Government Publications

Information about Australia's 28 prime ministers.

The Act which constitutes the Commonwealth of Australia [9th July 1900].

The Australian Institute of Criminology is Australia's national research and knowledge centre on crime and justice. We seek to promote justice and reduce crime by undertaking and communicating evidence-based research to inform policy and practice.

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. It includes legislative material from the non self-governing territories and Bills and other parliamentary documents including Government Gazettes.

The peak intergovernmental forum in Australia. COAG comprises the Prime Minister, State Premiers, Territory Chief Ministers and the President of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA). The Prime Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers agreed to establish COAG in May 1992.

The office of Governor-General was established by the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia. Section 2 of the Constitution provides that "A Governor-General appointed by the Queen shall be Her Majesty's representative in the Commonwealth..."

Contains over one million documents relating to the work of the Parliament of Australia. Search or browse for speeches, bills, documents, senate estimate hearings, second reading speeches, and senators' / members' biographies.

Includes links to the Parliamentary Handbook and Parliamentary Library publications such as bills, digests, background papers, current issues briefs, chronologies, research notes and research papers.

Access to Acts and Regulations, and reports of Government Commissions of Inquiry.