Westlaw Australia provides a comprehensive coverage of Australian law. The subscription includes the following.

• Core component:
  The Essentials, which is made up of Australian legislation, unreported judgments, legal encyclopaedia – Laws of Australia.

• Practice areas
  There are 21 practice areas, from administrative law; banking & finance; bankruptcy & insolvency … to succession, trust & equity; tax, duties & superannuation. Under each of the 21 practice areas, you can find:

  • Case law
  • Practice directions
  • Forms and precedents
  • Manuals
  • Key commentaries
  • Law books
  • Law journals
• The database makes available a vast collection of authorized law reports which is a valuable source of Australian case law.
• There are case citator and KeyCite functions to facilitate case law research.