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This template is used on approximately 1,100 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses TemplateStyles:

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Usage

This template links to a variety of different case reports located on the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) website. You should look up the case you wish to cite on AustLII, then refer to the URL of the web page on which the case appears to fill in the information required by the template.

Templates

The template should be used as follows:

((cite AustLII|litigants=|link=|SOURCE|NUM|YEAR|pinpoint=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=|ref=))

or

((cite AustLII|litigants=|link=|source=|num=|year=|pinpoint=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=|ref=))

or

((cite AustLII|litigants=|link=|court=|num=|year=|pinpoint=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=|ref=))

"SOURCE" is a code representing the court or tribunal (see the list below), "NUM" is the medium-neutral item number, and "YEAR" is the year in which the judgment or transcript was published.

Note: ensure that no spaces appear around the parameters, or the template will not work.

The deprecated CLR and hcatranscripts functions are supported for legacy reasons only and should no longer be used. Links generated by these functions lead to a search page on the AustLII site as the former URL schema which supported these functions no longer exists. Existing uses of these functions should be updated accordingly.

Parameters

All parameters are optional unless otherwise specified.

Parameter Description

Case name

litigants The names of the litigants separated with v or v. for versus (in other words, the case name), like this: "Commonwealth v. Tasmania".

link The name of a Wikipedia article about the case, for example: "Commonwealth v Tasmania". This will be linked to the names of the litigants specified using the |litigants= parameter.

AustLII link

source
or
court

Mandatory: The code used by AustLII indicating the source of the case, as follows:

Code	Source	Dates available
AATA	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	1976–
ACAT	Australian Capital Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal	2009–
ACompT	Australian Competition Tribunal	1997–
ACTCA	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory – Court of Appeal	2002–
ACTSCFC	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (Full Court)	2014–
ACTSC	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	1986–
ADO	Australian Design Office	1982–
AICmr	Australian Information Commissioner	2011–
AIRC	Australian Industrial Relations Commission	1983–2009
APO	Australian Patent Office	1981–
ATMO	Australian Trade Marks Office	1991–
CLR	Commonwealth Law Reports	1903–
FamCA	Family Court of Australia	1988–
FamCAFC	Full Court of the Family Court of Australia	2008–
FCA	Federal Court of Australia	1977–
FCAFC	Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia	2002–
FedCFamC1A	Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Division 1 Appellate Jurisdiction	2021–
FedCFamC1F	Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Division 1 First Instance	2021-
FedCFamC2F	Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Division 2 Family Law	2021-
FedCFamC2G	Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Division 2 General Federal Law	2021-
FCCA	Federal Circuit Court of Australia	2013–
FMCA	Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia	2000–2013
FMCAfam	Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia – Family Law Decisions	2000–
FWAFB	Fair Work Australia - Full Bench	2009–2012
FWCFB	Fair Work Commission - Full Bench	2013–
HCA	High Court of Australia	1903–
HCASL	High Court of Australia Special Leave Dispositions	2008 –
HCATrans	High Court of Australia Transcripts	1994 –
HREOCA	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission	1985–
NFSC	Supreme Court of Norfolk Island	1996–
NNTTA	National Native Title Tribunal	1994–
NSWCA	Supreme Court of New South Wales – Court of Appeal	1999–
NSWCATOD	NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal - Occupational Division	2014–
NSWCCA	Supreme Court of New South Wales – Court of Criminal Appeal	1999–
NSWDC	District Court of New South Wales	1999–
NSWIRComm	Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales	1985–
NSWLEC	Land and Environment Court of New South Wales	1987–
NSWLawRp	Supreme Court of New South Wales	1859–1900
NSWSC	Supreme Court of New South Wales	1995–
NSWStRp	Supreme Court of New South Wales	1901–1950
NSWSupC	Supreme Court of New South Wales	1788–1899
NTCA	Supreme Court of the Northern Territory – Court of Appeal	2000–
NTCCA	Supreme Court of the Northern Territory – Court of Criminal Appeal	2000–
NTSC	Supreme Court of the Northern Territory	1986–
QCA	Supreme Court of Queensland – Court of Appeal	1994–
QDC	District Court of Queensland	1994–
QLPT	Queensland Legal Practice Tribunal	2004–2009
QSC	Supreme Court of Queensland	1998–
RRTA	Refugee Review Tribunal	1993–2015
SADC	District Court of South Australia	1992–
SASC	Supreme Court of South Australia	1989–
SASCFC	Supreme Court of South Australia (Full Court)	2010–
SAStRp	Supreme Court of South Australia	1920–1950
TASCD	Coroners Court of Tasmania	1991–
TASFPT	Forest Practices Tribunal of Tasmania	1994–2011
TASLawRp	Tasmanian Law Reports, Supreme Court of Tasmania	1897–1940
TASRp	Tasmanian Reports, Supreme Court of Tasmania	1958–1991
TASSC	Supreme Court of Tasmania	1987–
TASSupC	Supreme Court of Tasmania	1824–1843
TASStRp	Tasmanian State Reports, Supreme Court of Tasmania	1941-1978
UKPCHCA	Privy Council	1903–1980
VCAT	Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal	1998–
VicLawRp	Victorian Law Reports, Supreme Court of Victoria	1874–1956
VicRp	Victorian Reports, Supreme Court of Victoria	1953–1996
VicSC	Supreme Court of Victoria	1953-1998
VSC	Supreme Court of Victoria	1998–
VSCA	Supreme Court of Victoria – Court of Appeal	1998–
WALawRp	Western Australian Law Reports Supreme Court of Western Australia	1899-1959
WASC	Supreme Court of Western Australia	1999–
WASCA	Supreme Court of Western Australia – Court of Appeal	1999–

The template currently only handles cases decided by the above courts or reported by the above series of law reports. Please update the template if you wish to include additional courts, or leave a message on the talk page if you need help with this.

num Mandatory: the medium-neutral item number of the case.

year Mandatory: the year of the case.

Other information

pinpoint The page or paragraph number at which information or a quotation you are referring to appears, like this: "528", "p. 528" or "para. 25". When referring to a range of pages or paragraph numbers, separate the starting and ending numbers with an en dash like this: "528–530".

date The date that the case was decided. You may enter the date in any format accepted by the template ((date)), such as "1 July 1983" or "1983-07-01". It will appear a day-month-year format.

parallelcite Parallel citations to the case. Separate the citations with commas, like this: "205 C.L.R. 337, 176 A.L.R. 644, 75 A.L.J.R. 277".

courtname

The court that decided the case. The name of the court can be wikilinked, like this: "[[High Court of Australia|High Court]]".

To have the template automatically indicate the court and jurisdiction of a case, type "courtname=auto". For Privy Council decisions, to indicate the jurisdiction from which the case was appealed, use |juris= together with "|courtname=auto" (for example, |juris=Vic.); if the parameter is omitted, the template indicates "on appeal from Australia".

juris The jurisdiction that decided the case, such as "Australia" or "New South Wales". It is unnecessary to use this parameter if you are already using "|courtname=auto", unless you wish to specify the jurisdiction from which an appeal to the Privy Council originated: see |courtname=.

ref This is equivalent to the corresponding parameter in Citation Style 1 templates. Use |ref=((sfnref|short reference text)) to link a citation with the corresponding inline callout ((sfn|short reference text)). Do not place quotes around the ref value. The values |ref=harv and |ref=none do not have any special meaning.

Examples

Wikitext	Result
`((cite AustLII\|litigants=Love v Commonwealth\|link=Love v Commonwealth\|source=HCA\|num=2\|year=2020\|pinpoint=[80]\|parallelcite=(2020) 270 CLR 152, 192\|date=11 February 2020\|courtname=auto\|juris=auto))`	Love v Commonwealth [2020] HCA 2 at [80], (2020) 270 CLR 152, 192 (11 February 2020), High Court (Australia)
`((cite AustLII\|litigants=Commonwealth v Tasmania\|link=Commonwealth v Tasmania\|court=HCA\|year=1983\|num=21\|parallelcite=(1983) 158 C.L.R. 1\|date=1 July 1983\|courtname=H.C.))`	Commonwealth v Tasmania [1983] HCA 21, (1983) 158 C.L.R. 1 (1 July 1983), H.C.
`((cite AustLII\|litigants=Minister of State for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Teoh\|link=Minister of State for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh\|HCATrans\|num=88\|year=1994\|parallelcite=P20/1994\|date=24 October 1994\|courtname=auto))`	Minister of State for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Teoh [1994] HCATrans 88, P20/1994 (24 October 1994), High Court (Australia)
`((cite AustLII\|litigants=Webb v Outtrim\|link=Deakin v Webb#Webb v Outtrim in the Privy Council\|court=UKPCHCA\|year=1906\|num=4\|parallelcite=(1906) 4 [[Commonwealth Law Reports\|C.L.R.]] 356\|courtname=auto\|juris=Vic.))`	Webb v Outtrim [1906] UKPCHCA 4, (1906) 4 C.L.R. 356, Privy Council (on appeal from Vic., Australia)
`((cite AustLII\|litigants=Griffin v Matthews\|court=NSWCA\|year=2012\|num=348\|courtname=auto))`	Griffin v Matthews [2012] NSWCA 348, Court of Appeal (NSW, Australia)
`((cite AustLII\|VSC\|508\|2004\|pinpoint=para. 38\|courtname=[[Supreme Court of Victoria\|S.C.]]\|juris=Vic.))`	[2004] VSC 508 at para. 38, S.C. (Vic.)

TemplateData

Generates links to a variety of different case reports located on the AustLII website.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
litigants	`litigants`	The names of the litigants separated with v or v. for versus (in other words, the case name). Example Commonwealth v. Tasmania	String	suggested
link	`link`	The name of a Wikipedia article about the case which will be linked from the names of the litigants. Example Commonwealth v Tasmania	String	suggested
source	`source` `court` `1`	The abbreviation used by AustLII indicating the source of the case. Example FCAFC	String	required
num	`num` `2`	The medium-neutral item number of the case.	Number	required
year	`year` `3`	The year of the case.	Number	required
pinpoint	`pinpoint`	The page or paragraph number at which information or a quotation you are referring to appears. When referring to a range of pages or paragraph numbers, separate the starting and ending numbers with an en dash like this: "528–530". Example 528, p. 528, pp 528–530, or para. 25	String	optional
date	`date`	The date that the case was decided. Example 1 July 1983 or 1983-07-01	Date	optional
parallelcite	`parallelcite`	Parallel citations to the case. Example 205 C.L.R. 337, 176 A.L.R. 644, 75 A.L.J.R. 277	String	optional
courtname	`courtname`	The court that decided the case. The name of the court can be wikilinked. Example [[High Court of Australia\|High Court]] Auto value `auto`	Unknown	optional
juris	`juris`	The jurisdiction that decided the case. Unnecessary if "courtname=auto", unless you wish to specify the jurisdiction from which an appeal to the Privy Council originated. Example Australia or New South Wales	String	optional

Usage

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