Q. Which Australian law report series are authorised?

There are two types of law reports: authorised and unauthorised.

Authorised reports are edited and checked by the judge before publication. Australian authorised reports include:

• Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR)
• Federal Court Reports (FCR)
• New South Wales Law Reports (NSWLR)
• New South Wales Reports (NSWR)
• New South Wales State Reports (SR (NSW))
• Queensland Reports (Qd R)
• Queensland State Reports (QSR)
• Northern Territory Law Reports (NTLR)
• Northern Territory Reports (NTR)
• Australian Capital Territory Law Reports (ACTLR)
• Australian Capital Territory Reports (ACTR)
• South Australian State Reports (SASR)
• South Australian Law Reports (SALR)
• Tasmanian Reports (Tas R)
• Tasmanian Law Reports (Tas LR)
• Tasmanian State Reports (Tas SR)
• Victorian Reports (VR)
• Victorian Law Reports (VLR)
• Western Australian Reports (WAR)
• Western Australian Law Reports (WALR)

Always use the authorised report of a case if available.

Unauthorised series of law reports tend to be published more quickly.  Commonly used unauthorised Australian report series include: ALR, ALJR, FLR, Fam LR.