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An authorised report is one which has court approval prior to publication. The Consultative Council of Australasian Law Reporting (CCALR) video highlights the importance and value of authorised law reports. 

Practice Note SC Gen 3 of the Supreme Court of Victoria specifies that "Where a judgment is reported in an authorised series of law reports, all references and citations must be to, and any copy provided to the Court must be a copy of, the authorised report".

The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC): Rule 2.2.2 states:

  • The authorised version of the report should always be used where available.

The Victorian Reports are the authorised law report series for Victoria. For more information about the Council of Law Reporting in Victoria, see this summary.

Locating Australian Authorised Reports

The table below shows the authorised law reports for each Australian jurisdiction and their abbreviation, and where it can be found online and in print in the Supreme Court of Victoria library.

Court

Abbreviation

Digital

Print^         

High Court of Australia

      

Commonwealth Law Reports (1903) -

CLR

Westlaw Australia*

Bay 13
Commonwealth Law Reports (1903) - (1959) CLR High Court of Australia. One to 100 project Bay 13

Federal Court

      

Federal Court Reports (1984) -

FCR

Westlaw Australia*

Bay 15

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

      

Administrative Law Decisions (1976) -

ALD

 Lexis Advance

Bay 17

Supreme Court of Victoria

      

Victorian Reports (1957) -

VR

Victorian Reports

Bay 18
Victorian Reports (1957) - VR Lexis Advance* Bay 18

Victorian Reports (1957) -

VR

Westlaw Australia*

Bay 18

Victorian Law Reports (1875) - (1956)

VLR

Victorian Reports

Bay 18

Victorian Law Reports (1875) - (1956)

VLR

AustLII

Bay 18

Supreme Court of New South Wales

      
New South Wales Law Reports (1971) - NSWLR Lexis Advance Bay 18

New South Wales Law Reports (1971) -

NSWLR

Westlaw Australia*

Bay 18

New South Wales Law Reports (1971) -

NSWLR

NSW Law Reports"

Bay 18

State Reports New South Wales (1901) - (1970)

SR NSW

  

Bay 18

State Reports New South Wales (1901) - (1950)

SR NSW

AustLII

Bay 18

Law Reports (New South Wales) (1856) - (1900)

NSWLR

AustLII

Bay 18

Supreme Court of Queensland

      
Queensland Reports (2019) - QR Lexis Advance Bay 14

Queensland Reports (2019) -

QR

Westlaw Australia*

Bay 14

Queensland Reports (2019) -

QR

Queensland Judgments

Bay 14
Queensland Reports (1958) - (2019) QdR Lexis Advance Bay 14

Queensland Reports (1958) - (2019)

QdR

Westlaw Australia*

Bay 14

Queensland Reports (1859) - (2019)

QdR

Queensland Judgments

Bay 14

State Reports of Queensland (1902) - (1957)

 QdR Westlaw Australia* Bay 14

Supreme Court of South Australia

      

South Australian State Reports (1971) -

SASR

Westlaw Australia*

Bay 16

State Reports. South Australia (1921) - (1971)

SASR

 

Bay 16

South Australian Law Reports (1867) - (1920)

SALR

AustLII

Bay 14

Supreme Court of Tasmania

      

Tasmanian Reports (1992) -

Tas R

Westlaw Australia*

Bay 16

Tasmanian Reports (1981) -

Tas R

  

Bay 16

Tasmanian State Reports (1941) - (1980)

Tas SR

  

Bay 16

Supreme Court of Western Australia

      

Western Australian Reports (1961) -

WAR

Westlaw Australia* (1983) -

Bay 16

Western Australian Law Reports (1899) - (1959)

WALR

AustLII

Bay 16

Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

      

Australian Capital Territory Law Reports (2007) -

ACTLR

Westlaw Australia*

Bay 16

Australian Capital Territory Reports (1973) - (2008)

ACTR

Lexis Advance* (Part of the Australian Law Reports) 

Bay 16

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

      

Northern Territory Law Reports (1991)

NTLR

Westlaw Australia*

Bay 16

Northern Territory Reports (1979) - (1991)

NTR

Lexis Advance* (Part of the Australian Law Reports) 

Bay 16

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