Web site: http://www.liac.sl.nsw.gov.au
Based in the State Library of NSW, LiAC is a source of free legal information and is networked throughout the public library system in NSW. It offers plain-language legal resources as well as help with complex inquiries and primary materials in the State Library. LIAC's series, 'Hot topics: legal issues in plain language', is useful for students.
Workplace Ombudsman
http://www.wo.gov.au
The law handbook: A legal tool kit contains a chapter on children and young people, with practical information about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, children and criminal law, including the Children's Court, young offenders, the care and protection of children, employment and income issues, discrimination, the age of consent and children's services, adoption, school. (10th edition, 2007).
Australasian Legal Information Institute
http://www.austlii.edu.au/
The AustLII project is a joint facility of the law faculties at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of New South Wales. AustLII provides free Internet access to Australian legal materials including information about federal and state legislation and cases. AustLII's broad public policy agenda is to improve access to justice through better access to information.
Community legal centres:
The AustLII website contains a list of Australian Community Legal Centres: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/clc/
Examples of youth-focused legal centres include:
- the Youth Advocacy Centre QLD, http://www.yac.net.au;
- the Logal Youth Legal Service, http://www.yfs.org.au/legal/
- the Shopfront Youth Legal Centre in Victoria, http://www.theshopfront.org/
- the Youth Legal Service Inc. in WA, http://www.youthlegalserviceinc.com.au/
Web site: http://www.alrc.gov.au/
This is a permanent, independent federal statutory corporation operating under the Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996 (Cth.) The commission works on major activities referred to it by the federal Attorney-General. Although the Commission does not initiate its own inquiries, it can suggest areas in need of reform. Their site includes an extensive list of publications, many of them in full text and relevant to family law.
Web site: http://www.austlii.edu.au/
AustLII is one of the largest sources of legal materials on the net, providing free access to a wide variety of Australian legal materials, including information about Federal and State legislation and cases. AustLII's broad public policy agenda is to improve access to justice through better access to information. AustLII is a project of the law faculties at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of New South Wales.