Australian Official Sites

Starting Points
Commonwealth Government Departments and Agencies
State and Territory Government Sites

Official Documents (Bookshops, listings, databases)

Parliamentary Sites
Local Government Sites
Intergovernmental Organizations
Government Directories

Trade Unions


Starting Points

Each of the following sites provides a structured introduction to official government internet sites.

Australian Government Home Page
This is the official Federal Government Home Page.
url: http://www.australia.gov.au/

Australian Government Information Sources
The National Library of Australia's access to Australia-wide government information.
url: http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/

FedInfo
Federal government site for public servants, with access to a wide range of federal government information and services.
url: http://www.fedinfo.gov.au/

Government and Public Administration
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Library's guide to Australia-wide government information, with links to press releases and speeches.
url: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/pol/polgov.htm

Aussie.Com Index of Government Sites
Australia-wide overview by a non-government internet service.
url: http://www.aussie.com.au/cgi-shl/foxweb.exe/pages/browse_apo?522

State Governments - use the Table of Government Sites


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Commonwealth Government Departments and Agencies

Full Listings

Commonwealth Government Single Entry Point
url: http://www.australia.gov.au/

Australian Government Departments and Agencies
url: http://www.australia.gov.au/departments

If the above sites are unavailable, try the National Library's Government Guide
url: http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/

Selected Key Sites

Australian Archives Home Page
url: http://www.naa.gov.au/

See also the Archives section of this guide for full-text access.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation News Page
This site is useful for up-to-date political news and current affairs.
url: http://www.abc.net.au/news/default.htm

Australian Bureau of Statistics Home Page
Excellent site for Australian statistics, including the AusStats database.
url: http://www.abs.gov.au/

See also the Statistics section of this guide for full-text access.

Australian Electoral Commission
url: http://www.aec.gov.au/

See also the Elections section of this guide for full-text access.

Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade
url: http://www.dfat.gov.au/

Embassies, consulates and trade commissions

Diplomatic and Consular Representatives in Australia
Embassies of other nations in Australia.
url: http://www.dfat.gov.au/protocol/

Australian Diplomatic and Trade Offices Worldwide
Australian embassies in other nations.
url: http://www.dfat.gov.au/missions/index.html

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
url: http://www.dpmc.gov.au/

The Prime Minister's Home Page
url: http://www.pm.gov.au/

See also Government Directories

Official Documents (Bookshops, listings, databases)

Australian Government Publications Register
This site is the key portal for finding Commonwealth government publications and is provided by AGIMO (Australian Government Information Management Office [http://www.agimo.gov.au/]). It replaces the Commonwealth Government Bookshop database following the closure of the bookshops in October 2003. (Previously known as Ausinfo, and formerly the Australian Government Publishing Service.)
url: http://www.publications.gov.au/

GovPubs: the Australian Government Publications Guide
GovPubs: the Australian Government Publications Guide is a guide to selected types of Australian government publications, such as Acts, Hansards, Gazettes and Parliamentary Papers, located in Australia's National, State and Territory libraries or available on the Internet. A historical description of each publication is provided, and holdings information will enable you to locate resources in each library or online.
url: http://www.nla.gov.au/govpubs/

Australian Government Index of Publications (AGIP)
Database of Federal government publications - now part of the National Library of Australia database.
url: http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/agip.html

NSW Government Bookshop
url: http://www.shop.nsw.gov.au

Victoria Government Bookshop
url: http://www.bookshop.vic.gov.au/

Victorian Government Publications Database
The database is updated weekly and is accessible free of charge. Follow the links beginning with Library Indexes through to the Victorian Government Publications Index. The database is a list of all Victorian Government publications received by the State Library of Victoria. Click the New Publications search tab to find items added to the collection in the last month.
url: http://catalogue.slv.vic.gov.au/

Queensland Government Bookshop
url: http://www.goprint.qld.gov.au/web/web/index.asp

Tasmania Printing Authority Bookshop
url: http://www.pat.tas.gov.au/publication-sales.htm

Australian Capital Territory Catalogue of Publications
url: http://www.publishing.act.gov.au/cat/catalog.html

Northern Territory Government Documents
url: http://www.nt.gov.au/ntg/public.shtml

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State and Territory Government Sites

Comprehensive Listings

Australian Government Homepage Listing of State Government Sites
url: http://www.gov.au/

National Library of Australia guide to State Government Sites
url: http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/

Official Sites (States)

Use the following table to quickly locate key federal and state government sites:

Quick find
Home site
Depts
Agencies
Parliament
Ministry
Hansard
Media
Budget
Govt
Directory
Australia
ACT
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia

See also links listed under the types of documents listed at Full Text Documents

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Parliamentary

Commonwealth

Parliament of Australia
The Federal Parliament's Official Home Page.
url: http://www.aph.gov.au/

Australian Parliamentary Library Home Page
Extremely useful source of information about the Commonwealth Parliament, both current and historical.
url: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/

Parliamentary Handbook
Contains up-to-date information about members and senators, as well as historical information. url: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/index.htm

State

Use the Table of Government Sites
See also Hansards, Parliamentary Papers.

Bibliography

Australian Parliament Bibliography
An extensive and up-to-date bibliography of the Federal Parliament of Australia produced by Bob Goehlert of Indiana University.
url: http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/bib/australia_parliament/

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Local Government

Australian Local Governments
Comprehensive National Library of Australia site, listing state government agencies for local government, local government associations, and individual councils Australia-wide.
url: http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/local.html

Councils on the Web
url: http://www.alga.asn.au/links/councils.php

NSW Dept of Local Government
url: http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/

NSW Local Government Directory
url: http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_LocalGovDirectory.asp?index=6

Lgov NSW
(formerly NSW Local Government and Shires Association)
url: http://www.lgov.org.au/site/

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Intergovernmental Organizations

This is a selective list of organizations relating to the environment.

Ministerial Councils

Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand
url: http://www.affa.gov.au:80/docs/operating_environment/armcanz/home.html

Food Standards Australia New Zealand
url: http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/

Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council
url: http://www.environment.gov.au/psg/igu/anzecc/index.html

Australian and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council
url: http://www.med.govt.nz/ers/int_en_rel/anzmec.html

Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
url: http://coag.gov.au/

Murray-Darling Basin Commission Ministerial Council
url: http://www.mdbc.gov.au/index.htm

Other Councils

Australian Landcare Council
url: http://www.landcare.gov.au/landcare/org/alc.html

National Competition Council
see especially its "Compendium of Agreements" and "National Competition Policy: Some Impacts on Society and the Economy".
url: http://www.ncc.gov.au/

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Government Directories

Australian Government Directory
Australia-wide directory of departments and agencies, at federal, state and local levels.
url: http://www.agd.com.au/

Australian Government Online Directory (GOLD)
Commonwealth Directory searchable by names of people, units, functions and locations. Find who does what.
url: http://gold.directory.gov.au/

See also Government Departments and Agencies
State Government Directories - use the Table of Government Sites


Trade Unions

Unions and related sites
Australian and international listing of trade union sites produced by the Australian National University.
url: http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/unions/unions.html

Cyber Picket Line
Australian and international listing of trade union sites produced by Cyber Picket Line, the World Trade Union Directory.
url: http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/union/austral/index.htm

Australian Trade Union Archives
Australian Trade Union Archives [ATUA] is an online gateway for researchers and scholars of labour history, designed to link together historical detail, archival resources, published material and current information about Australian industrial organisations, mainly including trade unions and also employer bodies.
url: http://www.atua.org.au/atua.htm

LaborNET
LaborNET is a resource for the labour movement provided by the Labor Council of NSW. Has up-to-date labour news and links to major Australian trade unions.
url: http://www.labor.net.au/


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