List of law reports in Australia

{{expand list|date=September 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} Law reports 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''.

{|class="wikitable sortable" || ! Court / subject ! Report ! citation ! Years ! Online ! class=unsortable|comment |- | rowspan="4" | High Court || rowspan="2" | Commonwealth Law Reports || rowspan="2" | CLR || 1903- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|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 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/browse?col=2 Vols 1-100: High Court] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_HCA Vols 1-100: BarNet JADE] | Volumes 1 to 100 digitised by the High Court in the OpenLaw ''1 to 100'' project. |- |{{anchor|ALJR}}  Australian Law Journal Reports || ALJR || 1927- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=subscription required Thomson Reuters 2002- || High Court and Privy Council decisions. Contains some decisions not reported in the Commonwealth Law Reports |- | Neutral citation || HCA || 1903- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_HCA BarNet JADE] | |- | rowspan="3" | Federal Court ||{{anchor|FCR}}  Federal Court Reports || FCR || 1984- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters || Authorised report. |- | rowspan="2" | Neutral citation || FCA || 1977- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_FCA BarNet JADE] | Includes Full Court decisions 1977-2001 |- | FCAFC || 2002- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_FCAFC BarNet JADE] | Earlier Full Court decisions are available as part of the FCA Series |- | Federal Circuit Court of Australia || Neutral citation || FCCA || 2013- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_FCCA BarNet JADE] | |- | Federal Magistrates Court of Australia || Neutral citation || FMCA || 2000-2013 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FMCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_FMCA BarNet JADE] | Family law decisions are in the FMCAfam series |- | rowspan="2" | Family Court of Australia || rowspan="2" | Neutral citation || FamCA || 1976- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FamCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_FamCA BarNet JADE] | |- | FamCAFC || 2008- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FamCAFC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_FamCAFC BarNet JADE] | 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 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FMCAfam/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_FMCAfam BarNet JADE] | General law decisions are in the FMCA series |- | rowspan="2" | Family law ||{{anchor|FLC}} Family Law Cases || FLC || 1976- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|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 |- |{{anchor|Fam LR}} Family Law Reports || Fam LR || 1961- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Lexis Nexis || Selected family law decisions from the High Court, Family Courts and State Supreme Courts and Federal Magistrates Court |- | rowspan="2" | Federal law || Australian Law Reports || ALR || || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|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 |- |{{anchor|FLR}} Federal Law Reports || FLR || 1961- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|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 |- | rowspan="3" | Corporations Law ||{{anchor|ACLC}} Australian Company Law Cases || ACLC || 1990- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required CCH || Selected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts, and decisions of the Takeovers Panel |- | |{{anchor|ACSR}} Australian Corporations and Securities Reports || ACSR || 1989- || rowspan="2" | x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Lexis Nexis || rowspan="2" | Selected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts |- | {{anchor|ACLR}} Australian Company Law Reports || ACLR || 1974-1989 |- | Criminal law ||{{anchor|A Crim R}} Australian Criminal Reports || A Crim R || 1979- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters || Selected decisions on criminal law by the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of the states and territories |- | rowspan=2 | Industrial law ||{{anchor|CAR}}  Commonwealth Arbitration Reports || CAR || 1905-1993 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/CthArbRp/ AustLII] || Arbitration decisions of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration and the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission |- |{{anchor|IR}} Industrial Reports || IR || 1981 || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters || Selected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts, and Federal and State Industrial Courts and Tribunals |- | Administrative law || {{anchor|ALD}} Administrative Law Decisions || ALD || 1976- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Lexis Nexis || Selected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts and administrative tribunals |- | rowspan="2" | Taxation law || {{anchor|ATR}} Australian Tax Reports || rowspan="2" | ATR || 1969- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required WestLaw (Thomson Reuters) || |- | Australasian Tax Reports || 1970-1990 || Butterworths || |- | rowspan="3" | Property law || Australian & New Zealand Conveyancing Reports {{anchor|ANZ Conv R}} || ANZ Conv R || 1979–2008 ||x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required CCH | |- | NSW Conveyancing Reports {{anchor|NSW Conv R}} || NSW Conv R || 1980–2008 ||x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required CCH | |- | Butterworths Property Reports {{anchor|BPR}} || BPR || 1971- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Butterworths || |- | rowspan="3" | Supreme Court (ACT) ||{{anchor|ACTLR}} ACT Law Reports || ACTLR || 2008- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters || Authorised report. |- | {{anchor|ACTR}} Australian Capital Territory Reports || ACTR || 1973- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Lexis Nexis || |- | Neutral citation || ACTSC || 1986- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/act/ACTSC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_ACTSC BarNet JADE] | |- | rowspan="10" | Supreme Court (NSW) || NSW Law Reports || NSWLR || 1970- ||x18px|alt=Free to view, download requires payment|link=Paywall#Combination|Free to view, download requires payment [https://nswlr.com.au/ New South Wales Law Reports]|| rowspan="2" | Authorised report. Includes NSW Court of Appeal and NSW Court of Criminal Appeal |- | NSW Reports {{anchor|NSWR}} || NSWR || 1960-1970 |x18px|alt=Free to view, download requires payment|link=Paywall#Combination|Free to view, download requires payment [https://nswlr.com.au/nswr New South Wales Law Reports] |- | rowspan="2" | State Reports NSW {{anchor|SR NSW}} || rowspan="2" | SR NSW || 1901-1970 || x18px|alt=Free to view, download requires payment|link=Paywall#Combination|Free to view, download requires payment [https://nswlr.com.au/sr-nsw New South Wales Law Reports] || |- | 1901-1950 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWStRp/ via AustLII] || |- | Law Reports (NSW) ||{{anchor|LR (NSW)}}  LR (NSW) || 1856–1900 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWLawRp/ via AustLII] || |- | Weekly Notes (New South Wales) || {{anchor|WN (NSW)}}  WN (NSW) || 1884–1987 || || |- | rowspan="4" | Neutral citation || NSWSC || 1995- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/browse?display=all#sort:decisionDate,desc,decisionDate,desc;courts:54a634063004de94513d8281;years:2017,2016,2015,2014,2013,2012,2011,2010,2009,2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999,1998;startsWith:a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z;page:0 caselaw.nsw.gov.au]<br>x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_NSWSC BarNet JADE] | Decisions of judges sitting alone |- | NSWCA || 1988 - || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/browse?display=all#sort:decisionDate,desc,decisionDate,desc;courts:54a634063004de94513d8278;years:2017,2016,2015,2014,2013,2012,2011,2010,2009,2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999,1998;startsWith:a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z;page:0 caselaw.nsw.gov.au]<br>x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_NSWCA BarNet JADE] |Court of Appeal |- | NSWCCA || 1994- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/browse?display=all#sort:decisionDate,desc,decisionDate,desc;courts:54a634063004de94513d8279;years:2017,2016,2015,2014,2013,2012,2011,2010,2009,2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999,1998;startsWith:a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z;page:0 caselaw.nsw.gov.au]<br>x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_NSWCCA BarNet JADE] |Court of Criminal Appeal |- | NSWSupC || 1788-1899 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSupC/ via AustLII] || Decisions of Superior Courts of NSW, includes Court of Civil Jurisdiction (1788-1814) & Supreme Court of Civil Judicature (1814-1823) |- | rowspan="2" | Supreme Court (NT) ||{{anchor|NTLR}} Northern Territory Law Reports || NTLR || 1991- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters || Authorised report |- | Neutral citation || NTSC || 1986- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nt/NTSC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_NTSC BarNet JADE] | |- | rowspan="5" | Supreme Court (Qld) || rowspan="2" |{{anchor|QdR}} Queensland Reports || Qd R || 1958-2019 || rowspan="2" | x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Lexis Nexis 1974- x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://www.queenslandjudgments.com.au/ Queensland Judgments] | rowspan="2" | Authorised report. |- |QR |2020- |- |{{anchor|St R Qd}} State Reports Queensland || St R Qd || 1902-57 ||x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters | |- | rowspan="2" | Neutral citation || QSC || 1994- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/qld/QSC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_QSC BarNet JADE] | |- | QCA || 1992- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/qld/QCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_QCA BarNet JADE] | Court of Appeal |- | rowspan="6" | Supreme Court (SA) || South Australian State Reports {{anchor|SASR}}  || SASR || 1971- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters || Authorised report. |- | rowspan="2" | State Reports. South Australia || rowspan="2" | SASR || 1920-71 || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters || |- | 1920-1950 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/sa/SAStRp/ via AustLII] || |- |{{anchor|SALR}} South Australian Law Reports || SALR || 1863-1920 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/sa/SAStRp/ via AustLII] || |- | rowspan="2" | Neutral citation || SASC || 1989- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/sa/SALawRp/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_SASC BarNet JADE] | |- | SASCFC || 2010- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/sa/SASCFC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_SASCFC BarNet JADE] | Court of Criminal Appeal and Full Court of the Supreme Court |- | rowspan="8" | Supreme Court (Tas) || rowspan="2" |{{anchor|Tas R}} Tasmanian Reports || rowspan="2" | Tas R || 1978- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters || Authorised report. |- | 1978-1991 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/tas/TASRp/ AustLII] || |- | Tasmanian State Reports {{anchor|Tas SR}} || Tas SR || 1941-1978 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/tas/TASStRp/ AustLII] || |- | Tasmanian Law Reports {{anchor|TLR|Tas LR}} || TLR || 1897-1940 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/tas/TASLawRp/ AustLII] || |- | rowspan="4" | Neutral citation || TASSC || 1995- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/tas/TasSC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_TASSC BarNet JADE] | Decisions of judges sitting alone |- | TASFC || 2010 - || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/tas/TASFC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_TASFC BarNet JADE] | Full Court |- | TASCCA || 2010- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/tas/TASCCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_TASCCA BarNet JADE] | Court of Criminal Appeal |- | TASSupC || 1824-1843 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/tas/TASSupC/ via AustLII] || Decisions of Superior Courts of Tasmania |- | rowspan="5" | Supreme Court (Vic) || rowspan="2" | Victorian Reports ||rowspan="2" | VR || 1953- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required [https://victorianreports.com.au/ Little William Bourke] x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters | Authorised report. |- | 1953-1996 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VicRp/ via AustLII] || |- | Victorian Law Reports || VLR || 1875-1956 ||x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required [https://victorianreports.com.au/ Little William Bourke] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VicLawRp/ via AustLII] | |- | rowspan="2" | Neutral citation || VSC || 1994- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_VSC BarNet JADE] | |- | VSCA || 1998 - || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_VSCA BarNet JADE] | Court of Appeal |- |rowspan="4" | Supreme Court (WA) ||{{anchor|WAR}} Western Australian Reports || WAR || 1961- || x18px|alt=subscription required|link=Paywall|subscription required Thomson Reuters || Authorised report. |- |{{anchor|WALR}} Western Australian Law Reports || WALR || 1899-1959 || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/wa/WALawRp/ via AustLII] || |- | rowspan="2" | Neutral citation || WASC || 1996- || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/wa/WASC/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_WASC BarNet JADE] | |- | WASCA || 1998 - || x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/wa/WASCA/ AustLII] x18px|alt=Free to view & download|link=Open access|Free to view and download [https://jade.io/search/_j_c_WASCA BarNet JADE] | Court of Appeal |- | Digests || Australian Legal Monthly Digest {{anchor|ALMD}} || ALMD || 1967-1993 || || Summaries of significant reported decisions and recent legislative developments |- |}

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