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Heinemann Legal Studies Preliminary Course Third Edition

Introduction

Board of Studies NSW
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
Textbook page/s: vi

Australasian Legal Information Institute
http://www.austlii.edu.au/
Textbook page/s: ix

Board of Studies NSW
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
Textbook page/s: xii

Chapter 2: Sources of law

Parliament of Australia
http://www.aph.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 45

Parliament of New South Wales
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/resourcesfacts
Textbook page/s: 45

United Nations
http://www.un.org/
Textbook page/s: 57

UN: International Criminal Court
http://www.un.org/law/icc/index.html
Textbook page/s: 57

Chapter 4: The operation of the legal system

Federal Magistrates Court
http://www.fmc.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 94

High Court of Australia
http://www.hcourt.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 94

Chapter 6: Legal controls on state power

Independent Commission Against Corruption
http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 120

Chapter 8: Rights

United Nations
http://www.un.org/
Textbook page/s: 147

Chapter 9: Women

Australian Government: Office of the Status of Women
http://www.ofw.facs.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 173

Australian Government: Office of the Status of Women
http://www.ofw.facs.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 205

Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL), Australia Inc
http://welnsw.org.au/
Textbook page/s: 205

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
http://www.eeo.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 224

Lawlink New South Wales (Attorney General’s website)
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 224

Chapter 10: Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples

Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 242

Lawlink New South Wales (Attorney General’s website)
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 255

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 272

Chapter 11: Discrimination

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 313

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
http://www.eeo.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 321

Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 325

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 330

Chapter 12: People who have a mental illness or an intellectual or physical disability

Beyondblue: The national depression initiative
http://www.beyondblue.org.au/
Textbook page/s: 355

Depnet
http://www.depnet.com.au/
Textbook page/s: 355

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 386

Anti-Discrimination Board (Attorney General’s Department)
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/pages/adb_index
Textbook page/s: 386

Chapter 13: Migrants

Australian Government: Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
http://www.immi.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 427

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/
Textbook page/s: 427

United Nations
http://www.un.org/
Textbook page/s: 427

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 427

Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 430

Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 437

Australian Government: Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
http://www.immi.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 437

Centrelink
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 454

Australian Government: Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
http://www.immi.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 461

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/
Textbook page/s: 461

United Nations
http://www.un.org/
Textbook page/s: 461

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 461

Centrelink
http://www.centrelink.gov.au
Textbook page/s: 466

Australian Government: Migration Review Tribunal
http://www.mrt.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 486

Australian Government: Refugee Review Tribunal
http://www.rrt.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 486

Australian Government: Administrative Appeals Tribunal
http://www.aat.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 486

Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
http://www.fmc.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 486

Australian Government: Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
http://www.immi.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 488

Amnesty International Australia
http://www.amnesty.org.au/
Textbook page/s: 488

United Nations
http://www.un.org/
Textbook page/s: 488

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 488

Chapter 14: People who are socioeconomically disadvantaged

Centrelink
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 499

Centrelink
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 509

Australian Council of Social Services
http://www.acoss.org.au/
Textbook page/s: 509

NSW Department of Housing
http://www.housing.nsw.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 538

Legal Aid, NSW
http://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/
Textbook page/s: 538

Resource bank

ACROD NSW (National Industry Association for Disability Services)
http://www.acrodnsw.net

Administrative Appeals Tribunal
http://www.aat.gov.au/

Administrative Decisions Tribunal
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/adt

Amnesty International Australia
http://www.amnesty.org.au/

Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/pages/adb_index

Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/

Australian Council of Social Service
http://www.acoss.org.au/

Australian Human Rights Information Centre
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/ahric/

Australian Taxation Office
http://www.ato.gov.au/

Carers NSW Inc
http://www.carersnsw.asn.au/

Centrelink
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/

Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW
http://www.cpsa.org.au/

Commonwealth Office of the Status of Women
http://www.dpmc.gov.au

Commonwealth Ombudsman
http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/

Community Relations Commission for a Multicultural NSW (formerly Ethnic Affairs Commission)
http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/

CRS Australia (formerly Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service)
http://www.crsaustralia.gov.au/

Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
http://www.dadhc.nsw.gov.au/DADHC.htm

Department of Community Services
http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/

Department of Family and Community Services
http://www.facs.gov.au/

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Passports)
http://www.passports.gov.au/

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
http://www.immi.gov.au/

Department of Veterans’ Affairs
http://www.dva.gov.au/

Disability Complaints Service
http://www.daisi.asn.au/complaintsfacts.htm

Disability Council of NSW
http://www.pwd.org.au/

Disability Discrimination Commissioner (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission)
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/

Equal Opportunity Division, Administrative Decisions Tribunal
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/

Equal Opportunity in Public Employment (Office of the Director)
http://www.eeo.nsw.gov.au/

Ethnic Communities Council of NSW
http://www.eccnsw.org.au/

Federal Privacy Commissioner
http://www.privacy.gov.au/

Government sites: ATSIC
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au

Government sites: Australasian Legal Information Institute
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/orgs/car/

Government sites: National Native Title Tribunal
http://www.nntt.gov.au/

Government sites: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/

Government sites: Aboriginal studies WWW virtual library
http://ciolek.com/WWWVL-Aboriginal.html

Government sites: Apology Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/features/apology/

Government sites: Reconciliation and social justice library
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/hreoc/stolen/

Guardianship Tribunal
http://www.gt.nsw.gov.au/

High Court of Australia
http://www.hcourt.gov.au/

Home Care Service of NSW
http://www.homecare.nsw.gov.au/

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (disability discrimination)
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability%5Frights/

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/

Immigration Advice and Rights Centre
http://www.iarc.asn.au/

Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/

Information on Disability, Equipment, Access, Services (IDEAS)
http://www.ideas.org.au/

Intellectual Disability Rights Service
http://www.idrs.org.au/

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW
http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/

Law Society of NSW
http://www.lawsocnsw.asn.au/

Law Stuff
http://www.lawstuff.org.au/

LawLink
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/

Legal Aid Commission of NSW
http://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/

Legal help
http://www.lawsocnsw.asn.au/

Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) Hot Topics
http://liac.sl.nsw.gov.au/hot/

Mental Health Advocacy Service
http://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/

Mental Health Review Tribunal
http://www.mhrt.nsw.gov.au/

Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA)
http://www.themara.com.au/

Migration Institute of Australia
http://www.mia.org.au/

Migration Review Tribunal
http://www.mrt.gov.au/

Native people and their rights: Arctic Circle Social Equity and Environmental Justice
http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/SEEJ/

NSW Government Information Service
http://www.advertising.nswp.commerce.nsw.gov.au/Home.htm

NSW Council of Social Service
http://www.ncoss.org.au/

NSW Law Reform Commission
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc

NSW Ombudsman
http://www.ombo.nsw.gov.au/

Office of the Protective Commissioner and Public Guardian
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/opg

Physical Disability Council of Australia
http://www.pdca.org.au/

Privacy Commissioner for NSW
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/

Refugee Council of Australia
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/

Refugee Review Tribunal
http://www.rrt.gov.au/

Social Security Appeals Tribunal
http://www.ssat.gov.au/

United Nations
http://www.un.org/

Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights
http://www.ohchr.org/english/

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (database of refugee information resources)
http://www.unhcr.ch/

Welfare Rights Centre
http://www.welfarerights.org.au/

Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) Australia
http://welnsw.org.au/