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APPENDICES
APPENDIX A:
Agency resource statement 2013–14
APPENDIX B:
Staffing profile
APPENDIX C:
Freedom of information
APPENDIX D:
Advertising and market research
APPENDIX E:
Ecologically sustainable development
and environmental performance
APPENDIX F:
Fraud control certification
APPENDIX G:
Committees
APPENDIX H:
External involvement
APPENDIX I:
Judge activities
APPENDIX J:
Court locations
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APPENDIX A: AGENCY RESOURCE
STATEMENT 2013–14
Table A.1: Agency Resource Statement, 2013–14
Actual Available appropriation 2013–14 $’000 Payments made 2013–14 $’000 Balance remaining 2013–14 $’000
Ordinary Annual Services1
Departmental appropriation2 191,9893 169,975 22,0144
Total 191,989 169,975 22,014
Administered expenses
Outcome 15 874 189 6856
Total 874 189 685
Total ordinary annual services 192,863 170,164 22,699 Special Accounts7
Opening balance – – –
Appropriation receipts – – –
Total special accounts – – –
Total net resourcing for agency 192,863 170,164 22,699
1 Appropriation Act (No.1) 2013 –14 and Appropriation Act (No.3) 2013–14. This also includes Prior Year Departmental appropriation and section 31 relevant agency receipts.
2 Includes an amount of $8.358m in 2013–14 for the Departmental Capital Budget. For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.
3 Includes $181.778m in Appropriation (Appropriation Bill No. 1 & 3) and $3.271m in Section 31 Receipts per Note 25 Table A of the Financial Statements, and $6.940m in Cash (Cash and Cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period) per Cash Flow Statement.
4 Unspent Departmental Annual Appropriation per Note 25 Table C of the Financial Statements. 5 Administered Appropriation per Note 25 Table A of the Financial Statements.
6 Administered Appropriation reduced per Note 25E of the Financial Statements in accordance with Section 11 of Appropriation Act No.1 2013–14.
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Table A.2: Expenses and Resources for Outcome 1
Outcome 1: Provide access to justice for litigants in family and federal law matters within the jurisdiction of the courts through the provision of judicial and support services.
Budget1 2013–14 $’000 (a) Actual Expenses 2013–14 $’000 (b) Variation 2013–14 $’000 (a) – (b)
Program 1.1: Family Court and Federal Circuit Court Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services
(Appropriation Bill No. 1 & No. 3) 874 189
2 685
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year
300 9153 -615
Departmental expenses Departmental Appropriation (Appropriation Bill No. 1 & No. 3)4
154,383 155,213 -830
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year5
49,161 50,167 -1,006
Total expenses for Outcome 1 204,718 206,484 -1,766
2012–13 2013–14
Average Staffing Level (number) 782 786
1 Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2013–14 Budget per 2013–14 Estimated Actual expenses in Table 2.1 of the 2014–15 Attorney General’s Portfolio Budget Statements page 317.
2 Administered Expenses (Services Rendered) Per Note 18A of the Financial Statements.
3 Includes write down and impairment of assets, and refunds of fees per Note 18B and 18C of the Financial Statements.
4 Departmental Appropriation combines ‘Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No.1 and No.3) and ‘Revenue from independent sources (s31)’.
5 Includes depreciation and amortisation, liabilities assumed by related entities for the Judges Pension Scheme (Family Court of Australia), Resources received free of charge, Judges Pension Scheme (Invalidity) (Federal Circuit Court of Australia).
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APPENDIX B: STAFFING PROFILE
The Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Administration) Act 2012 came into effect on 1 July 2013 formalising merged administrative arrangements that had been in place for some years. The Act also formalises the arrangements for there to be a single Chief Executive Officer for both the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court.
As at 30 June 2014, the agency had a total workforce of 767 employees that either supports a specific court eg direct judicial support to a Family Court justice or a Federal Circuit Court judge, or provides shared services eg registrars, family consultants, registry services and corporate services. Of the agency’s 767 employees:
• 200 (26.08 per cent) were male and 567 (73.92 per cent) were female, and
• 628 (81.88 per cent) were ongoing employees and 139 (18.12 per cent) were non-ongoing employees.
The following tables show staff statistics by location, gender, full-time and part-time status, and ongoing and non-ongoing.
Table B.1: Staff by location
Level ACT NSO NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total
APS 1 1 1 APS 2 2 2 19 13 7 17 60 APS 3 6 6 73 4 35 13 7 39 183 APS 4 5 11 55 32 13 4 31 1 152 APS 5 3 23 41 2 23 9 5 31 1 138 APS 6 2 25 6 2 2 4 41 EL 1 3 34 33 17 7 4 18 116 EL 2 1 15 22 12 4 2 11 67 SES 1 2 1 1 2 6 SES 2 3 3 Total 22 121 251 6 135 55 22 153 2 767 Legend
SES – Senior Executive Officer NSO – National Support Office
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Table B.2: Staff by gender
Level Gender ACT NSO NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total
APS 1 Male 1 1 APS 2 Female 2 15 9 6 11 43 Male 2 4 4 1 6 17 APS 3 Female 4 4 53 3 26 7 6 30 133 Male 2 2 20 1 9 6 1 9 50 APS 4 Female 4 9 46 24 10 3 27 123 Male 1 2 9 8 3 1 4 1 29 APS 5 Female 3 13 35 2 22 8 4 27 1 115 Male 10 6 1 1 1 4 23 APS 6 Female 2 15 5 2 2 4 30 Male 10 1 11 EL 1 Female 3 8 29 15 5 4 13 77 Male 26 4 2 2 5 39 EL 2 Female 1 5 15 7 3 1 10 42 Male 10 7 5 1 1 1 25 SES 1 Female 1 1 1 3 Male 1 1 1 3 SES 2 Female 1 1 Male 2 2 Total 22 121 251 6 135 55 22 153 2 767
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Table B.3: Staff by attendance status
Level Attendance ACT NSO NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total
APS 1 Part Time 1 1
APS 2 Full Time 2 2 11 12 3 12 42
Part Time 8 1 4 5 18
APS 3 Full Time 5 6 49 4 29 12 6 27 138
Part Time 1 24 6 1 1 12 45
APS 4 Full Time 5 9 47 27 10 3 26 1 128
Part Time 2 8 5 3 1 5 24
APS 5 Full Time 3 19 35 2 22 9 5 28 1 124
Part Time 4 6 1 3 14
APS 6 Full Time 2 22 5 1 2 4 36
Part Time 3 1 1 5
EL 1 Full Time 2 30 23 12 5 2 15 89
Part Time 1 4 10 5 2 2 3 27
EL 2 Full Time 1 15 16 9 3 1 9 54
Part Time 6 3 1 1 2 13
SES 1 Full Time 2 1 1 2 6
SES 2 Full Time 3 3
Total 22 121 251 6 135 55 22 153 2 767
Table B.4: Ongoing staff by location and classification
Level ACT NSO NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total
APS 1 1 1 APS 2 1 2 11 7 4 15 40 APS 3 4 6 57 1 31 13 5 33 150 APS 4 3 11 35 21 10 2 18 100 APS 5 2 22 37 2 22 9 5 24 1 124 APS 6 2 25 6 2 2 3 40 EL 1 3 31 29 11 6 4 17 101 EL 2 1 15 20 10 4 2 11 63 SES 1 2 1 1 2 6 SES 2 3 3 Total 16 117 197 3 105 48 18 123 1 628
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Table B.5: Non-ongoing staff by location and classification
Level ACT NSO NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total
APS 2 1 8 6 3 2 20 APS 3 2 16 3 4 2 6 33 APS 4 2 20 11 3 2 13 1 52 APS 5 1 1 4 1 7 14 APS 6 1 1 EL 1 3 4 6 1 1 15 EL 2 2 2 4 Total 6 4 54 3 30 7 4 30 1 139
Judicial Officers
At 30 June 2014, there were 65 judges, including the Chief Judge, 24 female and 41 male. Table B.6: Number of Judges, at 30 June 2014
Location Judges
Australian Capital Territory 3
New South Wales 1 Chief Judge
22 judges Northern Territory 1 Queensland 13 South Australia 6 Tasmania 2 Victoria 16 Western Australia 1 Total 65
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Workforce turnover
During 2013–14, 88 employees left the agency (47 were non-ongoing, 41 were ongoing employees), being an annual turnover rate of 11.5 per cent against total employee numbers (767) at 30 June 2014. Table B.7: Workforce turnover
Employment type Reason Total
Non-ongoing employees 5.43%
Dismissed 5
Resignation 39
Retirement age over 65 3
Total non-ongoing employees 47
Ongoing Employees 4.63%
Dismissed 1
ill health/invalidity 2
Inter department transfer 7
Redundancy 4
Resignation 21
Retirement under 60 3
Retirement age 65–65 2
Retirement age over 65 1
Total ongoing employees 41
Total 88
Note: The above figures do not include non-ongoing employees whose actual period of engagement reached their non-ongoing contract date of expiry.
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Agreement making
Enterprise Agreement
The Federal Magistrates Court of Australia and Family Court of Australia Enterprise Agreement 2011–2014 continued to operate during 2013–14. The Agreement has a nominal expiry date of 30 June 2014, however, under present arrangements it will continue to operate after that date until replaced or formally terminated.
At 30 June 2014, 735* Family Court and Federal Circuit Court employees were covered by the Enterprise Agreement.
Table B.8: Family Court and Federal Circuit Court employees covered by the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia and Family Court of Australia Enterprise Agreement 2011–2014
Level Female Male Total
APS 1 1 1 APS 2 42 17 59 APS 3 133 50 183 APS 4 123 29 152 APS 5 114 23 137 APS 6 29 11 40 EL 1 75 33 108 EL 2 39 16 55 Total 555 180 735
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Other agreements
Table B.9: Employees covered by other agreements
Australian Workplace Agreements Individual Flexibility Arrangements Common law contracts Determination 24 arrangements
Level Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total
APS 1 0 0 0 1 1 APS 2 1 1 0 0 0 APS 3 0 0 0 0 APS 4 0 0 0 0 APS 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 APS 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 EL 1 2 6 8 3 3 1 3 4 7 11 18 EL 2 4 8 12 2 2 4 7 7 8 14 22 SES 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 4 3 3 6 SES 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 Total 11 16 27 2 5 7 3 12 15 23 30 53
Table B.10: AWA minimum salary ranges by classification
Classification Salary Range ($)
APS 2 59,311–59,311 APS 3 N/A APS 4 N/A APS 5 84,754–84,754 APS 6 82,194–82,194 EL 1 102,137–130,000 EL 2 130,087–188,665 SES 1 175,495–199,092 SES 2 209,650–215,237
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Table B.11: Classification structure and pay rates in accordance with the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia and Family Court of Australia Enterprise Agreement 2011–2014
APS Classification Salary rates at 1 July 2012 Salary rates at 1 July 2013
APS 1 $42,779 $44,063 $43,937 $45,256 $45,745 $47,118 APS 2 $46,841 $48,247 $49,395 $50,877 $51,945 $53,504 APS 3 $54,740 $56,383 $56,129 $57,813 $57,583 $59,310 APS 4 $61,356 $63,197 $62,950 $64,839 $64,562 $66,499 APS 5 $66,325 $68,315 $68,404 $70,457 $70,330 $72,440 APS 6 $72,036 $74,198 $75,867 $78,144 $82,285 $84,754 EL 1 $91,831 $94,586 $95,497 $98,362 $99,161 $102,136 EL 2 $108,424 $111,677 $111,736 $115,089 $120,081 $123,684 $121,079 $125,639 $124,095 $127,818 $127,264 $131,082
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APPENDIX C: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
The Freedom of Information Act 1982 does not apply to any request for access to documents of the Court unless the document relates to matters of an administrative nature. While there is no definition within this Act or the Privacy Act of the term ‘matters of an administrative nature’ the High Court decision in Kline v Official Secretary to the Governor-General and Another [2013] FCA 52 in their joint judgment considering this term pointed out:
[47] ..the only documents which courts and specified tribunals, authorities and bodies are obliged to open to increase public scrutiny are those documents relating to the management and administration of registry and office resources.’
There were four Freedom of Information application requests made to the Court for the period 1 July to 30 June 2014.
Agencies subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 are required to publish information to the public as part of the Information Publication Scheme. This requirement, in Part II of the Freedom of Information Act, has replaced the former requirement to publish a Section 8 Statement in an annual report. An agency plan showing what information is published in accordance with the Information Publication Scheme requirements is accessible from agency websites.
The Freedom of Information and the Information Publication Scheme agency plan for the Federal Circuit Court can be found on the Federal Circuit Court website at: www.federalcircuitcourt.gov.au
Access to information outside the Freedom of information Act
Rule 2.08 of the Federal Circuit Court Rules 2001 provides that a search of the Court’s records may be undertaken by: the Attorney-General (in family law proceedings), a party, a lawyer for a party, a child representative (in family law proceedings) or a person granted leave by the Court or a registrar. Leave may be granted if a proper interest is shown and may be subject to conditions. In relation to access to documents in general federal law proceedings, the Court applies the same rule as that prescribed by the Federal Court. This Rule identifies certain categories of court documents as being available for inspection without leave.
There are other legislative provisions which limit publication in various proceedings. For example; s121 Family Law Act 1975, s110X Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 and s91X of the Migration Act 1958. In addition section 6A of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 gives the Court general power to suppress/prohibit publication of evidence in respect of general federal law provisions (Part XIA of the Family Law Act 1975 deals with suppression and non-publication orders in proceedings under that Act).
Enquiries concerning access to documents or freedom of information matters generally should be directed to:
Chief Executive Officer
Federal Circuit Court of Australia GPO Box 9991
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Categories of documents
The registries of the Family Court and Federal Court maintain the following categories of documents on behalf of the Court:
• documents relating to matters heard by the Court including applications, affidavits, transcripts, orders and copies of judgments
• registers and indexes of matters coming to the Court, and • general correspondence.
The Federal Circuit Court maintains the following categories of documents: • general correspondence
• documents concerning the development and implementation of policy, guidelines and procedures, and
• documents concerning the Court’s administrative and financial operations.
Other documents
The Court holds and makes available on request a range of documents including brochures, fact sheets and general information leaflets. These are available on the Court’s website at www.federalcircuitcourt.gov.au and on the Family Law Courts website at www.familylawcourts.gov.au
Privacy
The Court holds personal information for two purposes, being to:
• help resolve and, if necessary, determine matters before the Court (the judicial purpose), and/or
• assist in administration (the administrative purpose).
Information used for judicial purposes is held in case files and the case management computer system (Casetrack). This information is exempt from the Privacy Act 1988 and Freedom of Information Act 1982. Other statutory provisions and non-publication powers of the Court, designed to protect parties and their children, are applicable to this information.
Information used for administrative purposes is collected as part of the day-to-day running of the Court. This includes information about:
• employees of the Court
• suppliers of goods and services to the Court, and • security matters.
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APPENDIX D: ADVERTISING AND MARKET
RESEARCH
Under sections 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, the courts are required to disclose particulars of payments of $12,400 or more (inclusive of GST) for advertising, market research, polling organisations, direct mail and media advertising.
The Family Court and Federal Circuit Court spent a total of $34,659 during the 2013–14 financial year in advertising and market research, comprising mainly payments to media advertising organisations for recruitment notices, with $17,189 (GST inclusive) being paid to the Australian Public Service Commission for an annual subscription to APS Jobs.
During 2013–14, the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court did not conduct any market research or advertising campaigns.
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APPENDIX E: ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PERFORMANCE
Key achievements
• Estimated savings of $45,000 were made in 2013–14 under energy supply contracts negotiated in recent years.
• Paper usage reduced to below 2011–12 levels.
The following information is provided in accordance with Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Court activities and ecologically sustainable development
As noted in its Environmental Policy, the Court:
‘…recognises the importance of implementing sound environmental practices in all court functions…’
This overarching commitment to ecologically sustainable development (ESD) was implemented in a number of ways by the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court during 2013–14 as detailed below.
impacts on the environment
The Court impacts on the environment in a number of areas, primarily in the consumption of resources.
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Table E.1: Family Court and Federal Circuit Court environmental impact/usage data, 2011–12 to 2013–14
2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Energy usage privately
leased only (stationary) * * Data not available until October 2014 Paper usage 24,165 reams 27,181 reams 23,964 reams Transport vehicles
(energy usage)
5,839 GJ 6,035 GJ Data not available until October 2014 Transport flights (estimated) 3,452,811 kms
975 tonnes CO2
3,101,516 kms 860 tonnes CO2
3,461,665 kms 962 tonnes CO2
* As a result of the re-classification of the Commonwealth Law Courts (CLCs) as Special Purpose buildings in 2012 and the associated changes to building management**, the courts no longer report energy and water usage for the CLC buildings. Therefore previous years’ energy data is not comparable and has been removed. ** Historically, energy and water for the CLCs have been apportioned between the multiple jurisdictions occupying the buildings on an estimated percentage basis because there are no separate water or energy meters for each jurisdiction. In 2012, the CLCs were reclassified by the Department of Finance and Deregulation (DoFD) as Special Purpose Properties with DoFD responsible for the management of approximately 90% of the buildings. From that time, energy and water data has not been made available to the Court and is reported by DoFD.
Measures to minimise the Court’s environmental impact
Environmental Management System
The Court’s Environmental Management System (EMS) has many of the key elements in place including:
• an environmental policy outlining the Court’s broad commitment to environmental management • an environmental risk register identifying significant environmental aspects and impacts for the
Court and treatment strategies to mitigate them
• an environmental legal register to identify any relevant environmental legal requirements for the Court (this register also includes other requirements such as applicable Australian Government policy requirements)
• an EMS manual outlining procedures for each element of the EMS, as well as summary information on each element, and
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Other measures
During 2013–14, the Court worked within its EMS to minimise the environmental impact through a number of specific measures, either new or continuing, including:
Energy
• annual stationary energy use has continued to reduce, with a further reduction in 2012–13 as noted in E.1. Electricity contracts continued to be reviewed to ensure value for money. Energy supply contracts negotiated in recent years resulted in estimated savings of $45,000 during 2013–14, and
• ongoing staff education to reduce energy use where possible, such as shutting down computers and switching off lights and other electrical equipment when not in use. Information technology
• In addition to the desktop auto shutdown implemented in 2012, staff members continued to be encouraged to shut down their desktops at the end of the day prior to the auto shutdown start time to maximise energy savings
• e-waste is recycled or reused where possible, including auctioning redundant but still operational equipment
• ensuring ICT Sustainability Plan 2010–15 equipment standards are met when procuring new equipment, and
• ensuring fully recyclable packaging where possible. Paper
• a reduction in paper usage of over 3000 reams was made from 2013–14 compared to 2012–13, taking usage to below 2011–12 levels.
– most facsimile machines are set to email to reduce printing costs – affidavits over 100 pages are no longer printed
– one-sided paper is reused for notepaper in some registries
– clients are encouraged to use the online Commonwealth Courts Portal – records are stored electronically where possible, and
– staff are encouraged to send emails rather than sending letters, where possible.
– secure paper (confidential etc) continued to be shredded and recycled for all court locations – non-secure paper recycling is available at 15 sites, and
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Waste/cleaning
• work commenced on national cleaning tenders for both the CLCs and many of the privately leased registries, with the new contracts scheduled to commence in 2014–15. The Statement of Requirements for both of the cleaning tenders include the provision for recycling.
• sites with waste recycling (commingled recycling) for plastics, metal, cardboard etc. is available at six sites
• printer toner cartridges are now recycled at the majority of sites
• recycling facilities for staffs’ personal mobiles are permanently available at 11 sites
• electronic media (CDs, work mobiles etc.) continue to be securely shredded and components recycled where possible
• all sites recycle secure paper waste, and non secure paper waste is recycled at 15 sites, and • light globes are recycled at all sites.
Corporate culture/communication
• The Court’s Environmental Champions Network continues to offer the opportunity for staff to provide their input to environmental matters for the Court. The volunteer membership has increased from five members in 2010 to 19 members representing 13 sites nationally in 2013–14. Projects in 2013–14 included:
– Earth Hour
– a national ‘Transport Challenge’, where staff earned points for walking, riding etc. or using public transport to go to and from work over a two week period
– Christmas electronic equipment shutdown drive
– establishment of the ECN internal online national ‘community’ for interactive communication between members
– an environmental management intranet page provides information on environmental issues for the courts
– regular articles about the Court’s environmental status are included in the internal e‑newsletter the Courts Exchange
– a Court specific ‘envirosmart’ logo is used as branding when promoting environmental initiatives, and
– the Court continues to be represented as a member on the (federal) Government Agency Environmental Network; an interagency network facilitating the sharing of best practice environmental information. Its membership includes approximately 30 agencies.
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Property
Fit outs and refurbishments continue to be conducted in an environmentally responsible manner by: • recycling demolished materials where possible
• maximising reuse of existing furniture and fittings
• engaging consultants with experience in sustainable development where possible
• maximising use of environmentally friendly products such as recycled content in furniture and fittings, low volatile organic compounds paint and adhesives, and energy efficient appliances, lighting and air conditioning, and
• installing water efficient appliances. Travel
Whilst some travel is unavoidable due to the nature of the Court, staff are encouraged to consider alternatives if possible, including utilising improved videoconferencing facilities.
Review and improvement strategies
As noted in the Environmental Policy under the EMS, the Court is committed to ‘continual improvement in environmental performance’.
Reviews of environmental impacts and improvement strategies are periodically conducted via a number of means. In 2013–2014 the Court:
• reviewed the environmental risk register (significant environmental aspects and impacts), and • collected and reported relevant energy use and emission data under the Energy Efficiency
in Government Operations Policy.
Additional ecologically sustainable development implications
In 2013–14, the Court did not administer any legislation with ESD implications nor did it have outcomes specified in an Appropriations Act with ESD implications.
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APPENDIX F: FRAUD CONTROL CERTIFICATION
In accordance with guideline 5.8 of the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines 2011, issued by the Minister for Justice and Customs, pursuant to Regulation 19 of the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997, I hereby certify that I am satisfied that:
The Family Court and Federal Circuit Court of Australia Agency has prepared fraud assessments and has in place a fraud control plan that complies with the Guidelines.
Appropriate fraud prevention, detection, investigation and reporting procedures and process are in place.
Annual fraud data has been collected and reported that complies with the Guidelines.
Richard Foster, PSM Chief Executive Officer
Federal Circuit Court of Australia 15 August 2013
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APPENDIX G: COMMITTEES
Committees
Table G.1 provides details of the membership and functions of the Federal Circuit Court committees (alphabetical order), at 30 June 2014.
Table G.1: Federal Circuit Court Committees 30 June 2014
Title Members Terms of Reference
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access to Justice Committee • Judge Willis • Judge Sexton • Judge Kelly • Judge Kemp • Judge Terry • Judge Coates • Judge Harman
• Judge McGuire (to May 2014) • Judge Whelan (from May 2014) • Judge Harland
• Judge Myers • Stewart Fenwick
How the Federal Circuit Court can improve access to justice in this Court for Indigenous litigants.
Audit and Risk
Committee • Chris Doogan AM (external member) (chair)• Brian Acworth (external member – appointed in January 2014)
• Greg Thomas (Regional Registry Manager South Australia and Northern Territory) • Jamie Crew, (Regional Registry
Manager New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory) Observers
• Grahame Harriott (Executive Director Corporate and Chief Finance Officer) • ANAO representatives (including KPMG) • RSM Bird Cameron representatives • RSM Bird Cameron also provide
secretariat services
Monitor and where necessary recommend improvements to: • Risk management
identification and amelioration
• Internal control processes (including fraud control) • The financial reporting
process
• The functioning of the internal audit unit • The external audit process • Processes for monitoring
compliance with legislation, regulations and government policy • Maintain an effective
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Title Members Terms of Reference
Business Systems and Information Technology Committee
• Judge Riethmuller (Chair) • Judge Baumann
• Judge Jarrett • Judge Cameron
• Steve Agnew (Executive Director Operations) • Stewart Fenwick (Director Administration) • Bernadette Henderson (Associate) • Rori Moyo (Associate)
• Phil Hocking (Chief Information Officer) • Amanda Morris (Case Management Officer)
To provide a forum for the Federal Circuit Court judiciary to review the operations of the Court with respect to business systems and information technology in order to ensure the Court operates as efficiently as is reasonably possible whilst providing a high level of judicial services to litigants. Case
Management Judges Committee
Judge Baumann (National Coordinator of Case Management)
• Judge Mead • Judge Spelleken
• Judge O’Dwyer (to Aug 13) • Judge Riley (From Nov 13) • Judge Dunkley
• Judge Kemp • Judge Driver • Judge Terry
• Richard Foster (Chief Executive Officer) • Steve Agnew (Executive Director
Operations)
• Adele Byrne (Principal Registrar) • Stewart Fenwick (Director Administration) • Amanda Morris (secretariat from May 14)
To assist the Chief Judge and the National Coordinator of Case Management in the case management of the Court and to enhance the adoption of consistent case management practices throughout the Court.
Legal
Committee • Judge Baumann (Chair)• Judge Brewster • Judge Driver • Judge Phipps • Judge Riethmuller • Judge Cameron • Judge Whelan • Judge Hughes
• Adele Byrne (Principal Registrar)
• Steve Agnew (Executive Director Operations)
To consider and refer recommendations to the Chief Judge on possible rule amendments and wider legal issues concerning the Court’s jurisdiction.
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Title Members Terms of Reference
Policy Advisory
Committee • Chief Judge Pascoe (Chair)• Judge Baumann • Judge Brewster • Judge Coker • Judge Emmett • Judge Henderson • Judge Jarrett • Judge Burchardt • Judge Kelly • Judge Riethmuller • Judge Whelan • Judge Willis
• Richard Foster (Chief Executive Officer) • Steve Agnew (Executive Director Operations) • Adele Byrne (Principal Registrar)
• Stewart Fenwick (Secretariat)
To provide advice to the Chief Judge in relation to the Court’s overall strategies and policies for the delivery of court services.
During the year the committee was augmented by the inclusion of the chairs of the standing committees – Court Excellence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access to Justice, Business Systems and Information Technology Committee.
Research Ethics Subcommittee
• Chief Judge Pascoe • Judge Baumann
• Steve Agnew (Executive Director Operations – Secretariat)
To consider, monitor and overview all research and evaluation proposals for approval and disseminate research papers/results as necessary.
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Joint Committees
Table G.2 provides details of the membership and functions of the joint committees (alphabetical order) of the Federal Circuit Court at 30 June 2014.
Table G.2: Joint committees, 30 June 2014
Committee Members Terms of reference
Access to Justice (comprising the Cultural Diversity, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Self-represented Litigants Committees)
• Deputy Chief Justice Faulks (Chair) • Cultural diversity portfolio: Justice Cleary,
Justice Berman, and Executive Advisor, (Leisha Lister)
• ATSI portfolio: Justice Benjamin, Justice Bennett, Justice Cleary, Justice Forrest, Justice Tree,
Justice Foster, Justice Hannam, Principal, Child Dispute Services (Pam Hemphill). • Self-represented litigant portfolio:
Justice Le Poer Trench, Justice Forrest, Judge Scarlett.
To oversee the Court’s cultural diversity plan and provide advice to the Chief Justice and Chief Executive Officer on cultural diversity issues, special needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and self-represented litigants. Chief Executive Officer’s Management Advisory Group
• Chief Executive Officer Family Court and Federal Circuit Court (Richard Foster) • Executive Director, Operations, Federal
Circuit Court (Steve Agnew)
• Executive Director, Corporate and Chief Financial Officer (Grahame Harriott) • Principal Registrar, Family Court of Australia
(Angela Filippello)
• Principal Registrar, Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Adele Byrne)
• Principal Child Dispute Services (Pam Hemphill)
• Executive Director, Client Services (Stephen Andrew)
• Regional Registry Managers
(Jamie Crew, James Cotta, Jane Reynolds and Greg Thomas)
• Chief Information Officer (Phil Hocking) • Executive Advisor, Family Court and
Federal Circuit Court (Leisha Lister) • Director of Administration,
Federal Circuit Court, (Stewart Fenwick) • Director, Court Services (Simon Kelso) • Director, Human Resources (Claire Golding)
To provide operational and policy advice to the Chief Executive Officer regarding key areas that are likely to be affected by the integration of the administrations of the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court.
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Committee Members Terms of reference
Children’s
Committee • Pam Hemphill, Principal, Child Dispute Services (Chair) • Justice Forrest
• Justice Moncrieff (FCWA) • Judge Cole
• Alex Wearne (Legal Aid NSW)
• Mary Lonergan (Lampe Family Lawyers Melbourne
To ascertain what, if any, further work needs to be undertaken with respect to the involvement of children in parenting cases and assess whether children feel their voices have been heard in proceedings that addressed their living arrangements. Family
Violence Committee
• Justice Ryan (Chair) • Justice Hannam • Judge Brown • Judge Hughes • Judge Altobelli
• Principal Registrar (Angela Filippello) • Family consultant (Diane Lojszczyk) • Senior Legal Research Advisor
(Kristen Murray)
To complete the implementation of the courts’ Family Violence Strategy and provide advice to the Chief Judge, Chief Justice of the Family Court and Chief Executive Officer on family violence issues.
Courts information Committee
• Justice Watts (Chair) • Judge Baumann
• Executive Director Client Services (Stephen Andrew)
• Executive Director, Operations (Steve Agnew)
• Chief Information Officer (Phil Hocking)
To identify and describe the agreed statistical and management information needs of the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court at all levels.
Information
Technology • Phil Hocking (Chief Information Officer)• Deputy Chief Justice Faulks • Justice Macmillan
• Judge Reithmuller • Judge Jarrett
To provide direction to the courts about new areas of IT development, investment and investigation by providing high level advice and making recommendations to each jurisdiction’s policy advisory group about IT support needs for judicial officers within the courts.
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Committee Members Terms of reference
National Consultative Committee
• Chief Executive Officer’s representative, Claire Golding, Director, Human Resources (Chair)
• Members are selected by vote and represent:
• National Support Office (Annie Fenn, HR consultant, NSO)
• Associates, Family Court and Federal Circuit Court (Megan Cunnane, Cairns) • Registrars (Debra Parker, Canberra) • Client services: large registry
(Chris Cole, Adelaide), and small registry (Ebony Pilon, NEC)
• Family consultants (Louise Salmon, Sydney) • A representative from the Community and
Public Sector Union is also invited to attend
Consultative forum for staff about issues with a national perspective, such as industrial democracy, security, the strategic objectives of the courts,
equal employment opportunities, new technology, accommodation and amenities, and personnel and staffing policies and practices. Delegates present staff views on issues that affect the management and future direction of the courts and provide feedback and briefings to the workplace nationally.
Property Management Committee
• Justice Dawe (Chair)
• Chief Executive Officer (Richard Foster) • Executive Director Corporate
(Grahame Harriott)
• Registry manager representative
• National Manager, Contracts and Property (Akasha Atkinson)
To plan and assess the current and future needs of the courts in relation to property services including contracting, refurbishment and construction activity.
Staff Development Committee
• Claire Golding, Director, Human Resources, (Chair)
• Registry manager representative (Brenda Field, Dandenong)
• Child Dispute Services (Stacey McGuinness, FCC Sydney)
• Registrars (Debra Parker, Canberra) • Client services (Rupal Patel, NEC) • Information Technology and
Communications Services (Sona Muradyan, Sydney)
• Registry services, Team Leaders (Julie Greig, Adelaide)
• HR representative, Workforce and Policy Manager (Jane Morgan, NSO)
To identify, develop and/or develop national training and development initiatives, policies and programs.
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Committee Members Terms of reference
Work Health
and Safety • Claire Golding, Director, Human Resources, (Chair) • Grahame Harriott (Executive Director,
Corporate)
• Barbara Graham (Health and Safety representative)
• Virginia McKendrick (First Aid Officer) • Sharon Briggs (Case Manager and
Wellbeing Adviser)
• Jane Morgan (Workforce and Policy Manager)
• Greg Johannesen (Registry Manager) • Akasha Atkinson (National Property
Manager)
• Patrick Lamb (Director Procurement and Risk)
• Lisa Wilson (Work Health and Safety Advisor and Secretariat)
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APPENDIX H: EXTERNAL INVOLVEMENT
The Chief Judge, judges and the Chief Executive Officer participate in a range of consultative and strategic forums including the following:
Family Law Council
The Family Law Council, established by the Attorney-General under section 115 of the
Family Law Act 1975, confers with the Court in the course of its consideration of particular aspects of family law. The Court has judges appointed to the council and senior executives as observers at its meetings.
Australian Institute of Family Studies
The Australian Institute of Family Studies was established under section 114B of the Family Law Act and is a forum for exchange of information and research.
Family Law Forum
The Chief Justice chairs the national Family Law Forum, which consists of representatives from the Family Court, Federal Circuit Court, the Family Law Council, the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, National Legal Aid, the Attorney-General’s Department, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Child Support, the Australian Institute of Family Studies, non-government organisations and community legal centres. The Family Law Forum met in November 2013.
In addition to the Family Law Forum, a number of external stakeholders contribute to court direction by contributing to or being members of various court committees, for example, as members of the Court’s Magellan Committee, the Audit and Risk Committee and the Family Law Courts Advisory Group. For more information on court committees, see Appendix G.
Community relations
Local family law registry consultations and other activities
Registry engagement with local communities, community-based organisations concerned with family support and the family law system, community forums, law societies, family law pathway networks, volunteer networks, other government agencies was once again a priority in 2013–14. Consultation is considered essential and invaluable in developing and maintaining critical relationships that assist litigants. Regular consultation provides the registries with feedback about users’ experiences of registry services and the courts. This inevitably leads to service improvements and ensures that the Court is better placed to assist litigants.
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Some of the highlights from the year, reported in more detail below, include:
Victoria
Melbourne and Dandenong – Child Protection and Better Outcomes for Families
Collaboration and sharing of information between the Family Court, the Federal Circuit Court and State and Territory child protection departments are essential in making good decisions about families and children. Where concerns about child abuse are raised in the context of family law proceedings it is possible for children to be involved in both the child protection system and the family law system. In anticipation of the need for even greater co-ordinated and collaborative relationships between the federal family law jurisdictions and state child welfare authorities, an initiative of co-location of a child protection worker at the Melbourne registry of the Commonwealth Law Courts and Dandenong Federal Circuit Court was introduced.
The vision was that working together, with the dedicated focus of a specialist senior child protection practitioner, would ensure professional, sensitive and well-targeted responses to those children and young people who are at significant risk of harm.
To address the volume of family law related reports to Child Protection in the Southern Division, a senior regional child protection practitioner was co-located at the Dandenong Federal Circuit Court. This position primarily is responsible for registering and following up on all new reports made by the Dandenong Registry to Inner South area of the Southern Division of the Victorian Department. The position is also the decision maker in relation to the investigation of Child Protection cases including a thorough handover to the relevant team.
The state wide co-located position is based in Melbourne registry and is for a fixed term of two years until December 2014. The position is intended to provide a state wide liaison role and to guide the response to concerns for the safety and wellbeing of children in the context of family law proceedings at a broader policy level.
Anecdotal reports from judges, the Victorian Department and the registries state that this initiative is achieving the objective of ensuring exchange of relevant and timely information so that arrangements can be made to protect children at risk.
Dandenong – cultural diversity and the courts
• Dandenong registry hosted 15 Indonesian delegates from religious and general courts, non-government organisations, disability support agencies, the University of Indonesia and the Indonesian Human Rights Commission. This delegation was made under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between Australia and the Supreme Court of Indonesia. The delegates learnt about community and state funded legal services provided at Dandenong and in particular, observed the operations of the Family Law Assistance Program which is a partnership with Monash University to provide free legal advice.
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Queensland
Brisbane
• The Brisbane registry has maintained a collaborative approach with the State Magistrates Court in maximising the use of their Justice of the Peace (JP) service to the community. To assist with this process, JP presentations focus on the particular requirements for witnessing family law documents and to encourage volunteers to offer time as JP’s in the registry.
• Features of ‘drop box’ model:
– all solicitors/law firm filing clerks directed to ‘drop box’ all material for filing solicitors/law firm filing clerks select method of return – mail, registry post box, pick up 48 hour turnaround is assured
– no ticket taken at counter thus not waiting in counter queue, drop box cover sheets and large envelopes supplied, secure box provided – process is self-managed without necessity of intervention by client service officers
– time created by client service officer’s not having to file voluminous material on the spot can be spent filing when queue permits
– rate of requisitions is no greater than filing on the spot or filing by other methods • The judicial services team leaders of both courts supervise and manage the respective
associates, the Federal Circuit Court national group is chaired by the Principal Registrar, Adele Byrne, to discuss current policy and procedural issues relevant to chambers. Meetings are also attended by Steve Agnew, Executive Director of Operations Townsville/Cairns
• The Registry Manager, and staff representatives, attended regular meetings with the North Queensland Domestic Violence Resource Service, the Family Law Pathways Network, the Family Relationship Centre (CentaCare), and Relationships Australia, as well as ad hoc meetings with the profession and representatives from State Government departments. • Regular liaison with the Townsville Multi-Cultural Support Group and the Townsville
Inter-cultural Centre.
• Presentations made to JPs and commissioners for declarations at the invitation of the JP branch. • Judges of the Federal Circuit Court in Townsville and Cairns participated in moot courts for law
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New South Wales
Newcastle
• Child Dispute Services officers attended monthly Family Law Pathways Network meetings and were involved in presenting at and organising various activities in the Newcastle region. Of special note was the Family Law Aboriginal Roadshow as part of National Reconciliation week activities and the Greater Newcastle Family Law Pathways network annual conference on ‘Collaboration in the family law sector’.
• The judges and registry officers held quarterly meetings with members of the legal profession. • Regular seminars were held for members of the legal profession at lunch times with judges
and lawyers presenting topics.
Topics covered during 2013–14 included the following: • Family reports
• a mud map of superannuation – issues from initial conference to hearing • Police super
• Child support • spouse maintenance • introduction into trusts
• Personal Property Register/Director’s Penalty Notice – implications for caveats and caveatable interests. The registry hosted students from the University of Newcastle throughout the year as part of their family law training program. The registry hosted high school students conducting mock trials throughout the year. Sydney
Key collaborative engagements continued in 2013–14 with the following services being delivered in the Sydney registry:
• expanded Legal Aid family law duty service • Legal Aid NSW court ordered mediation program
• information and referral service (provided by the Sydney City Family Relationship Centre) • Women’s family law support service
• regular meetings chaired by the case management judges of the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court continued to be held with family law practitioners
• Continuing Legal Education seminars where held approximately every two months for members of the profession
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Wollongong
• Federal Circuit Judge met with the local legal profession.
• A Child Dispute Services representative continued to attend local Pathways meetings.
South Australia/Northern Territory
Adelaide
During 2013–14 the registry has been active in developing and implementing triage practices in an effort to reduce waiting times at our filing and subpoena counters.
Other activities throughout the year included:
• continued active involvement with stakeholder and community groups, including, Pathways, Family Relationship Centres, Children’s Contact Services, Family Law Practitioners’, Grandparents for Grandchildren Inc, law students from the Adelaide University, University of South Australia and the South Australian Police – call centre staff training • hosted the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse –
Adelaide Hearing
• established a relationship with the South Australian Multi Agency Protection Service. This service is a partnership between multi-agencies and lead by South Australian Police, in protecting and providing services to vulnerable people within the community
• hosted a visit from Judge Kida, Registrar Ishihara, and Registrar Muramatsu from Japan and Professor Kent Anderson from the Adelaide University SA
• co-presented to University South Australia law students a seminar focused on the practical application of family law, from the judicial perspective, the role of family consultants in the process and the roles of both judge and family consultant in case management
• facilitated a hypothetical (‘The voice of the child’) for the South Australian Family Law Pathways annual conference. This hypothetical traced the path of a family from separation to trial, with a focus on the range of agencies involved, and examining at each stage how the voice of the child is represented
• worked with the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department in relation to the South Australian component of the pilot project ‘Improving the interface between the child protection systems and the family law system’. Adelaide registry also assisted with the Notice of Risk South Australia Pilot.
• continued quarterly meetings with representatives from the legal profession and Families SA • coordinated and chaired the Family Law Conference in Bali in June 2014, and
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Darwin
• Continued active involvement with Pathways and Family Relationships Centre Consortium Group, local Indigenous Groups.
• Quarterly meetings with representatives from the legal profession.
• Northern Territory launch of the of the Federal Circuit Court’s Reconciliation Action Plan. • Presentations to Darwin family law practitioners (Family Law Refresher programme, Law Society
of NT) in relation to the role of family consultants as case assessors and relocation matters – a research perspective, with implications for the assessment and litigation processes. Alice Springs
• The Federal Circuit Court judge met with the Alice Springs Family Pathways Network and legal practitioners.
Tasmania
Tasmania – Linking with Police and Community to address Family Violence
The Tasmania Family Violence Consultative Committee forum is convened biannually and includes members of the community sector, Department of Justice (Safe at Home), Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania Police and senior staff of the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court. The forum is convened by the courts Senior Family Consultant, Ms Antonia Dunne, and is arranged in Hobart with video link to Launceston to ensure that the views of the northern part of the state are heard and taken into account.
Discussion points have included the analysis of work pre and post implementation of the family violence legislative amendments, police training and police responses to family violence.
General federal law
Adelaide
• Presentation to the South Australian Bar Association Bar Readers Course on Bankruptcy. • ‘Working with the Court Electronically’ presentation to profession
• Attended bankruptcy user group meetings. Brisbane
• eLodgment hands-on training sessions for law firms.
• Consultation with law firms regarding eServices initiatives of the Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court.
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Melbourne
• Migration user group meetings attended by Federal Circuit Court judges, registrars, senior registry staff and a broad representation from the profession. Matters discussed concentrated on maintaining best case management practice and input was received from all interested parties as to how this is best achieved.
• Met with the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman (Ombudsman) with a view to ensuring the efficient case management of the Small Claims List in Melbourne, particularly in relation to assistance from the Ombudsman for litigants in the list.
• Information sessions about upgrades to the Court’s eLodgment system in preparation for the introduction of the electronic court file later in 2014. The sessions were well attended by firms. Sydney
• New South Wales hosted general federal law user group meetings. Perth
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APPENDIX I: JUDGE ACTIVITIES
Judge activities
Acronyms used in Appendix I
AAWJ Australian Association of Women Judges AFCC Association of Family and Conciliation Courts AIJA Australian Institute of Judicial Administration CCH Commerce Clearing House
CLE Continuing Learning Education FLPA Family Law Practitioners Association IAWJ International Association of Women Judges IARLJ International Association of Refugee Law Judges QLS Queensland Law Society
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Judge Conferences, presentations, papers and other activities to external organisations
Chief Judge John Pascoe AO CVO
Professional Memberships • Judicial Conference of Australia
• LawAsia Family Law and Family Rights Section • International Association for Court Administration • Association of International Family Judges Ceremonial Sittings
• Judge Nicholas Manousaridis, appointed 1 July 2013 (ceremonial on 29 July 2013)
• Judge Joanne Stewart, appointed 2 September 2013 (ceremonial on 25 September 2013)
Conferences
• 14th Australian Family Lawyers’ Conference, Thailand, 7–10 June 2013 • 26th LawAsia Conference, ‘Beyond the Law, Beyond the Call of Duty,
Beyond Boundaries’, Singapore, 27–30 October 2013
• The International Association for Court Administration, ‘Courts’ Excellence in a Changing World’, Dubai, 9–11 December 2013
Presentations/Papers
• 14th Australian Family Lawyers’ Conference, ‘Future Challenges for the Federal Circuit Court of Australia in Family Law’, Thailand, 7 June 2013 • 3rd Annual Legalwise International Family Law Conference, ‘The Cost of
Abuse’, Sri Lanka, 19 September 2013 (by video-link)
• Monash University Law Chambers, ‘Surrogacy and adoption: Pitfalls and promises’, Melbourne, 2 October 2013
• LawAsia Siem Reap Principles Launch, ‘Opening Remarks’, Singapore, 23 November 2013
• New South Wales Bar Association Annual CDP Conference,
‘Recent Developments in the Federal Circuit Court’, Parramatta, 22 March 2014 • DOORS Launch, ‘Opening Remarks’, Sydney, 24 March 2014
• Federal Circuit Court Reconciliation Action Plan Launch, ‘Opening Remarks’, Sydney, 31 March 2014
• UNICEF International Roundtable to Support Family Violence Law Reform in China, ‘Legislating against Family Violence and Child Abuse in the home: Australia’s Experience’, Beijing, China, 10 April 2014
• North Queensland Law Association Conference 2014, ‘Trafficking, Surrogacy and the Rights of the Child’, Cairns, 16 May 2014 Facilitating
• 26th LawAsia Conference, judging of the 8th LawAsia Moot Competition, Singapore, 28 October 2013
• North Queensland Law Association Conference 2014, a Family Law plenary session and panel discussion, Cairns, 16 May 2014
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Judge Baumann AM
Presentations
• Queensland Bar Practice Course mooting, July 2013 • Asian Case Management Tour, September 2013
• Presentations to Judges of Courts in Malaysia, Colombo and Jakarta • Case Management Presentation to 3rd Annual Family Law Conference
in Colombo, Sir Lanka, September 2013 Facilitating
• Legal Aid Queensland, independent children’s lawyers training workshops, February 2014
Judge Brewster
Professional Memberships • ACT Bar Association Judge
Hartnett Conferences• USA Pacific Legal Conference, December 2013, New York
• IAWJ Conference, 12th Biennial International Conference ‘Justice for All’, Arusha, Tanzania, May 2014
Presentations
• 10th Family Law Conference, ‘Family Law Updates, March 2014 Facilitating
• Family Law Residential, ‘Behind the Scenes’, presided over mock court, Torquay, August 2013
Judge Coker
Ceremonial Sittings
• Brigadier Judge Stuart Durward, swearing-in, Deputy Judge Advocate General – Army, Supreme Court, Townsville, May 2014
Presentations
• North Queensland Law Association Conference, speaker, ‘Grandparent Dilemma’, Cairns, May 2014
Other external activities
• Assisting with James Cook University Advocacy Course, July/August 2013 • Family Law Pathways Network, Mackay, October 2013
• Legal and Community Sector Forum, Townsville, December 2013
• Introduction of Federal Circuit Court Reconciliation Action Plan to Aboriginal and Islander Community and Service providers, Townsville, June 2014
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Judge
Driver Professional Memberships• International Association of Refugee Law Judges, Vice President • Judicial Conference of Australia
• Australian Institute of Judicial Administration • NSW Bar Association
• NSW Law Society Ceremonial Sittings
• Justice Perry, swearing-in, 23 September 2013 (Federal Court) Conferences
• University of Tokyo Summer School, attended via Skype, October 2013 • Migration Institute of Australia Annual Conference, Canberra, October 2013 • Conference on the Impact of Migration Law and Policy, 26 October 2013 • Launch of the Kaldor International Centre for Refugees Studies, October 2013 • Learned Friends Conference, Kauai, Hawaii, January 2014
• Kaldor Centre Lecture on Sri Lanka, March 2014 • Law Council Migration Conference, March 2014 • Meeting with Japanese academics, March 2014 • Prato Refugees Conference, May 2014
Presentations/Papers
• Presentation, ‘The regime for refugee status determination in Australia’, January 2014, Learned Friends Conference, Kauai, January 2014
• Paper, ‘The regime for refugee status determination in Australia’, January 2014 Facilitating
• Meeting with Law Council, July 2013 • Whitmore Lecture, August 2013
• Non migration users group meeting, August 2013 • Hosted Bangladeshi Judges, August 2013
• Meeting with Japanese academic, Yukari Ando, October 2013 • Meeting with Japanese academics, November 2013
• University of NSW Asylum seeks lecture, December 2013 • Meeting with Dubbo Law Society, February 2014
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Judge
Roberts Professional Memberships• Judicial Conference of Australia
• Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia • LEADR Association of Dispute Resolvers Conferences
• Tasmanian Independent Children’s Lawyers, May 2014 • Family Law Practitioners Association of Tasmania, May 2014 Other external activities
• Independent Children’s Lawyers, Launceston, February 2014
• Regular informal meetings throughout the year with the President of the Family Law Practitioners Association of Tasmania
Judge
Phipps Presentations• Presentation to staff of the Department of Human Services, ‘Child Protection’, Dandenong, May 2014
• Monash University Law Students, Family Law Assistance Program Judge
Brown Papers• ‘Spousal Maintenance’, Law Society of South Australia, February 2014 Judge
Coakes
Conferences
• Banter with the Bench, October 2013 Presentations
• Greater Newcastle Family Law Pathways Group, guest speaker, ‘Assistance to Self-Represented Litigants’, November 2013
• Learned Friends Conference, Speaker on Contemporary problems, Family Law matters including self reps, grandparents, young lawyers and costs, Hawaii, January 2014
• Legal Aid Child Representative Conference, guest speaker in debate ‘Is Croc a Croc?’, March 2014
Facilitating
• Hunter Valley Family Law Practitioners Conference Cypress Lakes,
Chairing session with Watts J and Aldridge J , ‘Latest & Greatest’, October 2013 • Hunter Valley Family Law Practitioners Newcastle lunch time lecture series • Family Law Intensive, Chairing Interactive session, ‘Preparation of Property cases’,
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Judge
Jarrett Professional Memberships• Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand Facilitating
• Advisor to Queensland University of Technology Oxford Intellectual Property Moot Team, March 2014
• Briefing, Bar Practice Course, Queensland University of Technology, July 2013 and February 2014
• Mock hearing courts, Bar Practice Course, Queensland University of Technology, February 2014
• Co-coordinator for Federal Circuit Court, Queensland University of Technology Internship Program, Brisbane, July 2013 – June 2014
Other external activities
• Court Excellence Judicial Committee
• Federal Circuit Court Business Processes and Information Technology Committee • Editor, Reports, Queensland Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
Judge Riethmuller
Professional Memberships
• Law Council of Australia, Family Law Section • Judicial Conference of Australia
Conferences
• Leo Cussen Family Law Conference, Melbourne, September 2013 • Court Technology Conference 2013, Baltimore, USA, September 2013 • Law via the Internet Conference 2013, Jersey, Channel Islands, September 2013 • Trusts Law Conference, Melbourne, December 2013
Other external activities
• Law Institute of Victoria Family Law Section Courts Practice Committee • CCH, Consultant Editor for Federal Circuit Court Handbook
• Australian Journal of Family Law, Member of Editorial Board Judge
Lloyd-Jones
Professional Memberships • Judicial Conference of Australia
• International Association of Refugee Law Judges • Australian Corporate Lawyers Association. • NSW Bar Association
• Honorary Judicial Member, NSW Law Society Other external activities
• Chairman, Advisory Board to the Centre of Media and Communications Law, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne
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Judge
Sexton Professional Memberships• Women Lawyers Association
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, member of the Australian and International Chapters
• International Women Judges Association, member of the Australian and International Chapters
Ceremonial Sittings
• Justice Fowler, retirement, November 2014 (Family Court) Conferences
• 3rd Annual Legalwise International Family Law Conference, Sri Lanka, September 2013
• University of Melbourne Roundtable Conference on Part VII of the Family Law Act, August 2013
Presentations
• ‘Understanding Family Dispute Resolution’, presented at the University of Technology, August 2013
• ‘Children’s Issues in Family Law: Latest and Greatest Parenting in Cases – Relocation matters’, presented at the 3rd Annual Legalwise International Family Law Conference, Sri Lanka, September 2013
• Presentation to Federal Circuit Court Child Dispute Services Staff, 2013. • Federal Circuit Court, Reconciliation Week Morning Tea Address, Sydney Registry,
May 2014 Facilitating
• Facilitating, Federal Circuit Court’s monthly Continuing Legal Education Seminars, during 2013–2014
Other external activities
• Committee member, Law Society of NSW Family Issues Committee • Committee member, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Australian Chapter
• Committee member, Federal Circuit Court Indigenous Access Committee • Chairperson, Federal Circuit Court Continuing Legal Education Committee • Aboriginal Competence training at Legal Aid NSW, mid 2013
• Aboriginal Cultural Training at the Federal Circuit Court by Stephen Ralph, February 2014
• A number of external meetings with members of the Aboriginal Community outside the Court, 2013–2014