List of Acts of Parliament of Australia

This is an incomplete list of Australian federal legislation.

(All current Australian legislation is available online at ComLaw (Cth Attorney General's Dept), AustLII (UNSW/UTS), or for those with access to a licenced source, LexisNexis AU's LawNow. ComLaw is the official source, for this one jurisdiction, and only has legislation, including historical versions. AustLII (free access) and LawNow (paid) are multi-jurisdictional re-publishers which also host cases and case citators (LawCite and CaseBase, respectively) which can 'Note Up' references to a whole Act or a specific section in legal case judgements, some law journals, and even law reform reports (LawCite).

To find the current consolidated version of any Act, go to ComLaw or AustLII and search on front page box for the name of the Act and its year: "Copyright Act 1968". [If you are citing them, italicise the name and add the jurisdiction abbreviation in parentheses after the year: "Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)"]. To find an earlier consolidated version, go to ComLaw's Series button after you find the Act, and select a version between the dates of interest. To find an original or amending Act 'As Made' (not the consolidated version with all amendment incorporated), go to ComLaw or AustLII 'Acts as Made' collections; note they only go back to 1973. To find cases about an Act or section, go to AustLII LawCite, LexisNexis' Casebase or Thomson's FirstPoint, and enter the Act name and year in the field 'legislation judicially considered', with the section either in the separate Section field (LawCite), or specified using syntax (Casebase and Firstpoint).

19th century

• 1900 - Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (The Constitution) (Formally an Act of UK.)

20th century

• 1901 - Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (No 2 of 1901)
• 1901 - Customs Act 1901 (No 6 of 1901)
• 1901 - Excise Act 1901 (No 9 of 1901)
• 1901 - Pacific Island Labourers Act (No 16 of 1901)
• 1901 - Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (No 17 of 1901)
• 1902 - Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 (No 8 of 1902)
• 1903 - Judiciary Act 1903 (No 6 of 1903)
• 1903 - Defence Act 1903 (No 20 of 1903)
• 1904 - Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 (No 13 of 1904)
• 1906 - Designs Act 1906 (No 4 of 1906)
• 1908 - Quarantine Act 1908 (No 3 of 1908)
• 1914 - Crimes Act 1914 (No 12 of 1914)
• 1918 - Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (No 27 of 1918)
• 1928 - Transport Workers Act 1928 (No 37 of 1928)
• 1938 - Passports Act 1938 (No 15 of 1938)
• 1942 - Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (No 56 of 1942)
• 1948 - Australian Citizenship Act 1948 (No 83 of 1948)
• 1958 - Migration Act 1958 (No 62 of 1958)
• 1959 - Banking Act 1959 (No 6 of 1959)
• 1960 - National Measurements Act 1960 (137 of 2008) [1]
• 1961 - Marriage Act 1961 (No 12 of 1961)
• 1968 - Copyright Act 1968 (No 63 of 1968)
• 1973 - Insurance Act 1973 (No 76 of 1973)
• 1973 - Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (No 161 of 1973)
• 1974 - Statute Law Revision Act 1974 (No 20 of 1974)
• 1974 - Trade Practices Act 1974 (No 51 of 1974)
• 1975 - Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (No 52 of 1975)
• 1975 - Family Law Act 1975 (No 53 of 1975)
• 1976 - Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (No 156 of 1976)
• 1976 - Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 (No 191 of 1976)
• 1980 - Crimes (Taxation Offences) Act 1980 (No 156 of 1980)
• 1981 - Statute Law Revision Act 1981 (No 61 of 1981)
• 1982 - Freedom of Information Act 1982 (No 3 of 1982)
• 1982 - Taxation (Unpaid Company Tax) Assessment Act 1982 (No. 119 of 1982)
• 1984 - Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (No 4 of 1984)
• 1986 - Income Tax Act 1986 (No 108 of 1986)
• 1986 - Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (No 125 of 1986)
• 1986 - Australia Act 1986 (No 142 of 1986)
• 1988 - Extradition Act 1988 (No 4 of 1988)
• 1988 - Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 (No 64 of 1988)
• 1988 - Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (No 106 of 1988)
• 1988 - Privacy Act 1988 (No 119 of 1988)
• 1988 - Higher Education Funding Act 1988 (No 2 of 1989)
• 1989 - Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (No 15 of 1989)
• 1990 - Patents Act 1990 (No 83 of 1990)
• 1991 - Social Security Act 1991 (No 46 of 1991)
• 1992 - Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (No 135 of 1992)
• 1992 - Radiocommunications Act 1992 (No 174 of 1992)
• 1993 - Native Title Act 1993 (No 110 of 1993)
• 1996 - Statute Law Revision Act 1996 (No 43 of 1996)
• 1996 - Workplace Relations Act 1996 (No 60 of 1996)
• 1997 - Telecommunications Act 1997 (No 47 of 1997)
• 1997 - Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 (No 17 of 1997)
• 1998 - Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998 (No 22 of 1998)
• 1998 - Native Title Amendment Act 1998 (No 97 of 1998)
• 1999 - Federal Magistrates Act 1999 (No 193 of 1999)

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21st century

• 2001 - Corporations Act 2001 (No 50 of 2001)
• 2001 - Intelligence Services Act 2001 (No 152 of 2001)
• 2002 - Statute Law Revision Act 2002 (No 63 of 2002)
• 2003 - Intelligence Services Amendment Act 2004 (No 57 of 2004)
• 2004 - Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 2004 (No 103 of 2004)
• 2004 - Australian anti-terrorism legislation, 2004, incorporating:
  • 2004 - Anti-terrorism Act 2004 (No 104 of 2004)
  • 2004 - Anti-terrorism Act (No 2) 2004 (No 124 of 2004)
  • 2004 - Anti-terrorism Act (No 3) 2004 (No 125 of 2004)
• 2005 - Statute Law Revision Act 2005 (No 100 of 2005)
• 2005 - Anti-Terrorism Act 2005 (No 127 of 2005)
• 2005 - Repealed Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 (No 153 of 2005) - (Repealed by Parliament, 2008).
• 2006 - Statute Law Revision Act 2006 (No 9 of 2006)
• 2008 - Statute Law Revision Act 2008 (No 73 of 2008)
• 2009 - Fair Work Act 2009 (28 of 2009) [2] (Passed as Replacement to repealed Act No 153 of 2005)
• 2010 - Statute Law Revision Act 2010 (No 8 of 2010)
• 2011 - Statute Law Revision Act 2011 (No 5 of 2011)

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