List of Law Reports in Australia

Last updated March 07, 2022

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	comment
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.
	Commonwealth Law Reports	CLR	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
	Neutral citation	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
Family Court of Australia	Neutral citation	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	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	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	Lexis Nexis
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 law	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)
Taxation law	Australasian Tax Reports	ATR	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
	State Reports NSW	SR NSW	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 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)
Supreme Court (NT)	Northern Territory Law Reports	NTLR	1991-	Thomson Reuters	Authorised report
Supreme Court (NT)	Neutral citation	NTSC	1986-	AustLII BarNet JADE
Supreme Court (Qld)	Queensland Reports	QdR	1958-	Lexis Nexis 1974- Queensland Judgments	Authorised report.
	State Reports Queensland	St R Qd	1902-57	Thomson Reuters
	Neutral citation	QSC	1994-	AustLII BarNet JADE
	Neutral citation	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
	State Reports. South Australia	SASR	1920-1950	via AustLII
	South Australian Law Reports	SALR	1863-1920	via AustLII
	Neutral citation	SASC	1989-	AustLII BarNet JADE
	Neutral citation	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.
	Tasmanian Reports	Tas R	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.
	Victorian Reports	VR	1953-1996	via AustLII
	Victorian Law Reports	VLR	1875-1956	Little William Bourke via AustLII
	Neutral citation	VSC	1994-	AustLII BarNet JADE
	Neutral citation	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
	Neutral citation	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

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