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How to find an Australian court judgment or case file: the court hierarchy, what is public by default, and the access rules and fees in NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, NT and the ACT.
How NSW court records work: the NSW Online Registry versus NSW Caselaw, UCPR rule 36.12 and Practice Note SC Gen 2 for file access, Local Court fees and what stays closed by default.
How to find Queensland court records: eCourts for parties, the non-party inspection process under rules 975G to 975I and Practice Direction 7 of 2025, and where judgments are published.
How to search and inspect South Australian court records through CourtSA and the Registrar: the $30.75 fee, suppression orders, and what stays restricted by default.
Tasmania has no online court-record search portal. How rule 33 access, the $50.96 fee, and Tasmania's suppression and reporting-restriction rules actually work.
How ACT court records work: Court Procedures Rules r2903 registry access, the $51.00 document fee, judgments online since 2002, and why there's no general suppression Act.
How NT court records work: no online case-search portal, Local Court $32.00 and Supreme Court approx $37 inspection fees, and the Evidence Act suppression regime.
How Victorian court records work: RedCrest versus CITEC Confirm, rule 28.05 and Practice Note SC GEN 20 for file access, Supreme Court fees and what stays closed by default.
How to find Western Australia court records: the eCourts Portal's dual role, non-party access under Order 67B, current search and copy fees, and the state's own Family Court.