005-09-01 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2013-08-30 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1980-12-10 · New South Wales
Act · Made 2001-12-06 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2002-09-12 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2002-10-31 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2005-10-01 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2016-07-07 · South Australia
policy · Made 1999-09
policy · Made 2005-07
policy · Made 2014-09
policy · Made 2022-09
Act · Made 2016-11-29 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1989-06-19
Act · Made 2013-06-21
Act · No official number; FOI release on iorder.com.au (ProdID 1-GHLD72Y-P1) · Australian Taxation Office
Act · Made 1953-04-15
Regulation · Made 2004-06-15
Act · Made 1967-10-05 · Queensland
Act · Made 2001-07-10
Regulation · Made 0000
Regulation · Made 0000
policy · Made 2025
policy · Made 2010
policy · Made 2015-06
policy · Made 2015-08
policy · Made 2023-08
policy · Made 2021
policy · Made 2018
policy · Made 2019
policy · Made 2019
policy · Made 2022
policy · Made 2014
policy · Made 2019
policy · Made 2020-10
Act · Made 1996-10-25
policy · Made 2019 · Australian Capital Territory
Regulation · Made 1989-07-06
Act · Made 1988-12-06 · Australian Capital Territory
Act · Made 1982-03-30
Act · Made 2010-03-24
Act · Made 2012-12-03
Other · Made 2007-03-29
Act · Made 2010-12-14 · Tasmania
policy · Made 2019
Act · Made 1980-12-10
policy · Made 2020
Act · Made 1975
Act · Made 2003-09-23
Act · Made 2003-09-23
Regulation · Made 2003-12-18
Act · Made 1987-12-26
Regulation · Made 1991-06-28
Regulation · Made 1990-12-21
Regulation · Made 1991-06-28
Act · Made 1986-12-06
Regulation · Made 2019-09-05
Act · Made 1972-06-09
Act · Made 1990-10-22
Act · Made 1997-12-17
Regulation · Made 2000-12-13
Regulation · Made 2002-06-26
Regulation · Made 2003-11-06
Regulation · Made 2003-09-11
Regulation · Made 1998-07-01
Regulation · Made 2019-04-01
Regulation · Made 1998-05-27
Act · Made 1990-12-28
Regulation · Made 2000-11-01
Regulation · Made 1998-07-01
Act · Made 1985-05-07
Act · Made 2018-12-10
Act · Made 2011-09-15
Regulation · Made 2011-09-15
Regulation · Made 1994-07-28
Act · Made 1987-03-13
Act · Made 1998-12-24
Regulation · Made 1999-03-18
Regulation · Made 2018-12-06
Act · Made 2011-12-04
Regulation · Made 2025-03-06
Act · Made 2001-03-22
Act · Made 1885-07-16 · Queensland
Act · Made 1980-12-10
Regulation · Made 1981
Act · Made 1991-06-27
Act · Made 1991-06-27
Act · Made 1991-07-27
Act · Made 1993-11-12
Regulation · Made 1995-11-17
Regulation · Made 1995-11-17
Act · Act No. 38, 2011; compilation C2024C00138 (Compilation No. 4), includes amendments up to Act No. 19, 2024; registered 11 April 2024 · Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
Other · F2022L01282 (registered 29 September 2022) · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Penny Wong), under reg 4A(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011
Other · F2022L00310 (registered 11 March 2022); compilation F2023C00075 (Compilation No. 1, registered 14 January 2023), includes amendments up to F2022L01282 · Minister for Foreign Affairs (made under reg 4A(3) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011)
Regulation · Select Legislative Instrument No. 247, 2011 (F2011L02673); compilation F2025C01175 (Compilation No. 18), includes amendments up to F2025L01499 · Governor-General (made under the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011)
Regulation · Made 1965-01-05 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1998-04-17
Act · Made 1998-06-04
Regulation · Made 1998
Act · Made 1987-06-03 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1989-03-30 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2000-02-03 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2003-07-18 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2008-09-01 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 1980-11-07 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1993-05-04 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 1991-02-01 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2005-01-24 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2010-01-15 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2005-01-31 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 2003-11-20 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2012-11-23
Regulation · Made 2006-05-19 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1982-06-04 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2004-11-12 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2001-02-16 · Western Australia
Act · Made 2004-08-24 · Queensland
Act · Made 2025-06-26 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2017-08-24 · New South Wales
Act · Made 2016-11-23 · New South Wales
Act · Made 2016-09-21 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2018-12-22 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2017-08-25 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2018-09-14 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2017-08-25 · New South Wales
Act · Made 2007-10-01 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2007-10-01 · New South Wales
Act · Made 2007-07-04 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2017-07-07 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2007-09-28 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2016-08-26 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2022-08-19 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2016-10-28 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1984-10-25
Act · Made 1985-12-10 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1986-10-21 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 1986-03-20 · South Australia
Act · Made 1986-05-27 · Victoria
Act · Made 1986-05-09 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1986-12-12 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1987-10-01 · Queensland
Act · Made 2006-11-03 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2007-02-14 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 2014-03-13 · Queensland
Act · Made 2015-09-22 · New South Wales
Act · Made 2015-06-16
Act · Made 2019-08-26 · Tasmania
Act · Made 2023-11-15 · Australian Capital Territory
Act · Made 2025-02-13 · South Australia
Act · Made 2007-10-12 · Western Australia
Act · Made 2007-10-12 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2018-12-28 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2020-09-11
Regulation · Made 2013-02-05 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2014-05-30 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2013-02-05 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2010-05-21 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2010-05-21 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2010-05-21 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2013-09-24 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2013-02-25 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2013-02-05 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2019-10-05
Regulation · Made 2021-09-10
Act · Made 2015-06-16
Other · Made 2020-03-18
Regulation · Made 2016-05-26
Regulation · Made 2017-06-02 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2017-11-07 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2019-12-06 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2016-05-26
Regulation · Made 2017-06-30
Regulation · Made 2017-06-30
Regulation · Made 2018-06-30
Regulation · Made 2016-06-16 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 2016-05-05
Regulation · Made 2017-06-02 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 2022-10-24 · Tasmania
policy · Made 2020 · South Australia
Act · Made 1985-05-15 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 1945
policy · Made 2015-11
Other · Made 1985-10-15 · South Australia; Victoria
Act · Made 1998-12-07 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1999-06-30 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1978-03-23 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2007-02-08 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2021-09-02 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2013-06-21 · New South Wales
Regulation · Made 1995-06-30 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1908-12-14 · Tasmania
Act · Made 1964-10-22 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 2003-09-01 · South Australia
Act · Made 1915-11-15 · Queensland
Act · Made 1928-02-22 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 1933-10-19 · South Australia
Regulation · Made 1998-05-14 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 1929-02-01 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2001-08-31 · South Australia
Act · Made 2005-07-01 · New South Wales
Act · Made 1977-10-07 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 1999-06-25 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 1998-12-18 · Queensland
Act · Made 1927-01-07 · Queensland
Act · Made 2016-09-23 · Tasmania
Act · Made 2010-06-28
Regulation · Made 2016-12-13 · Tasmania
Regulation · Made 2020-11-07 · Western Australia
Act · Made 1954-12-23 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1978-03-10 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 1955-10-14 · Western Australia
Regulation · Made 2017-05-24 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 1980-03-19 · Northern Territory
Act · Made 2016-06-07 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2005-05-31 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 2005-05-30 · Northern Territory
Regulation · Made 1997-12-19 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 1997-12-19 · Victoria
Regulation · Made 1998-08-21 · Victoria
Other · Web page (no number) · Made 2026-09-28 · Queensland Revenue Office (Queensland Treasury)
Act · Made 1958-05-07 · Queensland
Regulation · Made 1992-02-08 · Queensland
Act · Made 1992-11-03
policy · Made 2014-05 · Western Australia
Act · Made 2007-11-02 · Queensland
Act · Made 2011-09-15
Regulation · Made 2011-12-08
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