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APPENDIX 2: AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL REPORT SERIES AND NEUTRAL CITATIONS

For guidance on citation of Australia cases, see rule 8.2.

OFFICIAL REPORT SERIES

The following are the official report series for the various Australian jurisdictions.

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

Qd R

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–

NEUTRAL CITATIONS

The following tables indicate when the more commonly cited Australian federal and state courts adopted neutral citations. Note that some earlier decisions have been given what look like neutral citations by the Australian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). These are not official and should not be used.

Federal

Court

Court identifier

Adoption date

High Court of Australia

HCA

January 1998

Federal Court of Australia, Full Court

FCAFC

January 2002

Federal Court of Australia

FCA

January 1999

Family Court of Australia, Full Court

FamCAFC

January 2008

Family Court of Australia

FamCA

January 1998

Australian Capital Territory

Court

Court identifier

Adoption date

Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, Court of Appeal

ACTCA

January 2002

Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

ACTSC

February 1998

New South Wales

Court

Court identifier

Adoption date

Supreme Court of New South Wales, Court of Appeal

NSWCA

January 1999

Supreme Court of New South Wales, Court of Criminal Appeal

NSWCCA

January 1999

Supreme Court of New South Wales

NSWSC

January 1999

Northern Territory

Court

Court identifier

Adoption date

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Court of Appeal

NTCA

January 2000

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Court of Criminal Appeal

NTCCA

January 2000

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

NTSC

January 1999

Queensland

Court

Court identifier

Adoption date

Supreme Court of Queensland, Court of Appeal

QCA

January 2000

Supreme Court of Queensland

QSC

January 2000

South Australia

Court

Court identifier

Adoption date

Supreme Court of South Australia, Full Court

SASCFC

July 2010

Supreme Court of South Australia

SASC

January 1999

Tasmania

Court

Court identifier

Adoption date

Supreme Court of Tasmania, Full Court

TASFC

January 2010

Supreme Court of Tasmania, Court of Criminal Appeal

TASCCA

January 2010

Supreme Court of Tasmania

TASSC

January 1999

Victoria

Court

Court identifier

Adoption date

Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal

VSCA

January 1998

Supreme Court of Victoria

VSC

January 1998

Western Australia

Court

Court identifier

Adoption date

Supreme Court of Western Australia, Court of Appeal

WASCA

January 2000

Supreme Court of Western Australia

WASC

January 1999

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