List of Law Reports in Australia explained

Law reports covering the decisions of Australian Courts are collections of decisions by particulars courts, subjects or jurisdictions. A widely used guide to case citation in Australia is the Australian Guide to Legal Citation, published jointly by the Melbourne University Law Review and the Melbourne Journal of International Law.

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CLR 1903- Thomson Reuters Authorised report for High Court. Contains most but not all judgments of the High Court and of the Privy Council on appeal from the High Court.
1903-1959 Vols 1-100: High Court Vols 1-100: BarNet JADEVolumes 1 to 100 digitised by the High Court in the OpenLaw 1 to 100 project.
Australian Law Journal Reports ALJR 1927- Thomson Reuters 2002- High Court and Privy Council decisions. Contains some decisions not reported in the Commonwealth Law Reports
HCA 1903- AustLII BarNet JADE
Federal Court Reports FCR 1984- Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
FCA 1977- AustLII BarNet JADEIncludes Full Court decisions 1977-2001
FCAFC 2002- AustLII BarNet JADEEarlier Full Court decisions are available as part of the FCA Series
FCCA 2013- AustLII BarNet JADE
FMCA 2000-2013 AustLII BarNet JADEFamily law decisions are in the FMCAfam series
FamCA 1976- AustLII BarNet JADE
FamCAFC 2008- AustLII BarNet JADEEarlier Full Court decisions are available as part of the FamCA Series
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, family law decisions FMCAfam 2000-2013 AustLII BarNet JADEGeneral law decisions are in the FMCA series
Family Law Cases FLC 1976- CCH Selected Australian family law decisions of the High Court of Australia, Family Court of Australia, Federal Circuit Court, Family Court of Western Australia and State and Territory Supreme Courts
Family Law Reports Fam LR 1961- Lexis Nexis Selected family law decisions from the High Court, Family Courts and State Supreme Courts and Federal Magistrates Court
Federal law ALR Lexis Nexis Selected decisions of the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of the states and territories exercising federal jurisdiction
Federal Law Reports FLR 1961- Thomson Reuters Selected decisions from State and Territory Supreme Courts exercising Federal jurisdiction, the Family Court of Australia, the Federal Magistrates Court and Federal tribunals
Corporations Law Australian Company Law Cases ACLC 1990- CCH Selected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts, and decisions of the Takeovers Panel
Australian Corporations and Securities Reports ACSR 1989- Lexis Nexis Selected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts
Australian Company Law Reports ACLR 1974-1989
Criminal law Australian Criminal Reports A Crim R 1979- Thomson Reuters Selected decisions on criminal law by the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of the states and territories
Industrial law Commonwealth Arbitration Reports CAR 1905-1993 AustLII Arbitration decisions of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration and the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
Industrial Reports IR 1981 Thomson Reuters Selected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts, and Federal and State Industrial Courts and Tribunals
Administrative law Administrative Law Decisions ALD 1976- Lexis Nexis Selected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts and administrative tribunals
Taxation law Australian Tax Reports ATR 1969- WestLaw (Thomson Reuters)
Australasian Tax Reports 1970-1990 Butterworths
Property law Australian & New Zealand Conveyancing Reports ANZ Conv R 1979–2008 CCH
NSW Conveyancing Reports NSW Conv R 1980–2008 CCH
Butterworths Property Reports BPR 1971- Butterworths
ACT Law Reports ACTLR 2008- Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
Australian Capital Territory Reports ACTR 1973- Lexis Nexis
ACTSC 1986- AustLII BarNet JADE
NSWLR 1970- New South Wales Law ReportsAuthorised report. Includes NSW Court of Appeal and NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
NSW Reports NSWR 1960-1970 New South Wales Law Reports
State Reports NSW SR NSW 1901-1970 New South Wales Law Reports
1901-1950 via AustLII
Law Reports (NSW) LR (NSW) 1856–1900 via AustLII
Weekly Notes (New South Wales) WN (NSW) 1884–1987
NSWSC 1995- caselaw.nsw.gov.au
AustLII BarNet JADE
Decisions of judges sitting alone
NSWCA 1988 - caselaw.nsw.gov.au
AustLII BarNet JADE
Court of Appeal
NSWCCA 1994- caselaw.nsw.gov.au
AustLII BarNet JADE
Court of Criminal Appeal
NSWSupC 1788-1899 via AustLII Decisions of Superior Courts of NSW, includes Court of Civil Jurisdiction (1788-1814) & Supreme Court of Civil Judicature (1814-1823)
Northern Territory Law Reports NTLR 1991- Thomson Reuters Authorised report
NTSC 1986- AustLII BarNet JADE
Queensland Reports QdR 1958- Lexis Nexis 1974- Queensland JudgmentsAuthorised report.
State Reports Queensland St R Qd 1902-57 Thomson Reuters
QSC 1994- AustLII BarNet JADE
QCA 1992- AustLII BarNet JADECourt of Appeal
South Australian State Reports SASR 1971- Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
State Reports. South Australia SASR 1920-71 Thomson Reuters
1920-1950 via AustLII
South Australian Law Reports SALR 1863-1920 via AustLII
SASC 1989- AustLII BarNet JADE
SASCFC 2010- AustLII BarNet JADECourt of Criminal Appeal and Full Court of the Supreme Court
Tasmanian Reports Tas R 1978- Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
1978-1991 AustLII
Tasmanian State Reports Tas SR 1941-1978 AustLII
Tasmanian Law Reports TLR 1897-1940 AustLII
TASSC 1995- AustLII BarNet JADEDecisions of judges sitting alone
TASFC 2010 - AustLII BarNet JADEFull Court
TASCCA 2010- AustLII BarNet JADECourt of Criminal Appeal
TASSupC 1824-1843 via AustLII Decisions of Superior Courts of Tasmania
VR 1953- Little William Bourke Thomson ReutersAuthorised report.
1953-1996 via AustLII
Victorian Law Reports VLR 1875-1956 Little William Bourke via AustLII
VSC 1994- AustLII BarNet JADE
VSCA 1998 - AustLII BarNet JADECourt of Appeal
Western Australian Reports WAR 1961- Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
Western Australian Law Reports WALR 1899-1959 via AustLII
WASC 1996- AustLII BarNet JADE
WASCA 1998 - AustLII BarNet JADECourt of Appeal
Digests Australian Legal Monthly Digest ALMD 1967-1993 Summaries of significant reported decisions and recent legislative developments