New Zealand Law Style Guide

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