The following are the official report series for the various Australian jurisdictions; use these in preference to unofficial report series.
Commonwealth
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
CLR |
Commonwealth Law Reports |
1903 - |
|
FCR |
Federal Court Reports |
1984 - |
|
ALD |
Administrative Law Decisions |
1976 - |
|
Fam LR |
Family Law Reports |
1976 - |
New South Wales
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
NSWLR |
New South Wales Law Reports |
1825-1900 |
|
SR (NSW) |
State Reports New South Wales |
1901-1970 |
|
NSWLR |
New South Wales Law Reports |
1971 - |
Northern Territory
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
NTR |
Northern Territory Reports* |
1979-1990 |
|
NTLR |
Northern Territory Law Reports |
1991 - |
* The Northern Territory Reports are published in the back of selected volumes of the Australian Law Reports in a separately paginated part.
Queensland
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
St R Qd |
Queensland State Reports |
1902-1957 |
|
QR |
Queensland Reports |
1958 - |
South Australia
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
SALR |
South Australia Law Reports |
1867-1892, 1899-1921 |
|
SRSA |
State Reports South Australia |
1921-1971 |
|
SASR |
South Australia State Reports |
1971 - |
Tasmania
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
TLR |
Tasmanian Law Reports |
1879-1940 |
|
Tas SR |
State Reports Tasmania |
1941-1978 |
|
Tas R |
Tasmanian Reports |
1979 - |
Victoria
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
VLR |
Victorian Law Reports |
1885-1956 |
|
VR |
Victorian Reports |
1957 - |
Western Australia
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
WALR |
Western Australia Law Reports |
1899-1959 |
|
WAR |
Western Australian Reports |
1960- |
(a) Reported cases
When citing a reported case, include a court identifier, in accordance with rule 3.2.7. Use the abbreviation subsequently adopted in the official neutral citation (in accordance with what follows below, the jurisdiction identifier may be removed if it is evident from the report series).
(b) Jurisdiction
When citing a decision of a State or Territory court and the jurisdiction is not evident from the report series, include a jurisdiction identifier before the court identifier without a space.
Eg Transfield Constructions Pty Ltd v GIO Australia Holdigns Pty Ltd (1996) 9 ANZ Insurance Cases ¶61-336 (NSWCA) at 71,716.
Use the following jurisdiction identifiers:
|
Australian Capital Territory South Australia New South Wales Tasmania |
ACT SA NSW TAS |
Northern Territory Victoria Queensland Western Australia |
NT V Q WA |
Where the jurisdiction is evident from the report series, give only the court identifier and not the jurisdiction.
Eg South Australia v Johnson (1982) 26 SASR 41 (SC).
(a) Availability
When available, use a neutral citation before the report specific citation.
The following list indicates when the various Australian courts adopted neutral citations:
|
High Court of Australia Federal Court of Australia, Full Court* Federal Court of Australia Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia |
January 1998 January 2002 January 1999 February 1998 January 1999 January 1999 January 1999 January 1999 January 1999 May 1999 |
* Prior to January 2002 when the FCAFC neutral citation was adopted, Full Court decisions were given a FCA neutral citation.