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Thanks to our existing contributors

AustLII's 2024 contributors included 102 organisations and individuals from the legal profession, 19 universities and academic institutions, 3 Government agencies, 11 organisations from business and industry, 12 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 one of AustLII's Co-Directors Professor Andrew Mowbray AM, or Professor Philip Chung AM, 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	2025 Funding	2024 Funding
			The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), hosts AustLII and provides in-kind support for accommodation, and $150,000 pa towards salaries.
	----------	$875,000	The Australian Attorney-General's Department assists with maintaining the AustLII website and with funding government use of AustLII's databases.
	----------	$72,500	Wolters Kluwer CCH Australia Limited assists with the funding of AustLII's LawCite citator.
	----------	$56,000	The University of New South Wales (UNSW), including its Faculty of Law, jointly operates AustLII.
	----------	$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.
	----------	$48,450	The Sydney University Law School assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$48,449	Monash University Law School assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$30,000	Allens assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$30,000	Clayton Utz Solicitors assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$30,000	Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales, Victorian and Western Australian resources.
	----------	$30,000	Herbert Smith Freehills assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$30,000	King & Wood Mallesons assists with funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$30,000	Standards Australia Limited provides funding for the development of a facility to search for Australian Standards referenced in legislation and case law.
	----------	$27,000	The Fair Work Commission assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$25,000	Ashurst assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$25,000	The Law Society of New South Wales assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$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.
	----------	$24,900	The Legal Aid Commissions of all Australian jurisdictions, through National Legal Aid assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$23,760	The Council of Attorneys-General Senior Officials Group assists with funding government use of AustLII's databases.
	----------	$20,000	Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$20,000	The Melbourne University Law School assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$20,000	Queensland University of Technology assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$18,500	The Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$15,500	The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$15,000	The Administrative Appeals Tribunal assists with the funding of its decisions (and pre-merger MRT, RRT and SSAT decisions) in AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$15,000	DLA Piper 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.
	----------	$11,250	Electoral Regulations Research Network assists with the funding of the development of the Australian Electoral Law Library.
	----------	$11,000	The Law Council of Australia assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
WA Bar Chambers Limited	----------	$11,000	WA Bar Chambers Limited assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	----------	$10,500	The barristers from the 12th Floor, Wentworth Selbourne Chambers, assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$10,000	Baker & McKenzie assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$10,000	The Bar Association of Queensland assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$10,000	Bond University Faculty of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$10,000	Macquarie University assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources
	----------	$10,000	Minter Ellison Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$10,000	RMIT assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$10,000	Russell Kennedy Solicitors assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$10,000	Slater and Gordon Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$10,000	The South Australian Employment Tribunal assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
	----------	$10,000	Sparke Helmore assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$10,000	The University of Queensland - TC Beirne School of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$10,000	The Victorian Bar Inc assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$8,314	The Fair Work Ombudsman assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$7,500	Maddocks assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$6,500	C Group assists with funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$6,000	The Australian Academy of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's resources.
	----------	$6,000	Charles Darwin University Library assists with the funding of AustLII's Northern Territory resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$6,000	The University of Western Australia Library assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$6,000	The Victorian Mental Health Tribunal assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$5,800	The Legal Services Council assists with the funding of the lp Uniform Law Library (Australia).
	----------	$5,500	The Law Institute of Victoria assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$5,500	Maurice Blackburn Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,000	The ANU College of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$5,000	Arnold Bloch Leibler assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,000	Barry Nilsson assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$5,000	Bird & Bird assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$5,000	Clifford Chance assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,000	Davies Collison Cave assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,000	Edith Cowan University assist with the funding of AustLII's Wetsern Australian resources.
	----------	$5,000	HopgoodGanim assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$5,000	Lavan assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,000	LawNet by Singapore Academy of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,000	The Licensing Court of South Australia assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
	----------	$5,000	Mills Oakley assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,000	The NSW Bar Association assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$5,000	Ward Keller assists with the funding of AustLII's Northern Territory resources.
	----------	$5,000	White & Case assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$4,620	The Commercial Bar Association of Victoria assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$4,400	The Victorian Workplace Injury Commission assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$4,000	Bar Chambers assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
	----------	$4,000	Johnson Winter & Slattery assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$4,000	Norman Waterhouse Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
Peter Hanks QC	----------	$4,000	Peter Hanks QC assists with funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$4,000	Sladen Legal assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Dr Nick Seddon	----------	$3,000	Dr Nick Seddon (Lawyer) assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources.
	----------	$3,000	Gilchrist Connell assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
	----------	$3,000	The Law Society of Tasmania assists with the funding of AustLII's Tasmanian resources.
	----------	$3,000	The MEU assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$3,000	Piper Alderman, assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$3,000	The Tasmanian Bar Inc assists with the funding of AustLII's Tasmanian resources.
	----------	$3,000	The University of Notre Dame School of Law and Library assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth and Western Australian resources.
	----------	$3,000	The University of Canberra Library assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$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 Western Australian Bar Association (Inc) assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	----------	$2,500	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.
BLW Partners Pty Ltd	----------	$2,200	BLW Partners Pty Ltd assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$2,200	Bennett + Co assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australia resources.
Matthew Hooper	----------	$2,200	Matthew Hooper assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$2,200	Steadfast assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Tim Game	----------	$2,200	Tim Game assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$2,200	Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$2,000	The Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand Limited assists with the funding of the Aviation Law Library.
	----------	$2,000	Blackwood Family Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$2,000	Industrial Deafness Australia assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$2,000	Jackson McDonald assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
Judge Riethmuller	----------	$2,000	Judge Riethmuller assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$2,000	Lander & Rogers assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$2,000	List A Barristers Pty Ltd assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$2,000	The Northern Territory Bar Association assists with the funding of AustLII's Northern Territory resources.
	----------	$2,000	Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$2,000	The South Australian Bar Association assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
Stephen Rebikoff	----------	$2,000	Stephen Rebikoff assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$2,000	Turner Freeman Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Hanson Chambers	----------	$1,600	Hanson Chambers assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
	----------	$1,500	The ACT Bar Association assist with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources.
	----------	$1,500	Connolly Suthers assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$1,500	Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$1,500	Edmund Barton Chambers assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
	----------	$1,500	Robinson Locke Litigation Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$1,500	The Family Law Book assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$1,100	Buttar Caldwell & Co Solicitors 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.
Cathy Dowsett	----------	$1,100	Cathy Dowsett assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$1,100	DBH Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
	----------	$1,100	Gordon Legal Pty Ltd assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$1,100	Griffith University assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
Joshua Knackstredt	----------	$1,100	Joshua Knackstredt assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$1,100	The Law Society of South Australia assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
	----------	$1,100	Legalwise Seminars Pty Ltd assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Nick O'Neill	----------	$1,100	Nick O'Neill assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$1,100	Online Induction assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	----------	$1,100	Page Seager Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's Tasmanian resources.
Patricia Byrnes	----------	$1,100	Patricia Byrnes assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Peter Bobbin	----------	$1,100	Peter Bobbin assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Phillip Boulten	----------	$1,100	Phillip Boulten assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Rachel Doyle	----------	$1,100	Rachel Doyle assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Richard Lancaster SC	----------	$1,100	Richard Lancaster SC assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Sinisgalli Foster Legal	----------	$1,100	Sinisgalli Foster Legal assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Thomas Warner	----------	$1,100	Thomas Warner assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$1,100	Turks Legal assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
John Armfield	----------	$1,050	John Armfield assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales 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	Allison benson assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Angad Dhillon	----------	$1,000	Angad Dhillon assists with the funidng of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	----------	$1,000	CBB Law assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$1,000	Doogue + George Defence Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$1,000	Hicksons Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Ian Robertson SC	----------	$1,000	Ian Robertson SC assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
John Southalan	----------	$1,000	John Southalan assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
Jonathan Redwood SC	----------	$1,000	Jonathan Redwood SC assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales 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.
Robert Dick	----------	$1,000	Robert Dick assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Russell Cocks	----------	$1,000	Russell Cocks assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$1,000	Turnbull Hill Lawyers assist with the funing of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$1,000	Waratah Chambers assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Anonymous Contributors	----------	$17,520	2025 anonymous contributors (0) assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
NSW Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	----------	$8,780	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Victorian Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	----------	$5,035	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Business and Industry contributors under $1,000	----------	$112	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Courts, Tribunals & Regulators contributors under $1,000	----------	----------	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Education contributors under $1,000	----------	----------	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Government contributors under $1,000	----------	----------	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Other contributors under $1,000	----------	$3,040	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Western Australian Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	----------	$1,175	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
Queensland Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	----------	$1,250	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
Tasmanian Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	----------	$100	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Tasmanian resources.
South Australian Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	----------	$2,000	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
ACT Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	----------	----------	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources.
NT Legal Profession contributors under $1,000	----------	----------	2025 Contributors: assist with the funding of AustLII's Northern Territory resources.
Norfolk Island contributors under $1,000	----------	----------	2025 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.