E LAW - MURDOCH UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF LAW ISSN 1321-9447 Volume 10 Number 3 (September 2003) Copyright E Law and author ftp://law.murdoch.edu.au/pub/elaw-issues/v10n3/netw103.txt http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v10n3/netw103.html ________________________________________________________________________ NetWatch September 2003 Author: Anne Greenshields & Ian Lee Librarians- Law, Murdoch University Australian legal sites and developments * Commonwealth of Australia: Government Publications relevant to legal researchers * Western Australia: Government Publications relevant to legal researchers Primary Legal Materials on the Internet - Case Law, Statutes and Extrinsic Material * Banking and Finance * Business, Corporations & Securities * Children and Young People * Censorship * Citizenship & Migration * Constitutional Law * Crime & Criminal Justice * Directories, Guides and Search Engines * Education * Employment & Industrial law * Environment * European Union * Family Law * Gender * Health & Medical Law * Housing Property & Development * Human Rights * Indigenous Australians * Intellectual Property * International Law * Journals, Essays & Newspapers * Law Reform * Legal History * Media and Communications * Taxation * Torts * Transport Australian sites and developments Recent Australian Publications: A monthly easy-to-use files of new Australian publications, including printed materials such as books, journals, maps, music, and newspapers; as well as multimedia material and electronic resources from the National Library of Australia URL: http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/rap.html Australian Institute of Criminology: Recidivism of Sexual Offenders : Rates, Risk Factors and Treatment Efficacy 124 page pdf report URL: http://www.aic.gov.au URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/reports/2003-06-recidivism.html Law Reform Commission of New South Wales Report 100: Contempt by Publication Report 101: Questioning of Complainants by Unrepresented Accused in Sexual Offence Trials URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/lrcindex URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r100toc URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r101toc Commonwealth of Australia: Government Publications Royal Commissions Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry "On 29 August 2001, the Honourable Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole RFD QC was appointed a Royal Commissioner to inquire into certain matters relating to the building and construction industry. The Royal Commissioner presented his final report to the Governor-General on 24 February 2003. The Final Report was tabled in Parliament on 26 and 27 March 2003". Final report. URL: http://www.royalcombci.gov.au/index.asp Senate Committees of the Current Parliament URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/com-list.htm * Economics URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/economics_ctte/reports/index.htm o Provisions of the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 7) 2003 [PDF] (Tabled 10 September 2003) * Employment, Workplace Relations and Education URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/EET_CTTE/reports/index.htm o Inquiry into Workplace Relations Amendment (Protecting the Low Paid) Bill 2003 [PDF] (19 June 2003) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/EET_CTTE/reports/index.htm o Provisions of the ACIS Administration Amendment Bill 2003 and the Customs Tariff Amendment (ACIS) Bill 2003 [PDF format] Tabled 10 September 2003 o Provisions of the Financial Services Reform Amendment Bill 2003 [PDF]- Appendix 3 Tabled 21 August 2003 o Provisions of the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 5) 2003 [PDF]- Tabled 21 August 2003 o Provisions of the Trades Practices Amendment (Personal Injuries and Death) Bill 2003 [PDF] - Tabled 20 August 2003 o Provisions of the New Business Tax System (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Bill No. 1) 2003 [PDF] - Tabled 13 August 2003 o Provisions of the Designs Bill 2002 and the Designs (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002 [PDF] - Tabled 28 May 2003 * Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/ecita_ctte/index.htm o Inquiry into the provisions of the Spam Bill 2003 and the Spam (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003 o Inquiry into the regulation, control and management of invasive species and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Invasive Species) Bill 2002 o Inquiry into competition in broadband services Referred: 26 June 2003 * Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/FADT_CTTE/reports/index.htm o Inquiry into Australia's relations with Papua New Guinea and the island states of the south-west Pacific (12 August 2003) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/fadt_ctte/reports/index.htm * Legal and Constitutional URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htm o Report : Inquiry into the Progress Towards National Reconciliation (9 October 2003) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/legcon_ctte/reconciliation/report/report.pdf o Report: Provisions of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Identification and Authentication) Bill 2003 (18 September 2003) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/legcon_ctte/migidentification03/report/report.pdf o Report : Provisions of the Family Law Amendment Bill 2003 (13 August 2003) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/legcon_ctte/family03/report/report.pdf o Report : Provisions of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Sponsorship Measures) Bill 2003 (12 August 2003) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/legcon_ctte/migration03/report/report.pdf Senate Select Committees * Superannuation URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/superannuation_ctte/reports/ o Draft Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment Regulations 2003 and draft Retirement Savings Accounts Amendment Regulations 2003 [PDF] (10 September 2003) Joint Committees Administered by the Senate * Corporations and Financial Services URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/corporations_ctte/index.htm o CLERP 9 EXPOSURE DRAFT - CLERP (AUDIT REFORM & CORPORATE DISCLOSURE) BILL URL: http://www.treasury.gov.au/contentitem.asp?pageId=&ContentID=700 o Inquiry into the Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1), Statutory Rules 2003 No. 31 (24 June 2003) o Inquiry into Regulation 7.1.29 in Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3), Statutory Rules 2003 No. 85 (26 June 2003 o Inquiry into the Disclosure of Commissions on Risk Products (12 August 2003) * Australian Crime Commission (Formerly National Crime Authority) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/acc_ctte/index.htm o To examine Australian Crime Commission's response to trafficking in women for sexual servitude URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/acc_ctte/sexual_servitude/index.htm o Recent trends in practices and methods of cybercrime URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/acc_ctte/cybercrime/index.htm * Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/ntlf_ctte/index.htm o Inquiry into The Effectiveness of the National Native Title Tribunal Parliamentary Library Publications * Chronologies online URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/index.htm o Telstra Sale URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/TelstraSale.htm o Australia and Refugees, 1901–2002: An Annotated Chronology Based on Official Sources URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/Refugees_contents.htm * Current Issues Briefs URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/index.htm o Ministerial Discretion in Migration Matters: Contemporary Policy Issues in Historical Context URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2003-04/04cib03.htm o Fuel Taxation Proposals URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2003-04/04cib02.htm o Fertility: A baby bounce for Australia? URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2003-04/04cib01.htm * Research Papers online URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/index.htm o A Rare Form of Law Making: Legislation Made Outside Parliament URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2003-04/04rn11.htm o Indigenous Socioeconomics Indicators, Benefits and Expenditure URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/indig.htm o Four-Year Terms for the House of Representatives? (September 2003) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2003-04/04RP02.htm o Frequently Asked Questions About the Office of Governor-general (August 2003) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/RN/2003-04/04rn10.htm o The Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/RN/2003-04/04rn13.htm Western Australia  Gordon Inquiry Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities. Use the link to Interim Report. 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