Letter of transmittal

Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2017-2018



CHIEF JUSTICE'S CHAMBERS
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Law Courts Building
Queens Square, Sydney NSW 2000
Telephone: +61 2 9230 8438
Facsimile: +61 2 9230 8697

Coat of arms

5 September 2018

The Honourable Christian Porter MP
Attorney-General
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600

Dear Attorney-General

We have pleasure in submitting the annual report on the operations of the Federal Court of Australia for the financial year ending 30 June 2018.

The report is submitted in accordance with:

  • section 18S of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
  • section 17AI of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014
  • section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the Department of Finance's Resource Management Guide No. 135: annual reports for non-corporate Commonwealth entities (May 2018).

This is the Court's 29th annual report.

Yours sincerely

Warwick Soden OAM
Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar

The Honourable James Allsop AO
Chief Justice