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 Onlinecomment High Court Commonwealth Law Reports 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 Neutral citation HCA 1903- AustLII BarNet JADE Federal Court Federal Court Reports FCR 1984- Thomson Reuters Authorised report. Neutral citation 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 Federal Circuit Court of Australia Neutral citation FCCA 2013- AustLII BarNet JADE Federal Magistrates Court of Australia Neutral citation FMCA 2000-2013 AustLII BarNet JADE Family law decisions are in the FMCAfam series Family Court of Australia Neutral citation 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 Neutral citation FMCAfam 2000-2013 AustLII BarNet JADE General law decisions are in the FMCA series Family law 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 Australian Law Reports 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 Supreme Court (ACT) ACT Law Reports ACTLR 2008- Thomson Reuters Authorised report. Australian Capital Territory Reports ACTR 1973- Lexis Nexis Neutral citation ACTSC 1986- AustLII BarNet JADE Supreme Court (NSW) NSW Law Reports 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 Neutral citation NSWSC 1995- caselaw.nsw.gov.au AustLII BarNet JADE Decisions of judges sitting alone NSWCA 1988 - caselaw.nsw.gov.au AustLII BarNet JADECourt of Appeal NSWCCA 1994- caselaw.nsw.gov.au AustLII BarNet JADECourt 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) Supreme Court (NT) Northern Territory Law Reports NTLR 1991- Thomson Reuters Authorised report Neutral citation NTSC 1986- AustLII BarNet JADE Supreme Court (Qld) Queensland Reports Qd R 1958-2019 Lexis Nexis 1974- Queensland Judgments Authorised report.QR2020- State Reports Queensland St R Qd 1902-57 Thomson Reuters Neutral citation QSC 1994- AustLII BarNet JADE QCA 1992- AustLII BarNet JADE Court of Appeal Supreme Court (SA) 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 Neutral citation SASC 1989- AustLII BarNet JADE SASCFC 2010- AustLII BarNet JADE Court of Criminal Appeal and Full Court of the Supreme Court Supreme Court (Tas) 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 Neutral citation 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 Supreme Court (Vic) Victorian Reports VR 1953- Little William Bourke Thomson Reuters Authorised report. 1953-1996 via AustLII Victorian Law Reports VLR 1875-1956 Little William Bourke via AustLII Neutral citation VSC 1994- AustLII BarNet JADE VSCA 1998 - AustLII BarNet JADE Court of Appeal Supreme Court (WA) Western Australian Reports WAR 1961- Thomson Reuters Authorised report. Western Australian Law Reports WALR 1899-1959 via AustLII Neutral citation 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