Australasian Legal Information Institute


The Australasian Legal Information Institute is an institution operated jointly by the Faculties of Law of the University of Technology Sydney and the University of New South Wales. Its public policy purpose is to improve access to justice through access to legal information.

Inception and aims

AustLII was established in 1995. Founded as joint program of the University of Technology Sydney and the University of New South Wales law schools, its initial funding was provided by the Australian Research Council.
Its public policy purpose is to improve access to justice through access to legal information.

Content

AustLII content is publicly available legal information. Its primary source information includes legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals. It also hosts secondary legal materials, including law reform and Royal Commission reports, as well as legal journals.
The AustLII databases include the complete text of all of the decisions of the High Court, decisions of the Federal Court from 1977 onwards, and decisions of the Family Court from 1988 onwards, as well as a number of other federal and state courts and tribunals.