News & Events
03 October 2023: Online Services outages
Saturday 7 October from 8am to 6pm (AEDT)
29 September 2023: Babet v Electoral Commissioner
A new online file has been established.
29 September 2023: Sydney Law Courts Building closed
Re-opens 9 October.
28 September 2023: Save the Children Australia v Minister for Home Affairs
The online file has been updated.
27 September 2023: Ben Roberts-Smith v Fairfax and related matters
The online file has been udpated.
26 September 2023: Cooper v NOPSEMA
The online file has been updated.
26 September 2023: Save the Children Australia v Minister for Home Affairs
The online file has been updated.
25 September 2023: Cooper v NOPSEMA
The online file has been updated.
19 September 2023: New Online File
Roxanne Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd & Anor
07 September 2023: Greenwich v Latham
The online file has been updated.
01 September 2023: Appointments to the Federal Court
Attorney General's media release
30 August 2023: Lehrmann v Network Ten and others
The online file has been updated.
11 August 2023: New speech by Justice Rangiah
For swearing in ceremony of Kevin Smith, President of the National Native Title Tribunal
11 August 2023: 'Recovering and revitalising indigenous laws'
In conversation event - September 12, 2023
11 August 2023: Seminar: Employment and Industrial law
To be held 13 September 2023
10 August 2023: New Online File - Patrick v Information Commissioner
An online file has been established.
09 August 2023: Yindjibarndi v State of WA
The online file has been updated.
08 August 2023: Gomeroi People v Santos
The online file has been updated.
31 July 2023: Gomeroi People v Santos
An online file has been established.
24 July 2023: BIJ23 v State of Western Australia
An online file has been established.
24 July 2023: Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia
The online file has been updated
19 July 2023: Lehrmann v Network Ten and others
The online file has been updated.
17 July 2023: New speech
On the launch of the Filipino Australian Lawyers Association
17 July 2023: New online file established
Ben Roberts-Smith related matters (the appeal)
12 July 2023: Joint costs advisory committee
2023 Call for submissions
10 July 2023: Lehrmann v Network Ten and others
The online file has been updated.
05 July 2023: Ceremonial sitting of the Full Court
To welcome the Honourable Justice Kyrou AO
30 June 2023: Federal Court Media Committee
Call for expressions of interest
23 June 2023: Media Release
Justice Bromberg's appointment as ALRC President.
23 June 2023: New speech by Justice Rares
The significance of context in misleading and deceptive conduct cases
20 June 2023: Increase in Court fees
From 1 July 2023.
31 May 2023: Farewell Chief Justice Allsop
Transcripts of proceedings.
10 May 2023: Welcome of the Honourable Chief Justice Debra Mortimer, Melbourne
Transcript of proceedings
09 May 2023: Walters v State of Western Australia
The online file has been updated.
09 May 2023: ASIC v ANZ
The online file has been updated.
09 May 2023: Murdoch v Private Media
The online file has been updated.
04 May 2023: New speech by Justice Stewart
The role of courts in relation to commercial arbitration
01 May 2023: New speeches by Justice Logan
Revenue law; Judicial accountability
28 April 2023: Practice Note APP 1: Appeals
Has been revoked.
20 April 2023: New speech by Justice Perry
The future of administrative discretions
05 April 2023: Welcome of Justice Jackman
Transcript of proceedings.
05 April 2023: Welcome of Justice Kennett
Transcript of proceedings.
31 March 2023: Prime Minister and Attorney-General Media Release
Appointment of Chief Justice of the Federal Court
27 March 2023: New Practice Note (GPN-INTERP)
"Working with interpreters"
23 March 2023: Westpac v Forum Finance and others
The online file has been updated.
23 March 2023: Director-General of Security v Plaintiff S111A/2018
A new online file has been established.
21 March 2023: Rugg v Commonwealth
The online file has been updated.
09 March 2023: Fisher v Commonwealth of Australia
A new online file has been established.
08 March 2023: Yindjibarndi v State of Western Australia & Ors
A new online file has been established.
16 February 2023: New procedures
Non-party applications for Federal Court documents
20 January 2023: Summary of changes to court rules and forms
With effect January 2023.
12 December 2022: Expressions of Interest
Non-judicial members, Copyright Tribunal
08 December 2022: Farewell of Justice Middleton
Transcript of proceedings.
23 November 2022: New speech by Chief Justice Allsop
'Being a judge'
09 November 2022: Reissued Practice Note
Commercial and Corporations (C&C-1)
09 November 2022: Introduction to the UNCCA UN day lecture 2022
New speech by Justice Rares
08 November 2022: New speeches by Chief Justice Allsop AO
07 November 2022: APS Employee Census 2022 results
The Federal Court entity highlights report is now available.
03 November 2022: New Practice Note (GPN-REF)
Referee and Assessor
31 October 2022: Commonwealth Child Safe Framework
Annual statement of compliance
26 October 2022: Notice to Practitioners - Corporations List
A new notice has been issued.
19 October 2022: Annual report 2021-22
The report is now available.
14 October 2022: New speech by Justice Moshinsky
Australian Courts and the Extraterritorial Operation of Laws – Consumer and Competition Laws
04 October 2022: Ceremonial sitting
To welcome Justice Hespe
28 September 2022: Seminar: Mediating in the Federal Court
To be held 18 October 2022
27 September 2022: New speech by Justice Jagot
'Some evidentiary issues in patent law'
27 September 2022: Reissued Practice Note
Lists of Authorities and Citations
19 September 2022: New speech by Chief Justice Allsop
38th Annual Conference of the Banking & Financial Services Law Association
16 September 2022: Scam emails
Relating to jury summons
13 September 2022: National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty the Queen
Public Holiday, Thursday, 22 September 2022
09 September 2022: What system of law governs the recognition of foreign maritime liens?
MLASA Annual Conference
09 September 2022: Public statement
The Chief Justice has released a public statement
