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AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute)

Can be accessed by current QUT staff and students, QUT alumni and the general public. This resource is freely available on and off campus. No password required.

One of the largest sources of legal materials on the Internet, with over 2.5 gigabytes of raw text materials and about half a millionsearchable documents. AustLII publishes public legal information: that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts andtribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies forpurposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports etc).

1. Search Help - provides brief search tips for both new and regular users;
2. Boolean Operator's Chart - this table provides clear and detailed explanations on how to use boolean and proximity operators, such as AND, OR, NOT and NEAR.