News & Events
04 June 2026: National Practice Area Seminar Series
50 Years of Practice and Progress
03 June 2026: 'Lives and times of the judges' podcast
New episode with Anthony Besanko KC
02 June 2026: Hubexo v CoreLogic & Ors
A new online file has been established.
01 June 2026: Sandilands; Henderson v Cth Broadcasting Corp
The online file has been updated.
28 May 2026: Federal Court Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Rules 2026
Effective 11 June 2026
28 May 2026: Jackson v McDonald’s and other matters
The online file has been updated.
28 May 2026: Toltz v Riemer ; Toltz v Keane Online file
The online file has been updated.
25 May 2026: New speech by Justice Perry
"Mentoring and the virtues in the age of AI"
25 May 2026: Noco v Brown & Watson
The online file has been updated.
19 May 2026: Lehrmann v Commonwealth Special Minister of State
The online file has been updated.
18 May 2026: ASIC v HSBC Bank Australia Limited
The online file has been updated.
14 May 2026: Gillham v Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
The online file has been updated.
14 May 2026: ACCC v Coles
The online file has been updated.
12 May 2026: Yindjibarndi v State of Western Australia
The online file has been updated.
08 May 2026: Cassuto v Kostakidis
The online file has been updated.
07 May 2026: MacInnes v Wilson
The online file has been updated.
05 May 2026: ACCC v Woolworths Group Limited
The online file has been updated.
01 May 2026: Divilli v Housing Authority
The online file has been updated.
30 April 2026: Sampi v State of Western Australia
The online file has been updated.
30 April 2026: Ceremonial sitting to welcome the Honourable Justice Lenehan
Transcript of proceedings.
30 April 2026: NWTAS for Clean Oceans v Minister for Environment and Water
A new online file has been established.
24 April 2026: Asset Energy v Cth Minister
A new online file has been established.
23 April 2026: 'Lives and times of the judges' podcast
New episode with Michael Barker KC
16 April 2026: Generative Artificial Intelligence Practice Note (GPN-AI)
The Chief Justice has issued a new Practice Note on artificial intelligence.
16 April 2026: Media Release
Federal Court launch Generative Artificial Intelligence Practice Note
15 April 2026: Lesbian Action Group Inc. v AHRC
The online file has been updated.
15 April 2026: New speech by Justice Jackman
"Civilisation and citizenship: The words and deeds of Sir Victor Windeyer"
13 April 2026: Equitable obligations and the point at which they become fiduciary
Paper delivered by Justice Owens
13 April 2026: 'Lives and times of the judges' podcast
New episode with Susan Kiefel AC KC
09 April 2026: Meuleman v Andrews
The online file has been updated.
30 March 2026: Ceremonial sitting to farewell the Honourable Justice Katzmann
Transcript of proceedings.
26 March 2026: New speech by Justice Moshinsky
A survey of recent US cases on copyright and AI
25 March 2026: New speech by Chief Justice Mortimer
Litigants in person and the administration of justice
24 March 2026: CPC Patent Technologies v Apple
The online file has been updated.
20 March 2026: ASIC v Macquarie Investment Management Limited
A new online file has been established.
19 March 2026: Revised Employment and Industrial Relations Practice Note (E&IR-1)
The Chief Justice has updated the Employment and Industrial Relations Practice Note (E&IR-1).
19 March 2026: Breach of fiduciary duty - the good, the bad and the ugly
Paper delivered by Justice O'Sullivan
19 March 2026: Ross on behalf of the Cape York United #1 Claim Group v State of QLD
A new online file has been established.
18 March 2026: Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific v Orica Explosives Technology
The online file has been updated.
12 March 2026: Litigants in Person
A New Practice Note has been issued.
12 March 2026: New 12 month Victorian pilot
To streamline pro bono referrals
11 March 2026: New speech by Justice Owens
Cross-examination of difficult witnesses
10 March 2026: Registrar of Trade Marks v National Cancer Foundation
A new online file has been established.
10 March 2026: New speech by Justice Jackman
Common counts, common law and common sense
05 March 2026: BIJ23 v State of WA
The online file has been updated.
05 March 2026: Media Release
Launch of Litigants in Person Practice Note
03 March 2026: Gunning v Queensland; Burns v Queensland
The online file has been updated.
03 March 2026: Event: Tips and traps in expert witness conferences and joint reports in patent proceedings
To be held in NSW, WA & VIC
02 March 2026: Signing Ceremony for pilot protocol
Court referral for pro bono legal assistance (to be held March 11).
26 February 2026: Comino v All Valve Industries
A new online file has been established.
25 February 2026: Adjustment to Registrar Titles
Commencing 2 March 2026
24 February 2026: Victorian Indigenous Clerkship Program
The Court's ongoing support and participation in the program.
23 February 2026: ACCC v Coles
The online file has been updated.
23 February 2026: Announcement of senior counsel Western Australia
Held 13 February 2026.
16 February 2026: "Place of justice or video village?"
Paper delivered by Justice Logan
09 February 2026: New speech by Justice Colvin
Observations delivered on the launch of the Piddington Society's 2026-27 Civil Skills Course
09 February 2026: Reynolds v Commonwealth of Australia
The online file has been updated.
09 February 2026: Remarks by Justice Kyrou at ART Swearing-in Ceremony
ART members sworn in Melbourne
06 February 2026: Chief Justice Leadership Forum
To be held in Fiji, 11 February 2026.
02 February 2026: New speech by Justice Colvin
"A well-crafted judgment"
02 February 2026: Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media & related matters (the Appeal)
The online file has been updated.
29 January 2026: Speech by Justice Colvin
"A matter of ethics"
23 January 2026: Australian Legal Convention
Video recordings now available.
22 January 2026: New initiatives
National General Protections List and Litigants in Person
21 January 2026: Asian Australian Lawyers Association
Superdiversity Action Plan 2025.
20 January 2026: Tarneen Onus Browne v North West Metro Region
The online file has been updated.
07 January 2026: Walters v State of Western Australia
The online file has been updated.
23 December 2025: New speech by Justice Rangiah
Pride in Law 9th annual address
18 December 2025: New speech by Justice Kennett
Parliament, the executive and the courts: Who has the last word?
17 December 2025: Notice to the Profession
National General Protections List to continue permanently.
16 December 2025: Paula Kaye Hobley v Rasier Pacific
The online file has finalised.
11 December 2025: Notice to the Profession: Appointment of Deputy Principal Registrar
Nicola Colbran appointed.
10 December 2025: Media Release
Commencement of the Australian Pacific Judicial Partnership program
04 December 2025: New speech by Justice Jackman
Innovation
03 December 2025: Lehrmann v Network Ten (Appeal)
The online file has been updated.
01 December 2025: Notice to the Profession: Revised Practice Notes
APP2 and eBOOKS
27 November 2025: Announcement of senior counsel Victoria
Held 24 November 2025.
26 November 2025: Australian Legal Convention
Held 20-22 November 2025.
25 November 2025: eSafety Commissioner v Celine Gillian Baumgarten
The online file has been updated.
24 November 2025: Alexiou v ANZ Online file
The online file has been updated.
24 November 2025: Northern Territory Registry operations due to Cyclone Fina
Reopening: Monday 24 November
24 November 2025: Latham v Greenwich (Appeal)
The online file has been updated.
21 November 2025: Gomeroi People v Santos (Appeal)
The online file has been updated.
20 November 2025: 'Lives and times of the judges' podcast
New episode with Raymond Finkelstein AM KC
12 November 2025: Hanson v Faruqi (Appeal)
A new online file has been established.
06 November 2025: Ceremonial Sitting to receive announcement of Senior Counsel
in and for the state of New South Wales
05 November 2025: Turner v Price
The online file has been updated.
29 October 2025: Fortescue v Element Zero
The online file has been updated
28 October 2025: New speech by Justice Moshinsky
Remarks upon the launch of Civil Penalties in Australia
27 October 2025: Annual report 2024-25
Annual report for the Federal Court has been published.
23 October 2025: New speeches and paper
Delivered by Justice Kyrou.
10 October 2025: 'Lives and times of the judges' podcast
New episode with Jeffrey Spender KC
09 October 2025: New speech by Justice Moshinsky
Sir Zelman Cowen Address
24 September 2025: Antoinette Lattouf v ABC
The online file has been updated.
11 September 2025: Short survey
Social media feedback form.
08 September 2025: New speech by Justice Kyrou
The inside story of the enactment of the Public Notaries Act 2001
08 September 2025: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals v Sandoz Pty Ltd
The online file has been updated
04 September 2025: New speech by Justice Jackman
Some reflections on the use of AI and blockchain technology in insurance litigation
29 August 2025: Minnie McDonald v Commonwealth of Australia
The online file has been updated.
27 August 2025: Federal Court Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Rules 2025
Commencing 2 September 2025
26 August 2025: New speech by Justice Snaden
Build the man a statue! Remembering the other architect of Chapter III
20 August 2025: New speech by Justice Kyrou
'Court, Tribunal and other mechanisms to ensure state accountability in Australia'.
18 August 2025: Annual Employment and Industrial Law Seminar
To be held September 3, 2025
13 August 2025: Bob Brown Foundation Inc v Minister for the Environment
The online file has been updated.
12 August 2025: New speech by Justice Stewart
Literature, lawyers and liberty
08 August 2025: Notice to the Profession
New Intellectual Property Practice Note (IP-2)
07 August 2025: New Online File
Giggle for Girls v Roxanne Tickle
01 August 2025: Review
Digital practices and procedures of the Federal Court
01 August 2025: The online file has been updated
Energy Resources of Australia v Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia Ministers
29 July 2025: New speech by Justice Perry
AI and democracy: Legal accountability, ethical considerations and regulatory challenges...
25 July 2025: Event: Trade mark litigation in the Federal Court
Attend in person or join online
25 July 2025: Joint Costs Advisory Committee
2025 Call for submissions
23 July 2025: Litigants in person
New initiatives.
22 July 2025: Revised Practice Note APP 1
Case management of full court and appellate matters
21 July 2025: Sofronoff v ACT Integrity Commission
The online file has been updated.
21 July 2025: Notice to the Profession
Revised Practice Information Note APP 1
17 July 2025: Wertheim v Haddad
The online file has been updated.
15 July 2025: Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia
The online file has been updated.
14 July 2025: 'Lives and times of the judges' podcast
New episode with Dr Annabelle Bennett, AC SC
04 July 2025: New speeches by Justice Needham
AI and the courts in 2025...
23 June 2025: Increase in Court fees
From 1 July 2025.
11 June 2025: Notice to the Profession
National General Protection List - Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
05 June 2025: 'Lives and times of the judges' podcast
New episode with Susan Kenny AM KC.
04 June 2025: Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations v Commonwealth
The online file has been updated.
26 May 2025: Notice to the Profession: Sitting dates for 2026 and 2027
Term dates, full court and appellate sitting dates: 2026 and 2027.
07 May 2025: Notice to the Profession
Update to Lists of Authorities and Citations Practice Note (GPN-AUTH)
29 April 2025: Notice to the Profession
Artificial intelligence use in the Federal Court - Consultation.
09 April 2025: Notice to the Profession: Practice Note GPN-DUTY concerning applications to a Duty Judge for urgent relief
Details changes to the GPN-Duty Practice Note.
28 March 2025: Media Statement
Artificial Intelligence
07 March 2025: Media Release
Reappointment of Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar
18 February 2025: Media Release
Memorandum of understanding signing.
31 January 2025: Notice to the Profession
Commencement of three region trial for duty (urgent) applications.
13 November 2024: Notice to the Profession: Corporations list
This notice explains the allocation and listing procedures which applies to corporations matters.
30 October 2024: Notice to the Profession: Next generation initiative
Provides background to the new Next Generation Initiative Practice Note.
13 August 2024: Notice to the Profession: Updated Practice Notes
Two Practice Notes have been reissued.
02 August 2024: Notice to the Profession: Listing trials during Full Court and Appellate sitting periods
This notice explains how the Court will approach requests to list trials in the original jurisdiction during Full Court and Appellate sitting periods.
04 July 2024: Notice to the Profession: National General Protection List - Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
This notice explains the allocation and listing procedures which applies to the National General Protections List.
12 March 2024: Notice to the Profession: Dissolution of the ACT List
Dissolution of the ACT List
22 February 2024: Notice to the Profession: Full Court and Appellate sitting periods for 2025
Full Court and Appellate sitting periods for 2025
