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Thanks to our existing contributors

AustLII's 2022 contributors included 124 organisations and individuals from the legal profession, 27 universities and academic institutions, 10 Government agencies, 9 organisations from business and industry, 11 Courts, Tribunals and regulators, and many other small contributors.

AustLII thanks all those organisations and individuals that provide it with funding, data and other assistance.

AustLII's contributors - an invitation to join us

AustLII is a free-access service which is not funded by usage charges or advertisements. Contributors from a wide range of organisations and individuals who have an interest in facilitating access to legal information fund AustLII. By broadening its range of contributors, AustLII aims to lighten the burden on any particular organisation or individual of funding access to legal information.

New contributors are welcome. Organisations and individuals from the legal profession, courts, tribunals and regulators, universities, business, government and others are invited to become AustLII "contributors" by making whatever funding contribution they consider is appropriate. Their contributions will be recognised on this page and by other means, unless anonymity is preferred. Enquiries should be addressed to AustLII's Development Manager, Richard Hunter, or any one of AustLII's Co-Directors Professor Graham Greenleaf, Professor Andrew Mowbray, or Mr Philip Chung, or you can use our form.

AustLII funding sources - by value     [By organisation type]     [By jurisdiction]

A number of organisations and individuals have contributed valuable funding assistance to AustLII to continue its development. Listed below are AustLII's current funding sources and previous funding sources. There is also a breakdown of funding by organisation type and by jurisdiction available.

Funding for AustLII's international projects is not included in the table below, but may be found here.

Organisation	2023 Funding	2022 Funding
	$80,250	$75,000	Standards Australia Limited provides funding for the development of a facility to search for Australian Standards referenced in legislation and case law.
	$55,000	$55,000	The Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee of Victoria assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources. It considers AustLII to be an invaluable risk management service for its insured solicitors and barristers.
	----------	$50,000	The Australian Taxation Office assists with the funding of the Taxation Law Library.
	----------	$48,450	Monash University Law School assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$38,760	La Trobe University Faculty of Law and Management assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$34,500	The Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$32,500	$65,000	Wolters Kluwer CCH Australia Limited assists with the funding of AustLII's LawCite citator.
	----------	$30,000	Queensland University of Technology assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$28,500	The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$28,000	$10,750	Electoral Regulations Research Network assists with the funding of the development of the Australian Electoral Law Library.
	----------	$25,000	The Australian Attorney-General's Department assists with maintaining the AustLII website and with funding government use of AustLII's databases.
	----------	$25,000	The Council of Attorneys-General Senior Officials Group assists with funding government use of AustLII's databases.
	----------	$25,000	The New South Wales Personal Injury Commission assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$25,000	The College of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$25,000	$106,800	The University of New South Wales (UNSW), including its Faculty of Law, jointly operates AustLII.
	$24,900	$24,900	The Legal Aid Commissions of all Australian jurisdictions, through National Legal Aid assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$22,000	The Law Society of New South Wales assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$22,000	The Sydney University Law School assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$20,000	The Fair Work Commission assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$15,000	$15,000	Allens assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$15,000	----------	The Federal Court of Australia assists with funding the Federal Court's decisions, the Federal Circuit Court's decisions and the Family Court's decisions in AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$15,000	Herbert Smith Freehills assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$11,000	$10,000	Clayton Utz Solicitors assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$11,000	Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Francis Burt Chambers	$11,000	$10,000	Francis Burt Chambers assists with funding AustLII's South Australian resources.
	$11,000	$10,000	The Law Council of Australia assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$11,000	$26,000	The Melbourne University Law School assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$10,000	The Australian Catholic University Library assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources and Academic resources.
	$10,000	$10,000	The Australian Government Solicitor assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$10,000	$10,000	The Bar Association of Queensland assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	$10,000	$10,000	Bond University Faculty of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$10,000	The Fair Work Ombudsman assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$10,000	$10,000	King & Wood Mallesons assists with funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$10,000	Macquarie University assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources
	$10,000	$10,000	Minter Ellison Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$10,000	$10,000	The South Australian Employment Tribunal assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
	$10,000	$10,000	Turner Freeman Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$8,500	The University of Canberra assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$8,235	The NSW Department of Communities and Justice assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$8,235	----------	The New South Wales Department of Justice assists with funding government use of AustLII's databases as part of a whole of Commonwealth, State and Territory government funding approach by the National Justice CEOs in each jurisdiction.
	$7,500	$7,500	Counsel's Chambers Limited assists with funding AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$7,500	$7,500	Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$7,500	Maddocks assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$6,195	$6,195	The Victorian Department of Justice assists with funding government use of AustLII's databases as part of a whole of Commonwealth, State and Territory government funding approach by the National Justice CEOs in each jurisdiction.
	$6,000	$5,750	C Group assists with funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$6,000	The University of Western Australia assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$6,000	The Western Australian Bar Association (Inc) assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	----------	$5,500	HopgoodGanim assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	$5,500	$5,500	Maurice Blackburn Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,500	Omni Bridgeway assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$5,500	$5,500	The Supreme Court of Tasmania assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Tasmanian resources.
	$5,000	$10,000	The ANU College of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources and Academic resources.
Adam D'Andreti	----------	$5,000	Adam D'Andreti assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$5,000	$5,000	Ashurst assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$5,000	$5,000	The Australian Academy of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's resources.
	$5,000	$2,000	Bennett + Co assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australia resources.
	$5,000	$5,000	DLA Piper assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Dr Nick Seddon	----------	$5,000	Dr Nick Seddon (Lawyer) assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources.
	$5,000	$5,000	Family Law Practitioners' Association of WA (Inc) assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	----------	$5,000	Flinders University, including its School of Law and Library assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources and Academic resources
	$5,000	----------	The Law Institute of Victoria assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$5,000	$5,000	LawNet by Singapore Academy of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$5,000	$5,000	The NSW Bar Association assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$5,000	The Takeovers Panel (Department of Treasury) assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,000	The University of New England School of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources.
	$5,000	$10,000	The barristers from the 12th Floor, Wentworth Selbourne Chambers, assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$5,000	The University of Queensland - TC Beirne School of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$5,000	Ward Keller assists with the funding of AustLII's Northern Territory resources.
	$4,945	$4,945	The Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General assists with funding government use of AustLII's databases as part of a whole of Commonwealth, State and Territory government funding approach by the National Justice CEOs in each jurisdiction.
	----------	$4,500	The University of Adelaide assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources and Academic resources.
	$4,400	----------	The Commercial Bar Association of Victoria assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$4,000	$4,000	Johnson Winter & Slattery assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$4,000	$4,000	Norman Waterhouse Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
Peter Hanks QC	$4,000	$3,500	Peter Hanks QC assists with funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$3,500	The University of The Sunshine Coast assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources
	$3,368	$3,209	Bar Chambers assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
	$3,000	$3,000	CFMEU Mining and Energy Division assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$3,000	Charles Darwin University assists with the funding of AustLII's Northern Territory resources and Academic resources.
	$3,000	----------	Charles Darwin University Library assists with the funding of AustLII's Northern Territory resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$3,000	The Law Society of Tasmania assists with the funding of AustLII's Tasmanian resources.
	$3,000	$3,000	The University of Southern Queensland School of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$3,000	The Victorian Mental Health Tribunal assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$2,850	The ACT Civil & Administrative Tribunal assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources.
	$2,500	$6,000	Bartier Perry assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$2,500	----------	Forte Family Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$2,500	----------	Harwood Andrews assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Steven Penglis SC	----------	$2,500	Steven Penglis SC assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources
	----------	$2,500	The University of Canberra Library assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources and Academic resources.
	$2,490	$2,490	The West Australian Department of Justice assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	$2,200	$2,000	HWL Ebsworth Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$2,000	----------	The Council of Australasian Tribunals Inc assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Jeffcott Chambers	$2,000	$2,000	Jeffcott Chambers assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
John Southalan	$2,000	$1,800	John Southalan assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	----------	$2,000	McCullough Robertson Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
Pamela Wilkinson	----------	$2,000	Pamela Wilkinson assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources
	----------	$2,000	Southern Cross University Library assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources
	$2,000	----------	Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$1,895	$1,895	The South Australian Attorney-General's Department & Department of Justice assist with funding government use of AustLII's databases as part of a whole of Commonwealth, State and Territory government funding approach by the National Justice CEOs in each jurisdiction.
	----------	$1,750	LawCPD assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	$1,500	$1,500	Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	$1,500	$1,500	Robinson Locke Litigation Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$1,500	Schweizer Kobras assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$1,500	$1,000	The Family Law Book assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
Elson Pow & Associates	$1,200	$1,200	Elson Pow & Associates assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$1,100	----------	Castledine Gregory assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
Craig Harrison	$1,100	----------	Craig Harrison assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$1,100	Gibbs Wright Litigation Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
Grant Donaldson SC	$1,100	$2,500	Grant Donaldson SC assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources
	$1,100	$1,100	Industrial Deafness Australia assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$1,100	$1,100	Legalwise Seminars Pty Ltd assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$1,100	----------	Mercer (Australia) Pty Ltd assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Nick O'Neill	$1,100	$1,100	Nick O'Neill assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Nick Tweedie SC	$1,100	----------	Nick Tweedie SC assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$1,100	$1,100	Page Seager Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's Tasmanian resources.
Richard Lancaster SC	$1,100	----------	Richard Lancaster SC assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Russell Cocks	$1,100	$1,000	Russell Cocks assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Alec Leopold SC	----------	$1,000	Alec Leopold SC assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Alistair Pound	----------	$1,000	Alistair Pound assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Allison Benson	$1,000	$1,000	Allison benson assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$1,000	Astor Legal assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$1,000	$1,000	Australian Institute of Administrative Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources.
Blumers Lawyers	$1,000	----------	Blumers Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's A.C.T. resources.
Cameron Moore SC	$1,000	----------	Cameron Moore SC assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
David Maddox	$1,000	$1,000	David Maddox assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$1,000	Exam Success assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$1,000	Gall Standfield & Smith assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$1,000	Griffith University assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
John Sheahan SC	$1,000	$1,000	John Sheahan SC assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Kate Eastman SC	----------	$1,000	Kate Eastman SC asists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Lachlan Armstrong QC	----------	$1,000	Lachan Armstrong QC assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$1,000	----------	Makinson & d'Apice Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Marque Lawyers	----------	$1,000	Marque Lawyers ssist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$1,000	$1,000	W G McNally Jones Staff Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
Nevetts Lawyers	----------	$1,000	Nevetts Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$1,000	$1,000	The Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Peter Bobbin	$1,000	$1,000	Peter Bobbin assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Peter White	$1,000	----------	Peter White assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Stephen Rebikoff	$1,000	----------	Stephen Rebikoff assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Terrence Lynch	$1,000	$1,100	Terence Lynch assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Terry Murphy QC	----------	$1,000	Terry Murphy QC assists with treh funding of AustLII's Vicroian resources.
The Honourable Ruth McColl AO SC	$1,000	----------	Ruth McColl assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$1,000	The University of Newcastle School of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources.
	$1,000	----------	The School of Law at the University of South Australia assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources and Academic resources.
	$1,000	----------	The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission assist with the funding of the development of Victorian Discrimination Law resources on AustLII Communities.
	$1,000	----------	Waratah Chambers assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Anonymous Contributors	$18,945	$132,096	2023 anonymous contributors (34) assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
NSW Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	$6,210	$7,220	2023 Contributors: Dakin Law ($550); Lachlan Macquarie Chambers ($550); Adrian Batterby (Lawyer) ($500); Daniels Bengtsson Pty Limited ($500); James Sheller ($500); Paul Bard Lawyers ($500); Rankin Ellison Lawyers ($500); Tina Jowett ($350); Peter Jacobson ($300); Charles Robinson ($250); Joseph Campbell ($250); Victor Kerr ($250); Eugene Wasilenia ($200); Ingmar Taylor SC ($200); Neil Foster ($200); Rosier Partners ($200); A R Byrne & Associates ($110); Matthew Bogunovich ($100); Michael McHugh ($100); Victoria Hartstein ($100); assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Victorian Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	$5,000	$6,741	2023 Contributors: Alistair Pound SC ($500); Cohen Jimenez ($500); Erik S Dober ($500); Peter Vitale ($500); R Tyson Wodak ($500); Rohan Millar ($500); Daniel Robinson ($300); Joseph Lenczner ($300); Anthony Lang ($250); Christopher Lum ($250); Robert Gordon ($200); Stuart Wood ($200); Colin Moyle ($100); Julianne Jaques KC ($100); Lydia Kinda ($100); Martin Willoughby-Thomas ($100); Stephen Parmenter ($100); assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Business and Industry contributors under $1,000	$20	$650	2023 Contributors: FJM Property ($20); assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Courts, Tribunals & Regulators contributors under $1,000	----------	----------	2023 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Education contributors under $1,000	----------	----------	2023 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Government contributors under $1,000	$1,240	$1,240	2023 Contributors: Tasmanian Department of Justice ($590); ACT Justice and Community Safety Directorate ($400); Northern Territory Department of Attorney-General and Justice ($250); assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Other contributors under $1,000	$3,877	$2,455	2023 Contributors: Bob Kelson ($500); Donald Hamish Cameron ($500); Dush Shan ($500); Russell Byard ($500); Jill Matthews ($250); Matthew Thomas ($250); David Zrobek ($200); Ewart Allen ($200); F E Wood ($200); James Lim ($160); Alan Mackinnon ($100); Elizabeth Evatt ($100); Vincent Healy ($100); Paul Sugden ($52); David Blayney ($50); Matthew Dunn ($50); Paul Sykes ($50); Hannaford, Carol ($40); Greg Chalker ($25); Alex Miglietti ($20); Dung Lam ($10); Rakesh Gupta ($10); Sub Ocean Salvage SA ($10); assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Western Australian Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	$2,310	$1,350	2023 Contributors: Scott Ellis ($550); Anchor Legal ($500); Peter Hannan ($500); APX Law Pty Ltd ($200); Halsey Legal Services ($200); Hon Peter Dowding SC ($200); JK Legal ($110); Temperance Legal ($50); assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
Queensland Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	$2,470	$2,200	2023 Contributors: Barry Nilsson ($500); Francis Harrison ($500); Nitra Kidson ($500); Rebecca Treston ($500); Michael Coe ($270); Kevin Holyoak ($200); assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
Tasmanian Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	$250	----------	2023 Contributors: Archer Bushby ($250); assist with the funding of AustLII's Tasmanian resources.
South Australian Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	$2,750	$2,000	2023 Contributors: Daenke Lawyers ($550); DBH Lawyers ($500); Frederick Turner ($500); John White ($500); KJK Legal ($500); Haebich Law ($200); assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
ACT Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	$210	$300	2023 Contributors: Chris McKeown ($110); Canberra Chambers ($100); assist with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources.
NT Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	$220	$200	2023 Contributors: Piper Grimster Jones Lawyers ($220); assist with the funding of AustLII's Northern Territory resources.
Norfolk Island contributors under $1,000	----------	----------	2023 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Norfolk Island resources.

Previous Funding Sources

AustLII wishes to thank those sources that have provided it with significant funding in past years, but no longer provide funding:

• The Law Foundation of New South Wales  was the principal source of funding for AustLII's primary legal materials. The Law Foundation of NSW previously operated Foundation Law. AustLII wishes to express its sincere thanks to the Foundation for its generous and substantial support during AustLII's first five years.
• IP Australia funded the development of intellectual property resources on AustLII providing $90,000 over 2000-2002.
• The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation funded the Reconciliation and Social Justice Project, and was a partner in a collaborative research grant.
• AUSTRAC
• Australian Business Limited provided $520,000 over the period 1997-2005 to fund the Workplace Relations Law Library and partnered with AustLII in a collaborative research grant on Point-in-Time legislation.