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8.2.3 Neutral citations

When available, use an official neutral citation before the report specific citation.

Most Australian courts adopted neutral citation in 1999. A list of when the major Australian courts adopted neutral citation and the court identifiers used is included in Appendix 2.

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.

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