List of Law Reports in Australia


s 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 / subjectReportcitationYearsOnlinecomment
High CourtCommonwealth Law ReportsCLR1903- Thomson ReutersAuthorised 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.
High CourtCommonwealth Law ReportsCLR1903-1959
Volumes 1 to 100 digitised by the High Court in the OpenLaw 1 to 100 project.
High Court Australian Law Journal ReportsALJR1927- Thomson Reuters 2002-High Court and Privy Council decisions. Contains some decisions not reported in the Commonwealth Law Reports
High CourtNeutral citationHCA1903-
Federal Court Federal Court ReportsFCR1984- Thomson ReutersAuthorised report.
Federal CourtNeutral citationFCA1977-
Includes Full Court decisions 1977-2001
Federal CourtNeutral citationFCAFC2002-
Earlier Full Court decisions are available as part of the FCA Series
Federal Circuit Court of AustraliaNeutral citationFCCA2013-
Federal Magistrates Court of AustraliaNeutral citationFMCA2000-2013
Family law decisions are in the FMCAfam series
Family Court of AustraliaNeutral citationFamCA1976-
Family Court of AustraliaNeutral citationFamCAFC2008-
Earlier Full Court decisions are available as part of the FamCA Series
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, family law decisionsNeutral citationFMCAfam2000-2013
General law decisions are in the FMCA series
Family law Family Law CasesFLC1976- CCHSelected 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 ReportsFam LR1961- Lexis NexisSelected family law decisions from the High Court, Family Courts and State Supreme Courts and Federal Magistrates Court
Federal lawAustralian Law ReportsALR Lexis NexisSelected 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 ReportsFLR1961- Thomson ReutersSelected 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 CasesACLC1990- CCHSelected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts, and decisions of the Takeovers Panel
Corporations Law Australian Corporations and Securities ReportsACSR1989- Lexis NexisSelected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts
Corporations Law Australian Company Law ReportsACLR1974-1989 Lexis NexisSelected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts
Criminal law Australian Criminal ReportsA Crim R1979- Thomson ReutersSelected 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 ReportsCAR1905-1993 Arbitration decisions of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration and the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
Industrial law Industrial ReportsIR1981 Thomson ReutersSelected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts, and Federal and State Industrial Courts and Tribunals
Administrative law Administrative Law DecisionsALD1976- Lexis NexisSelected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts and administrative tribunals
Taxation law Australian Tax ReportsATR1969- WestLaw
Taxation lawAustralasian Tax ReportsATR1970-1990Butterworths
Property lawAustralian & New Zealand Conveyancing Reports ANZ Conv R1979–2008 CCH
Property lawNSW Conveyancing Reports NSW Conv R1980–2008 CCH
Property lawButterworths Property Reports BPR1971- Butterworths
Supreme Court ACT Law ReportsACTLR2008- Thomson ReutersAuthorised report.
Supreme Court Australian Capital Territory ReportsACTR1973- Lexis Nexis
Supreme Court Neutral citationACTSC1986-
Supreme Court NSW Law ReportsNSWLR1970- Authorised report. Includes NSW Court of Appeal and NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
Supreme Court NSW Reports NSWR1960-1970 Authorised report. Includes NSW Court of Appeal and NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
Supreme Court State Reports NSW SR NSW1901-1970
Supreme Court State Reports NSW SR NSW1901-1950
Supreme Court Law Reports LR 1856–1900
Supreme Court Weekly Notes WN 1884–1987
Supreme Court Neutral citationNSWSC1995-

Decisions of judges sitting alone
Supreme Court Neutral citationNSWCA1988 -

Court of Appeal
Supreme Court Neutral citationNSWCCA1994-

Court of Criminal Appeal
Supreme Court Neutral citationNSWSupC1788-1899 Decisions of Superior Courts of NSW, includes Court of Civil Jurisdiction & Supreme Court of Civil Judicature
Supreme Court Northern Territory Law ReportsNTLR1991- Thomson ReutersAuthorised report
Supreme Court Neutral citationNTSC1986-
Supreme Court Queensland ReportsQdR1958- Lexis Nexis 1974-
Authorised report.
Supreme Court State Reports QueenslandSt R Qd1902-57 Thomson Reuters
Supreme Court Neutral citationQSC1994-
Supreme Court Neutral citationQCA1992-
Court of Appeal
Supreme Court South Australian State Reports SASR1971- Thomson ReutersAuthorised report.
Supreme Court State Reports. South AustraliaSASR1920-71 Thomson Reuters
Supreme Court State Reports. South AustraliaSASR1920-1950
Supreme Court South Australian Law ReportsSALR1863-1920
Supreme Court Neutral citationSASC1989-
Supreme Court Neutral citationSASCFC2010-
Court of Criminal Appeal and Full Court of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court Tasmanian ReportsTas R1978- Thomson ReutersAuthorised report.
Supreme Court Tasmanian ReportsTas R1978-1991
Supreme Court Tasmanian State Reports Tas SR1941-1978
Supreme Court Tasmanian Law Reports TLR1897-1940
Supreme Court Neutral citationTASSC1995-
Decisions of judges sitting alone
Supreme Court Neutral citationTASFC2010 -
Full Court
Supreme Court Neutral citationTASCCA2010-
Court of Criminal Appeal
Supreme Court Neutral citationTASSupC1824-1843 Decisions of Superior Courts of Tasmania
Supreme Court Victorian ReportsVR1953-
Thomson Reuters		Authorised report.
Supreme Court Victorian ReportsVR1953-1996
Supreme Court Victorian Law ReportsVLR1875-1956
Supreme Court Neutral citationVSC1994-
Supreme Court Neutral citationVSCA1998 -
Court of Appeal
Supreme Court Western Australian ReportsWAR1961- Thomson ReutersAuthorised report.
Supreme Court Western Australian Law ReportsWALR1899-1959
Supreme Court Neutral citationWASC1996-
Supreme Court Neutral citationWASCA1998 -
Court of Appeal
DigestsAustralian Legal Monthly Digest ALMD1967-1993Summaries of significant reported decisions and recent legislative developments