Authorised reports

In each jurisdiction there is one series of authorised reports approved by the judiciary, the government and/or the official law reporting council for that jurisdiction. In some jurisdictions, and in some areas of law across jurisdictions, there are also unauthorised series of reports.

Authorised reports, which are rigorously reviewed prior to publication, include cases that elucidate general principles or points of law.
Unauthorised reports are generally faster to publish because they do not go through the same process of review.
Not all judgments are reported. See Finding unreported judgments.

If cases appear in both authorised and unauthorised series, the courts prefer - or in some jurisdictions require - citations from authorised reports.

Authorised reports in Australia

Jurisdiction	Title	Citation
High Court of Australia	Commonwealth Law Reports	CLR
Federal Court	Federal Court Reports	FCR
Australian Capital Territory	Australian Capital Territory Reports	ACTR
New South Wales, from 1970	New South Wales Law Reports	NSWLR
New South Wales, 1901 to 1970	State Reports (New South Wales)	SR(NSW)
New South Wales, 1828 to 1844	Dowling's Select Cases	NSW Sel. Cas. (Dowling)
Northern Territory, from 1991	Northern Territory Law Reports	NTLR
Queensland, from 1958	Queensland Reports	QdR
Queensland, 1902 to 1957	State Reports (Queensland)	St R Qd
South Australia, from 1971	South Australian State Reports	SASR
South Australia, 1921 to 1971	State Reports (South Australia)	SRSA
South Australia, 1865 to 1920	South Australian Law Reports	SALR
Tasmania, from 1979	Tasmanian Reports	Tas R
Tasmania, 1941 to 1978	State Reports (Tasmania)	Tas SR
Tasmania, 1897 to 1940	Tasmanian Law Reports	TLR
Victoria, from 1957	Victorian Reports	VR
Victoria, 1875 to 1956	Victorian Law Reports	VLR
Western Australia, from 1960	Western Australian Reports	WAR
Western Australia, 1899 to 1959	Western Australian Law Reports	WALR

NSW Law Reports

Authorised reports

Authorised reports in Australia