List of Law Reports in Australia

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This is a list of Law reports covering the decisions of Australian Courts. 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- subscription required 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.
1903-1959 Free to view & download Vols 1-100 via High Court
Australian Law Journal Reports ALJR 1927- x18px Thomson Reuters 2002- High Court and Privy Council decisions. Contains some decisions not reported in the Commonwealth Law Reports
Neutral citation HCA 1903- Free to view & download AustLII
Federal Court Federal Court Reports FCR 1984- subscription required Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
Neutral citation FCA 1977- Free to view & download AustLII Includes Full Court decisions 1977-2001
FCAFC 2002- Free to view & download AustLII Earlier Full Court decisions are available as part of the FCA Series
Federal Circuit Court of Australia Neutral citation FCCA 2013- Free to view & download AustLII
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia Neutral citation FMCA 2000-2013 Free to view & download AustLII Family law decisions are in the FMCAfam series
Family Court of Australia Neutral citation FamCA 1976- Free to view & download AustLII
FamCAFC 2008- Free to view & download AustLII 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 Free to view & download AustLII General law decisions are in the FMCA series
Family law Family Law Cases FLC 1976- subscription required 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 Reports Fam LR 1961- subscription required 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 subscription required 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 Reports FLR 1961- subscription required 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
Supreme Court (ACT) ACT Law Reports ACTLR 2008- subscription required Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
Neutral citation ACTSC 1986- Free to view & download AustLII
Supreme Court (NSW) NSW Law Reports NSWLR 1970- subscription required nswlr.com.au Authorised report. Includes NSW Court of Appeal and NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
State Reports NSW SR NSW 1901-1970 Free to view, download requires payment nswlr.com.au/sr-nsw
1901-1950 Free to view & download via AustLII
Law Reports (NSW) NSWLR 1856 - 1900 Free to view & download via AustLII
Neutral citation NSWSC 1995- Free to view & download caselaw.nsw.gov.au
Free to view & download AustLII
decisions of judges sitting alone
NSWCA 1988 - Free to view & download caselaw.nsw.gov.au
Free to view & download AustLII
Court of Appeal
NSWCCA 1994- Free to view & download caselaw.nsw.gov.au
Free to view & download AustLII
Court of Criminal Appeal
NSWSupC 1788-1899 Free to view & download 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- subscription required Thomson Reuters Authorised report
Neutral citation NTSC 1986- Free to view & download AustLII
Supreme Court (Qld) Queensland Reports QdR 1958- subscription required Lexis Nexis 1974- Authorised report.
State Reports. Queensland St R Qd 1902-57
Neutral citation QSC 1994- Free to view & download AustLII
QCA 1992- Free to view & download AustLII Court of Appeal
Supreme Court (SA) South Australian State Reports SASR 1971- subscription required Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
State Reports. South Australia SASR 1920-71 SASR
1920-1950 Free to view & download via AustLII
South Australian Law Reports SALR 1863-1920 Free to view & download via AustLII
Neutral citation SASC 1989- Free to view & download AustLII
SASCFC 2010- Free to view & download AustLII Court of Criminal Appeal and Full Court of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court (Tas) Tasmanian Reports Tas R 1978- subscription required Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
1978-1991 Free to view & download AustLII
State Reports Tasmania Tas SR 1941-1978 Free to view & download AustLII
Tasmanian Law Reports TLR 1897-1940 Free to view & download AustLII
Neutral citation TasSC 1995- Free to view & download AustLII decisions of judges sitting alone
TASFC 2010 - Free to view & download AustLII Full Court
TASCCA 2010- Free to view & download AustLII Court of Criminal Appeal
TASSupC 1824-1843 Free to view & download via AustLII decisions of Superior Courts of Tasmania
Supreme Court (Vic) Victorian Reports VR 1953- subscription required Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
1953-1996 Free to view & download via AustLII
Victorian Law Reports VLR 1875-1956 Free to view & download via AustLII
Neutral citation VSC 1994- Free to view & download AustLII
VSCA 1998 - Free to view & download AustLII Court of Appeal
Supreme Court (WA) Western Australian Reports WAR 1961- subscription required Thomson Reuters Authorised report.
Western Australian Law Reports WALR 1899-1959 Free to view & download via AustLII
Neutral citation WASC 1996- Free to view & download AustLII
WASCA 1998 - Free to view & download AustLII Court of Appeal