The Australian Government has a strong presence on the Internet, from the Prime Ministers office to the Budget papers, to the various Government funded organisations around Australia. While they are all (mostly) accessible if you work you way through the Australian Government's Internet entry point, we've also created some direct links to some of the major Departments and Organisations, and to some of the more relevant ones (to rural Australians).
"As a service to Web users this Home Page for archives in Australia is maintained by the Australian Archives, the official repository for Australian government records."
"Our purpose is to conduct federal elections and referendums, to maintain the electoral rolls, to run industrial elections, and to provide electoral information, education programmes and related services. "
"The Australian Commonwealth Ombudsman investigates complaints about Commonwealth Government departments' and agencies' actions to see if they are unlawful, wrong, unjust or discriminatory."
"Australia has six states, and two mainland territories as well as island territories (Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island)."
"...information concerning Government structure, departmental roles and current projects, and links to a wide range of information resources related to the State of Victoria."
"The Department of Natural Resources & Environment, Victoria was formed by the integration of organisations from the Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, the Department of Agriculture, Energy & Minerals, Surveyor General, Land Titles Office, Valuer General and the Office of Geographic Data Co-ordination."
Links to NSW Local Councils, County Councils, Regional Organisations of Councils, Local Government & Shires Associationsand the Department of Local Government
While we will attempt to appropriately categorise any link requests we get, some won't fit ...
... and here's a good one. A request was received for a link to the "bill of rights australia". Well, we don't have one (an Australian Bill of Rights that is). Here's some information on the historical background and current situation:
Human Rights, Rights of the Child, Rights of the Disabled, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander social justice, Race discrimination, Sex discrimination, Disability discrimination, Privacy etc. Links from the "Legislation" page to the text of legislation are to the Australian Legal Information Institute (AUSTLII)