Victoria Australia
American Community Organizations in Australia
Email: edadvmel@international.unimelb.edu.auVICTORIA VETERANS ASSOCIATIONS ... American Club of Victoria ... VICTORIA ... [Read More]
Australia
Federal law does not explicitly prohibit forced and bonded labor by children, but such practices generally were not known to occur, although there have been instances of such abuses in past years (see Section 6.f.). As a result of the April 1999 discovery of children working in several clothing sweatshops in Sydney and Melbourne, the Attorney General's Department stated that it would study existing laws and consider whether new legislation would strengthen the Government's ability to combat the problem. The Federal Government took no action on this problem during the year; however, the state governments of Victoria and New South Wales enacted legislation to strengthen protections for children in the workplace in 2001. In November 2001, the Victoria state government substantially raised fines for child labor abuses within the state. ... [Read More]
Judicial Assistance - Foreign Attorneys
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Legal Issues
Attorneys in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania & Northern Territory ... Notaries Public in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and NT ... [Read More]
Australia Judicial Assistance
Tel: 1-61-02-681-178 State of Victoria: Service of process in the state of Victoria is handled by private organizations. Costs for personal service for Melbourne and suburbs are 25.00 AUS dollars and an additional 13.00 AUS dollars for each subsequent call. Process serving personal service for Victorian country areas is 25.00 AUS dollars with an additional charge of 50 cents per kilometer travel charge. Fast Process ... [Read More]
Australia (12/04)
The six colonies that now constitute the states of the Australian Commonwealth were established in the following order: New South Wales, 1788; Tasmania, 1825; Western Australia, 1830; South Australia, 1836; Victoria, 1851; and Queensland, 1859. Settlement had preceded these dates in most cases. Discussions between Australian and British representatives led to adoption by the British Government of an act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia in 1900. Since Federation, the Commonwealth Government has established to two self-governing territories: the Northern Territory, 1978; and the Australian Capital Territory (where the national capital, Canberra, is located), 1989. ... [Read More]
Frequently Asked Questions - General Information
RACV (Victoria) ... For Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania: ... [Read More]
U.S. Consular Services in Australia
Consulate General of the United States MelbourneVictoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory ... [Read More]
Australia
In Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory: For registration, passport and other consular services for American citizens, please contact the U.S. Consulate General in Melbourne located at 553 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, telephone (61)(3) 9526-5900, fax (61)(3) 9525-0769, website http://melbourne.usconsulate.gov/melbourne. Hours open to the public: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday to Friday (except American and Australian holidays and the last Wednesday of each month). For emergency services (i.e. the arrest, death or serious injury of American citizens) after 4:30 p.m. or on holidays and weekends, please call (61)(3) 9389-3601. ... [Read More]
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