Template:Cite AustLII

[https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/{{{year}}}/{{{num}}}.html [{{{year}}}] {{{source}}} {{{num}}}]

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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=}}

or

{{cite AustLII|litigants=|link=|source=|num=|year=|pinpoint=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=}}

or

{{cite AustLII|litigants=|link=|court=|num=|year=|pinpoint=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=}}.

"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 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– ARTA Administrative Review Tribunal 2024– 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– HCADisp High Court of Australia Dispositions 2025 – HCASJ High Court of Australia Single Justice Judgements 2024 – 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 CLR 337, 176 ALR 644, 75 ALJR 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 CLR 1|date=1 July 1983|courtname=HC}}	Commonwealth v Tasmania [1983] HCA 21, (1983) 158 CLR 1 (1 July 1983), HC
{{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|CLR]] 356|courtname=auto|juris=Vic}}	Webb v Outtrim [1906] UKPCHCA 4, (1906) 4 CLR 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|SC]]|juris=Vic}}	[2004] VSC 508 at para. 38, SC (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 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 CLR 337, 176 ALR 644, 75 ALJR 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

Editing the template

From time to time, new court identifiers are adopted, such as the new Administrative Review Tribunal which uses the identifier 'ARTA'. In such cases, the template will need to be updated to refer to the new identifier, to avoid the need to hardlink to the AustLII website. If you update the template, remember to update the /doc page to ensure the new entry is documented. There are two elements to the template: the URL resolver and the court name wikilink. If you are unsure or need help, please comment on the template's talk page.

URL resolver

In the vast majority of cases, the AustLII URL will be: https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/(something)/(year)/(num).html. For instance, in the case of Baumgarten and eSafety Commissioner (Guidance and Appeals Panel) [2025] ARTA 59, the URL is: https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/ARTA/2025/59.html

The portion we care about is cth/ARTA. To update the URL resolver, simply add a new entry in alphabetical order to the first list in the template, e.g.:

           |APO = cth/APO/
           |ARTA = cth/ARTA/
           |ATMO = cth/ATMO/

Note that if the URL breaks from the usual format above, a more extensive change to the template will be required, which should be discussed on the template's talk page.

Court name wikilink

If courtname=auto is set on a citation, a wikilink to the court page will be created. In the same way as above, a new entry must be added to the template, but this time to the second list. Using our same example:

       |APO = [[Australian Patent Office]] (
       |ARTA = [[Administrative Review Tribunal]] (
       |ATMO = [[Australian Trade Marks Office]] (

See also

{{Cite BAILII}} {{Cite CanLII}} {{Cite CommonLII}} {{Cite LIIofIndia}}

{{Cite NZLII}} {{Cite SAFLII}} {{Cite WorldLII}} {{Cite Legislation AU}}

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