Access to Transcript

Who can order transcript in a Federal Court proceeding

A party involved in a proceeding (or person representing an involved party), a non-involved party and the media may purchase the whole, or a part, of a transcript in a proceeding from the Court's authorised transcript providers, unless the Court has ordered or directed that a transcript:

• is, in whole or in part, confidential or the subject of restrictions on access or
• may not be published or reproduced without leave of the Court.

A transcript of the Court's draft judgment or orders in a proceeding cannot be supplied by a transcript provider.

Copyright in all transcripts belongs to the Commonwealth of Australia and, subject to the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) and any order or direction of the Court. Transcripts cannot be shared between parties or distributed to any other recipients.

A party or person must not use a recording device for the purpose of making a transcript or record of the evidence or submissions at a hearing.

Accessing  audio

Recordings of Federal Court proceedings are not available other than by order or direction of the Court.

Microsoft Teams and Webex recordings are not available other than by order of the Court.

How to order transcript

All orders for transcript of a Court hearing must be made by completing the following form: FCA Official Transcript Request Form

Note: Orders for ‘same day’ or ‘progressive same day’ transcript must be placed by 2pm the day prior to the hearing.

Orders will be triaged and distributed to a panel of transcript service providers by the Courts’ Recording and Transcript Team.

Upon receiving the order, the Recording and Transcript Team will:

• process proof of identity
• check there is no restriction on the transcript being released
• submit the order to a panel transcript service provider

The transcript will be released to the ordering party on payment of the fee to the transcript service provider.

Any queries regarding transcript services should be directed to: transcripts@fedcourt.gov.au

Transcript providers

The following service providers have been engaged to deliver transcript services for the Federal Court of Australia:

• APT Transcriptions Pty Ltd
• Epiq Australia Pty Ltd
• Law In Order Pty Ltd
• Legal Transcripts Pty Ltd and
• Scribefire Pty Ltd

During the transition period, from VIQ to the new service providers, the Recording and Transcript Team will coordinate allocation of all transcript orders for the Federal Court.  Once services and systems are well established with the new providers, information about how to place orders directly with each of the service providers will be published.

Fees

Charges for transcript are set by the transcript service providers engaged to deliver these services.

VIQ services ceased

On 30 June 2026, the Federal Court Entity's contract with VIQ ceased. Any queries regarding VIQ’s Administration including its staffing arrangements, should be directed to the Administrators of VIQ.