Useful links
See below useful links to:
Business sources
Australia
Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) - Australia's corporate, markets and financial services regulator. ASIC's registers are searchable from this site.
Australian Tax Office (ATO) - Tax information for tax professionals, businesses and individuals.
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) - for access to Securities Exchange and Futures Exchange information.
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - Australia's central bank.
Business Entry Point - Provides information to assist in planning, starting and running a business.
New Zealand
New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX)
The frontline regulator of all listed companies and market participants.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
New Zealand's central Bank
Government
Australia - Commonwealth and State Governments
Government Online Directory - Links to Commonwealth Government departments and agencies, Parliament and Courts.
Commonwealth Parliament - Information on Parliament, its programs, who's who, Hansard, Bills etc.
ACT Government homepage
NSW Government homepage
NT Government homepage
QLD Government homepage
TAS Government homepage
SA Government homepage
VIC Government homepage
WA Government homepage
New Zealand
The New Zealand Government portal
The search engine for government departments and State Owned Enterprises.
The Ministry of Economic Development
Information on doing business in New Zealand.
WorkSite
All things related to working and living in New Zealand.
Ministry of Justice
Includes links to courts and associated agencies
Industry Associations and Regulators
Australia
Competition
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Construction
Australian Building Codes Board
Australian Building and Construction Commission
Corporate
Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
Commonwealth Department of the Treasury (Treasury)
Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB)
Employment law
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
WorkChoices
Workplace.gov.au
Environment and planning
Department of Environment and Water Resources (Cth)
Financial services/tax
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
Australian Tax Office (ATO)
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
Department of the Treasury (Treasury) (Cth)
Insurance
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance
Intellectual property and media
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
IP Australia
Real estate
Australian Property Institute
Property Council of Australia
New Zealand
The Companies Office
Responsible for the administration of corporate body registers, including the Companies Register.
The New Zealand Government's business site
Business advice and links to government agencies.
The Commerce Commission
New Zealand's competition regulatory agency.
Legal Resources
Australia & New Zealand
AustLII - AustLII publishes public legal information - primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals) and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (eg law reform and royal commission reports) and a substantial collection of law journals.
Australia
ComLaw - Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department website which provides free access to Commonwealth legislation.
New Zealand
Public Access to Legislation - Free unofficial versions of New Zealand statutes.
Courts & Judgments
Australia
Commonwealth
High Court of Australia & Federal Court of Australia
Judgments
Others
Australian Capital Territory
Courts and Tribunals & Judgments
New South Wales
Court and Tribunals & Court and Tribunal Judgments
Northern Territory
Courts & Judgments
Queensland
Courts & Judgments
South Australia
Courts & Judgments
Tasmania
Courts & Judgments
Victoria
Supreme Court & County Court
Judgments – Supreme Court
Western Australia
Courts
Judgments – Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
New Zealand
Courts & Judgments - Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court and Tribunal decisions
News sources
Australia
ABC News
The Australian
New Zealand
New Zealand Newspapers