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.
Court / subject | Report | citation | Years | Online | class=unsortable | comment | |
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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 JADE | Volumes 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 JADE | Includes Full Court decisions 1977-2001 | ||||
FCAFC | 2002- | AustLII BarNet JADE | Earlier Full Court decisions are available as part of the FCA Series | ||||
FCCA | 2013- | AustLII BarNet JADE | |||||
FMCA | 2000-2013 | AustLII BarNet JADE | Family law decisions are in the FMCAfam series | ||||
FamCA | 1976- | AustLII BarNet JADE | |||||
FamCAFC | 2008- | AustLII BarNet JADE | Earlier Full Court decisions are available as part of the FamCA Series | ||||
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, family law decisions | FMCAfam | 2000-2013 | AustLII BarNet JADE | General 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 Reports | Authorised 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 Judgments | Authorised report. | |||
State Reports Queensland | St R Qd | 1902-57 | Thomson Reuters | ||||
QSC | 1994- | AustLII BarNet JADE | |||||
QCA | 1992- | AustLII BarNet JADE | Court 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 JADE | Court 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 JADE | Decisions of judges sitting alone | ||||
TASFC | 2010 - | AustLII BarNet JADE | Full Court | ||||
TASCCA | 2010- | AustLII BarNet JADE | Court of Criminal Appeal | ||||
TASSupC | 1824-1843 | via AustLII | Decisions of Superior Courts of Tasmania | ||||
VR | 1953- | Little William Bourke Thomson Reuters | Authorised 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 JADE | Court 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 JADE | Court of Appeal | ||||
Digests | Australian Legal Monthly Digest | ALMD | 1967-1993 | Summaries of significant reported decisions and recent legislative developments | |||