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Authorised Law Reports

A research guide to understand and discover Authorised Law Reports for Australia, it's states and other jurisdictions.

Australia - Commonwealth

Court

Title of Reporting Series Abbreviation of Report Series Unimelb Online Holdings Unimelb Print Holdings Example Citation
(AGLC4 style)
High Court    Commonwealth Law Reports 1903- CLR  

v.1 1903/1904-

Westlaw Australia

AustLII: 1903-1951 (replicas of the original report series)

v.1 1903/1904- R v Tang (2008) 237 CLR 1

Federal Court  

Federal Court Reports 1984- FCR  

v.1 1984-

Westlaw Australia 

v.1 1984- Hicks v Ruddock (2007) 156 FCR 574

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Administrative Law Decisions  1976- ALD  

v.1 1976-

Lexis+ Australia
v.1 1976-v.85 2005 Re Tolo and Commonwealth of Australia (1985) 9 ALD 225

Australian Industrial Relations Commission / Fair Work Australia / Fair Work Commission

Industrial Reports

(Authorised Reports of the AIRC/Fair Work Australia are included from vol 154 (2006) onwards. Decisions of other courts and tribunals contained in the IRs are NOT authorised.)

IR  

v. 1 1981-

Westlaw Australia

v.1 1981- Hill v Downer EDI Mining (2008) 179 IR 119