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Funding Sources by Type

A number of organisations currently contribute valuable funding assistance to AustLII to continue its development. A breakdown of funding by organisation type is set out below. There is also a breakdown of funding by value of contribution and by jurisdiction available.

• Education (17 - $263,249)
• Business and Industry (11 - $184,600)
• Community and small contributors (1 - $1,511)
• Competitive Grant Providers (0 - $)
• Courts, Tribunals and Regulators (4 - $63,000)
• Government Agencies (3 - $74,900)
• Law Societies and Bar Associations (9 - $64,220)
• Legal Profession (72 - $384,400)
• Anonymous Donations (43 - $13,220)

New contributors are welcome. Organisations from the legal profession, Courts, Tribunals, Regulators, Law Schools, business organisations and others are invited to become AustLII 'contributors' by making whatever funding contribution they consider is appropriate. Their contributions will be duly recognised on this page and by other means. Enquiries should be addressed to Richard Hunter, AustLII Development Manager, or any one of AustLII's Co-Directors Professor Graham Greenleaf, Professor Andrew Mowbray, or Mr Philip Chung, or you can use our form.

Listed below are AustLII's current funding sources.

Education (17 - $263,249)

	2024 Funding	2023 Funding
	$48,450	$22,000	The Sydney University Law School assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources.
	$48,449	$40,000	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.
	$31,000	----------	The University of New South Wales Library assists with funding 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	$54,070	The University of New South Wales (UNSW), including its Faculty of Law, jointly operates AustLII.
	$20,000	$31,000	The Melbourne University Law School assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources and Academic resources.
	$20,000	$30,000	Queensland University of Technology assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
	$11,250	$28,000	Electoral Regulations Research Network assists with the funding of the development of the Australian Electoral Law Library.
	$10,000	$10,000	Bond University Faculty of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$10,000	Flinders University, including its School of Law and Library assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources and Academic resources
	$10,000	$10,000	Macquarie University assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources
	$10,000	----------	RMIT assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$10,000	Western Sydney University School of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources.
	$6,000	$3,000	Charles Darwin University Library assists with the funding of AustLII's Northern Territory resources and Academic resources.
	$6,000	$6,000	The University of Western Australia Library assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$5,500	The University of New England School of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources.
	----------	$5,000	The ANU College of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources and Academic resources.
	$5,000	----------	Edith Cowan University assist with the funding of AustLII's Wetsern Australian resources.
	$5,000	$10,000	The University of Queensland - TC Beirne School of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic resources.
	$3,000	$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	$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.
	----------	$2,000	University of Wollongong Library assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources and Academic resources.
	$1,100	$1,000	Griffith University assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources and Academic 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.

Business and Industry (11 - $184,600)

	2024 Funding	2023 Funding
	$72,500	$67,500	Wolters Kluwer CCH Australia Limited assists with the funding of AustLII's LawCite citator.
	$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.
	$30,000	$77,550	Standards Australia Limited provides funding for the development of a facility to search for Australian Standards referenced in legislation and case law.
	----------	$7,500	Counsel's Chambers Limited assists with funding AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$6,500	$6,000	C Group assists with funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	$6,000	$5,000	The Australian Academy of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's resources.
	$5,000	$5,000	LawNet by Singapore Academy of Law assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$3,000	CFMEU Mining and Energy Division assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$3,000	----------	The MEU assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$2,200	----------	Steadfast assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$2,200	$2,000	Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth 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.
	$1,100	----------	Online Induction assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
Peter White	----------	$1,000	Peter White assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.

Community and small contributors (1 - $1,511)

	2024 Funding	2023 Funding
Angad Dhillon	$1,511	----------	Angad Dhillon assists with the funidng of AustLII's Queensland resources.
Nick O'Neill	----------	$1,100	Nick O'Neill assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.

Competitive Grant Providers (0 - $)

	2024 Funding	2023 Funding
	----------	$66,232	The Australian Research Data Commons assist with the funding of AustLII's Coronial Findings collection.

Courts, Tribunals and Regulators (4 - $63,000)

	2024 Funding	2023 Funding
	$27,000	$25,000	The Fair Work Commission assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$25,000	The New South Wales Personal Injury Commission assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$18,000	The Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth 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	$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	The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$10,750	The Legal Services Council assists with the funding of the lp Uniform Law Library (Australia).
	----------	$10,000	The Fair Work Ombudsman assists 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.
	$6,000	----------	The Victorian Mental Health Tribunal assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$6,000	The Victorian Workplace Injury Commission assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$5,500	The Supreme Court of Tasmania assists with the funding of its decisions in AustLII's Tasmanian resources.
	----------	$2,000	The Council of Australasian Tribunals Inc assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth 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.

Government Agencies (3 - $74,900)

	2024 Funding	2023 Funding
	----------	$50,000	The Australian Taxation Office assists with the funding of the Taxation Law Library.
	$25,000	$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	$25,000	The Council of Attorneys-General Senior Officials Group assists with funding government use of AustLII's databases.
	$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.
	----------	$10,000	The Australian Government Solicitor assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$1,000	The Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.

Law Societies and Bar Associations (9 - $64,220)

	2024 Funding	2023 Funding
	$25,000	$22,000	The Law Society of New South Wales assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$11,000	$11,000	The Law Council of Australia 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	The Victorian Bar Inc assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$5,500	The Tasmanian Bar Inc assists with the funding of AustLII's Tasmanian resources.
Blue Mountains Law Society	----------	$5,000	The Blue Mountains Law Society assists with funding AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$5,000	The Law Institute of Victoria assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$5,000	$5,000	The NSW Bar Association assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$4,620	$4,400	The Commercial Bar Association of Victoria assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	----------	$4,000	The South Australian Bar Association assists 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	$6,000	The Western Australian Bar Association (Inc) assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	$1,500	----------	The ACT Bar Association assist with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources.
	$1,100	----------	The Law Society of South Australia assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.

Legal Profession (72 - $384,400)

	2024 Funding	2023 Funding
	$30,000	$15,000	Allens assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$30,000	$11,000	Clayton Utz Solicitors assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$30,000	$7,500	Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales, Victorian and Western Australian resources.
	$30,000	$15,000	Herbert Smith Freehills assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$30,000	$10,000	King & Wood Mallesons assists with funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$25,000	$5,000	Ashurst assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$15,000	$5,000	DLA Piper 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	Francis Burt Chambers assists with funding AustLII's South Australian resources.
WA Bar Chambers Limited	$11,000	----------	WA Bar Chambers Limited assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	$10,000	----------	Baker & McKenzie assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$10,000	$10,000	Minter Ellison Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth 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	----------	Sparke Helmore assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$5,500	----------	Barry Nilsson assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	$5,500	$5,500	Maurice Blackburn Lawyers assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$5,000	----------	Arnold Bloch Leibler assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,000	Bennett + Co assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australia resources.
	$5,000	----------	Clifford Chance assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	----------	$5,000	Family Law Practitioners' Association of WA (Inc) assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	$5,000	$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	----------	Mills Oakley assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
	$5,000	$5,000	The barristers from the 12th Floor, Wentworth Selbourne Chambers, assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$5,000	$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.
	$4,000	$3,368	Bar Chambers assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
Jeffcott Chambers	----------	$4,000	Jeffcott Chambers assist with the funding of AustLII's South Australian 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	$4,000	Peter Hanks QC assists with funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Dr Nick Seddon	$3,000	$3,000	Dr Nick Seddon (Lawyer) assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources.
	$3,000	----------	Piper Alderman, assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$2,500	$2,500	Bartier Perry assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Dan Crowe	----------	$2,500	Dan Crowe assists with the funding of AustLII's A.C.T. resources.
	$2,500	$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.
BLW Partners Pty Ltd	$2,200	----------	BLW Partners Pty Ltd assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	----------	$2,200	HWL Ebsworth Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Matthew Hooper	$2,200	----------	Matthew Hooper assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Tim Game	$2,200	----------	Tim Game assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$2,000	----------	Blackwood Family Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
	$2,000	$2,200	Industrial Deafness Australia assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales 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	----------	Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick assists with the funding of AustLII's Commonwealth resources.
Second Floor Wentworth Chambers Pty Ltd	----------	$2,000	Second Floor Wentworth Chambers Pty Ltd assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$2,000	$10,000	Turner Freeman Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$1,500	----------	Connolly Suthers assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	$1,500	$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	$1,500	Robinson Locke Litigation Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	$1,500	$1,500	The Family Law Book assist with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
Elson Pow & Associates	----------	$1,200	Elson Pow & Associates assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Richard Refshauge	----------	$1,150	Richard Refshauge assists with the funding of AustLII's Australian Capital Territory resources.
	$1,100	----------	Buttar Caldwell & Co Solicitors assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$1,100	$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.
Craig Harrison	----------	$1,100	Craig Harrison 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.
Grant Donaldson SC	----------	$1,100	Grant Donaldson SC assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources
Joshua Knackstredt	$1,100	----------	Joshua Knackstredt assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Matthew Follett	----------	$1,100	Matthew Follett assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian 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.
Patricia Byrnes	$1,100	----------	Patricia Byrnes assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Peter Bobbin	$1,100	$1,000	Peter Bobbin assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Rachel Doyle	$1,100	$1,000	Rachel Doyle assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Richard Lancaster SC	$1,100	$1,100	Richard Lancaster SC assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Sinisgalli Foster Legal	$1,100	$1,100	Sinisgalli Foster Legal assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Stonegate Legal Pty Ltd	----------	$1,100	Stonegate Legal Pty Ltd assists with the funding of AustLII's Queensland resources.
	$1,100	----------	Turks Legal assist with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Jonathan Brett	----------	$1,050	Jonathan Brett assists 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	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	David Maddox assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$1,000	$1,000	Doogue + George Defence Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Ian Robertson SC	$1,000	----------	Ian Robertson SC assists with the funding of AustLII's South Australian resources.
John Sheahan SC	----------	$1,000	John Sheahan SC assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
John Southalan	$1,000	$2,000	John Southalan assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
	$1,000	$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	W G McNally Jones Staff Lawyers assist with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
Newcastle Chambers Pty Ltd	----------	$1,000	Newcastle Chambers Pty Ltd assists 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.
Rod Hooper	----------	$1,000	Rod Hooper assists with the funding of AustLII's Western Australian resources.
Russell Cocks	$1,000	$1,100	Russell Cocks assist with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Stephen Rebikoff	$1,000	$1,000	Stephen Rebikoff assists with the funding of AustLII's Victorian resources.
Terrence Lynch	----------	$1,000	Terence Lynch assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
Terry Murphy KC	----------	$1,000	Terry Murphy QC assists with treh funding of AustLII's Vicroian resources.
	$1,000	----------	Turnbull Hill Lawyers assist with the funing of AustLII's New South Wales resources.
	$1,000	$1,000	Waratah Chambers assists with the funding of AustLII's New South Wales resources.