Welcome to r/auslaw!
This is a subreddit for Australians (or anyone interested in Australian law) to discuss matters relating to Australian law or of general legal interest. DO NOT REQUEST LEGAL ADVICE HERE OR OVER THE INTERNET GENERALLY.
Do you have a question about your career, your studies, legal clerkships or the legal industry? Please post your query in the Weekly Students, Careers & Clerkship thread that is stickied at the top of the subreddit
NO LEGAL ADVICE IS GIVEN IN THIS SUBREDDIT
Due to professional laws and regulations and a lot of other reasons, no one in this forum can give you legal advice and nothing said in this forum should be considered legal advice. Here's a post explaining why we can't give advice
The Australia legal resources mega-thread has been updated!
This thread should hopefully tell you who you can contact to help you.
Here is a link to the older version...
Note: if your post includes any of the following words, it is probably a request for legal advice.
"I need advice" / My "friend" needs advice.
"Is this legal?" / "Is this illegal?"
"What are my options?" / "What should I do?"
"What happens in this hypothetical scenario?"
"Can I sue or be sued?"
"What are my rights?" / "Am I liable?"
"Can X do Y?"
"How do I do X?"
"What does this law mean?" / "What laws apply to my situation?"
"Can someone explain this law to me?"
"I don't want legal advice, I just want general legal information about my specific circumstances"
"I'm not looking for advice, I just want to know [insert one or more of the above]."
Current or threatened legal proceedings
It is strongly advised that you not post details of cases and any unique facts in relation to those cases that are being (or are likely to be) litigated and that may lead to your identity becoming known. Just because this is the internet does not mean the wrong person is not watching. This is for your own protection. Please do not hesitate to contact the mods if you are unsure of anything in this regard.
Dodgy legal theories
PLEASE DO NOT post links or advocate the use of pseudo-legal theories known as "Freeman on the land" or its various Australian incarnations, and promoted by David Icke, Max Igan and the like. Such links or posts will be removed and the moderators may impose bans if the circumstances warrant it. For a comprehensive review of these arguments and why they're wrong, see Meads v Meads [2012] ABQB 571.
Don't be a dickhead
Be polite in this subreddit and try to treat all users with respect. Don't go off on political rants. Anti-vaxx nonsense is banned. The mods may hand out bans for breaches of the 'no dickhead' rule.
No anti-vaxx nonsense
Do not post anti-vaxx comments or misinformation about covid-19. We have a zero tolerance policy for those posts. You may be banned immediately.
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In particular, the “Sovereign Citizen” or “Free Man On The Land” nonsense, or whatever Pete Evans happens to be spruiking this week. While we are not averse to mocking dodgy legal theories, please keep in mind this isn’t r/shitsovcitssay. For a comprehensive review of these dodgy legal theories and why they're wrong, see Meads v Meads [2012] ABQB 571.
This rule can be used to report comments from AutoMod which are not appropriate for a particular self post.
This includes requests for, and provision of, legal advice. Free legal advice from strangers on the Internet is worth what you pay for it. Mods will generally lock or remove threads or comments soliciting or offering legal advice.
This is not just about professional obligations - it’s about protecting people from bad advice.
Referrals to other subreddits that purport to give legal advice are liable for removal and the posters banned.
Users are expected to be civil to one another. If you act like a dickhead, your comment is liable for removal and temporary bans may issue. If you demonstrate yourself, by your conduct, to be a dickhead, you will be permabanned. Dickhead behaviour includes, but is not limited to:
Trolling/harassment of users
Ad hominem
Belittling others for their race, sex, gender, or religion
Being unnecessarily hostile (including where users have sought legal advice contrary to sub rules)
Save for general discussion threads such as the regular Friday Drinks Thread, all posts and comments must relate to Australian law or matters of general legal interest. Attempts to derail on-topic posts with off-topic discussions and rants will be dealt with in the moderators' discretion.
We have a careers, students and clerkships thread and a Friday Drinks Thread for a reason. As long as someone remembers to charge the rant bot, the Wednesday Rant Thread also exists for a reason.
We aren’t a dumping ground for your LinkedIn blog that’s not getting any views. We’re looking at you, user who has never participated in discussion before and is suddenly posting links to obscure articles.
We generally don’t mind links to surveys for academic research - we just ask that you run it past the mods, first.
We don’t mind helping you out if you get stuck, but we’re not going to facilitate academic misconduct by answering your hypothetical, verbatim from your take home exam. If you have a crack at it first, and show your work, when you ask for help, you might get a warmer reception.
Threads posing “homework” questions that have been spammed to other law-themed subs are liable for removal.
Before you ask a question, try running a search to see if it’s already been answered.
We have a zero tolerance policy for anti-vaxx nonsense or posts containing misinformation about covid-19. We may ban you without notice if you breach this rule.