University Library: Law: Current awareness

LexisNexis: Content Notifier
Free alert service for Table of Contents for Lexis Advance (Australian) journals, report series and bulletins in pdf format.
Westlaw AU, TR: Publication alerts for journals
Keep up to date with new journal articles by creating publication alerts.
JournalTOCs
Keep up-to-date with newly published scholarly material in your discipline area direct to your inbox.
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The JournalTOCs (Tables of Contents) service makes it easy for academics, researchers, students and anyone else to keep up-to-date with newly published scholarly material by enabling them to find, display, store, combine and reuse thousands of journal tables of contents from multiple publishers such as Sage, Springer, Oxford University Press, Nature and John Wiley.
Journal TOCS - set up information

High Court of Australia: Alerts
Subscribe to alerts about case summaries, judgments or the HCA Bulletin
Jade
LexisNexis: Content Notifier
Free alert service for Table of Contents for Lexis Advance (Australian) journals, report series and bulletins in pdf format.
Thomson Reuters: Updates and alerts
Stay up-to-date with changes and information about Westlaw.
Supreme Court of New South Wales: Alerts
How to receive alerts from Twitter or Facebook about recent judgments, legislative changes, new publications, media releases, speeches and more.
Supreme Court of Western Australia: Alerts
Subscribe to receive alerts for judgments, sentencing decisions, practice directions and more.
ICLR: Home page and free case alert service
Publishers of the UK authorised report series. Free access to brief notes and alerts for recent decisions.

Federal Register of Legislation (Cth) My Account
Set up a free account to receive legislative updates.
Parliament of NSW: Alert service
After completing a Hansard advanced search, you have the option to set up an email alert. Alerts allow you to receive updates whenever new content which matches your search is published.
NSW Legislation: Notifications
Subscribe to alerts for official notification of the making of statutory instruments and other legislative events.
WA Legislation: RSS feeds
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows users to stream WA Legislation update notifications directly to RSS compatible devices or services.

Blogs

Jade World
JADE World, an initiative of BarNet, is an Australian site which aggregates the legal world of blogging and tweeting.
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Based in the Law Faculty at Monash University, the Castan Centre seeks to promote and protect human rights through policy, public education, research and student programs.
Lawschoolvibe
Blog of a group of UNSW Law scholars and invited guests who have a special interest in legal education
Opinions on High
The Melbourne Law School High Court Blog aims to provide a public forum for discussion of the judicial decisions of the High Court of Australia.
AUSPUBLAW
AUSPUBLAW is a collaborative blogging project bringing you expert commentary and analysis on recent cases and legislative change as well as updates on the latest research and scholarship in Australian public law.
Open and Shut
This blog takes an interest in all issues associated with Freedom of Information (FOI) and privacy legislation in Australia.
Law Insitute of Victoria Young Lawyers Blog
The Law Institute of Victoria's young lawyers blog.

International Blogs

International Law Reporter
Opinio Juris
Blog dedicated to the informed discussion of international law by and among academics, practitioners and legal experts.
Human Rights@Harvard Law
Blog of the European Journal of International Law
Yale Law School: Foreign & International Blog
Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog
The Oxford Human Rights Hub (OxHRH) aims to bring together academics, practitioners, and policy-makers from across the globe to advance the understanding and protection of human rights and equality. Through the vigorous exchange of ideas and resources, we strive to facilitate a better understanding of human rights principles, to develop new approaches to policy, and to influence the development of human rights law and practice.
LSE Human Rights blog

News Databases

These databases can be used to find national and international full text newspaper articles. See also the News and Newspaper guide for information on accessing news sources.

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre This link opens in a new window
Leading Australasian magazines, newspapers, newswires, biographies, reference books and an image collection.
Informit TVNews This link opens in a new window
Australian news and current affairs program excerpts from free-to-air networks such as ABC, SBS and Ten.
NewsBank This link opens in a new window
Newsbank is a database that provides access to Full-Text Newspapers and contains international, national, regional and local news from across Australia and the world including
The Age
The Australian
The Australian Financial Review
The Canberra Times
The Guardian
The Sydney Morning Herald
The West Australian
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
A leading collection of full-text international newspaper articles, TV and radio transcripts.
Westlaw Classic This link opens in a new window
An extensive collection of full text primary and secondary legal materials and news sources from jurisdictions around the world.