About Law Assistant

What is Law Assistant?

Law Assistant is an AI-powered tool that helps Australians understand their rights and obligations under Australian law. It searches legislation, court decisions, tribunal orders, and government guidance to give plain-English answers with direct citations to the source material.

Knowledge base

By topic

Law areas covered

• →Employment Law Fair Work Act 2009, National Employment Standards, Fair Work Commission decisions
• →Family Law Family Law Act 1975, parenting arrangements, property settlements, divorce, child support
• →Personal Injury Civil liability acts (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA), workplace injury, negligence · state-specific
• →Consumer Law Australian Consumer Law, consumer guarantees, refunds, unfair contract terms
• →Tenancy Residential tenancy acts across NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA and more · state-specific
• →NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, NDIS Rules, ndis.gov.au guidance
• →Discrimination Law Age, Disability, Racial, and Sex Discrimination Acts, AHRC complaints process
• →Privacy Law Privacy Act 1988, Australian Privacy Principles, OAIC complaints
• →Intellectual Property Copyright Act 1968, Patents Act 1990, Trade Marks Act 1995, Designs Act 2003
• →Criminal Law Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), state criminal codes and offences, bail, sentencing · state-specific
• →Wills & Estates Succession and Wills Acts across all states, probate, intestacy, family provision · state-specific
• →Centrelink & Social Security Social Security Act 1991, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, Services Australia guidelines
• →Immigration Migration Act 1958, Migration Regulations 1994, visa categories, citizenship, AAT appeals
• →Domestic Violence & AVOs State DV acts (NSW, VIC, QLD), apprehended violence orders, family violence protections · state-specific
• →Workers' Compensation State workers comp acts (NSW, VIC, QLD), injury claims, weekly benefits, dispute resolution · state-specific
• →Superannuation Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993, Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, AFCA complaints
• →Tax Law Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, GST Act 1999, Taxation Administration Act 1953, fringe benefits tax
• →Credit & Debt National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009, National Credit Code, responsible lending, hardship, debt collectors
• →Aged Care Aged Care Act 1997, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018, resident rights, quality complaints
• →Administrative Law Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024, ADJR Act 1977, FOI Act 1982, Ombudsman Act 1976, challenging federal government decisions
• →Strata & Body Corporate Strata schemes management and owners corporation acts across NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA and more · state-specific
• →Commercial Property Retail and commercial leases acts (NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, ACT, NT), disclosure obligations, rent reviews, make-good · state-specific
• →Child Support Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989, Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988, change of assessment, agreements
• →Traffic Law Road Transport Acts and traffic legislation across all 8 states and territories · state-specific

How it works

Your question is converted to a semantic embedding and matched against a database of legislation, decisions, and guidance using hybrid search (vector + full-text). The most relevant passages are passed to Claude by Anthropic, which generates a plain-English answer grounded in the retrieved material. Every answer includes citations so you can read the original source.

For state-specific areas (tenancy, personal injury, criminal, wills & estates, traffic), you can select your state before asking to get jurisdiction-specific answers.

Usage limits

• →Guest users: 10 searches per month
• →Free / Personal: 25 searches per week
• →Business: 100 credits / month questions and document reviews share one pool

See pricing for document review limits by plan.

Document review

Upload a contract, lease, or legal letter, then ask plain-English questions about it. The document is read alongside relevant Australian legislation so answers are grounded in the actual law, not just the document text. Supported formats: PDF, Word (.docx), and plain text (.txt).

Personal plans include 5 document reviews per month. See pricing for Business plan details. Try document review →