• General Federal Law Rules changes

    Last updated: 1 September 2025 What changed? Practice and procedure updates Related links What changed? The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2025 (New GFL Rules) have been made by the Court, and commenced on 1 September 2025.

  • Appendix 7 - Judge activities

    Chief Judge William Alstergren Professional and other memberships National Judicial College of Australia Law Institute of Victoria Victorian Bar Judicial College of Australia International Hague Network of Judges Conferences and events attended during the year

  • Family Violence Plan

    The Family Violence Plan (the Plan) reflects the ongoing commitment by both Courts to the early identification and management of matters where violence or the risk of violence is alleged, and to keeping all court users safe. It is an overarching document setting out important actions to be undertaken by the Courts to ensure best practice in all areas of administration, operation and application of the law. It covers areas as diverse as building layout, security screening, risk assessment, safety planning for individual litigants as well as education and training of staff and the judiciary.…

  • Registry operations due to ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred

    The Brisbane and Lismore Registries will be open as normal on Tuesday 11 March 2025.

  • Media release: The Courts launch short films about family violence and how the voice of the child is heard in parenting cases

    Today, the Courts officially launched three animated short films that will help educate the public about: What is family violence in family law cases?, How is the voice of the child heard? and How does the court process work for parenting cases? The Courts’ new films build on the existing online resources developed by the Courts in 2021 which focused on how to ‘separate smarter’.

  • Family law (property) changes from 10 June 2025

    Last updated: 10 June 2025 What is changing? When do the changes start? Practice and procedure updates Related links The Family Law Amendment Act 2024 was passed by the Australian Parliament on 10 December 2024.

  • Family law changes from 6 May 2024

    The Family Law Amendment Act 2023 and Family Law Amendment (Information Sharing) Act 2023 were passed by the Australian Parliament on 19 October 2023. The changes include new laws about how the Courts will make parenting orders in the best interests of a child. Most of the changes to the Family Law Act commenced on 6 May 2024.

  • Darwin Registry operations due to Cyclone Fina

    Darwin Registry reopening Monday 24 November

  • What if I have not received a link to the Family DOORS Triage questionnaire?

    Frequently asked question response relating to lighthouse
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