Law and government

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Free access to computers and the internet plus support.

Library resources

• Researching Australian law
  
• Legal dictionaries
  
• Law reports, legal periodicals…
  
• Government and politics
  
• National Construction Code (formerly Building Code of Australia)

Useful resources from other organisations

• Tasmanian Law Handbook
  
• Tasmanian legislation online
  
• Tasmanian Government Gazette
  
• Tasmanian Parliament
  
• Tasmanian government organisations. 
  
• Tasmania Law Reform Institute - full text reports on Tasmanian law reform
  
• Australian Policy Online
  
• Parlinfo
  
• Governments, Parliaments, hansard
  
• Austlii - full text decisions of many Australian courts and tribunals; the Consumer handbook online; full articles from online law journals.
• Finding Australian legislation - Commonwealth and State Acts, bills and explanatory memoranda
  
• Court cases in Australia
  
• Australian Copyright Council 
  

Legal services in Tasmania

• Adoption and Permanency Service - for help with tracing adopted persons and handling adoptions.
  
• Community legal centres - free legal advice.
  
• Child protection
  
• Guardianship- for help with appointing a guardian for a person with a disability; also covers power of attorney.
  
• Justices of the Peace – how to contact
  
• Legal aid - for free legal advice; also how to access financial aid for legal processes.
  
• Product safety – for help to ensure the safety of products, including the services of the government agency Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading.
  
• Wills, Probate & Administration– information kit for applying for grant of probate or letters of administration in Tasmania.