Access, impact and efficiency

Over 1.5M pages accessed per week
    Up to 400,000 'hits' per working day
    Usage actually higher due to proxy servers

Efficiency and economies of scale - 
    Access costs less than 1¢ per page or section
    A new database can be added for A$5,000 p/a

Who wants to access law?
    55% .com or .net - Business, lawyers and general public
    20% .edu - Education domain 
    5% .gov - Government domain
    15% not .au - Overseas usage (80,000 cases to UK in 1998)
User survey also shows use from the whole community

What do people access?
    Case law has permanent appeal - 'Top 20 cases' 1998 
     Over 250,000 accesses to treaties in 1998
    Most popular NSW legislation - real estate agents or tenants?