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Protecting sensitive information in family law proceedings
From 10 June 2025, you can ask the court to make an order to protect your sensitive information from being used in family law proceedings.
The questions in the Family DOORS Triage risk screen do not reflect my situation or circumstances
Lighthouse FAQ response
Media release: Indigenous families in the Lismore region have greatly benefited from specialised services helping families navigate the family law system
In March last year, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Courts) launched a Specialist Indigenous List (SIL) operating from the Lismore registry in NSW. The SIL was designed to better meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parties and children, and to adopt an appropriate degree of informality in relevant family law proceedings.
Media release: International recognition for the Court’s world-leading Lighthouse initiative
The internationally respected Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) has selected Lighthouse as this year’s recipient of the Irwin Cantor Innovative Program Award. The award was presented at a ceremony held in Los Angeles, USA on 31 May 2023.
How do I file a response?
If you have been served with an Initiating application or an Application in a proceeding you can respond by filing a Response to initiating application or a Response to an application in a proceeding within 28 days after you have been serv
Family law: Mediation services
Information about mediation and external providers of mediation services
Media release: Eleven new appointments to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia welcomes the appointment of 11 new Judges to the Court. These judicial appointments substantially increase the Court’s judicial resources and will greatly assist the Court to effectively manage its demanding caseload and provide access to justice across Australia
FCFCOA Practice Direction – Revocation of Practice Directions and Information Notices
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia has developed new rules of court for all proceedings in the Court with effect from 1 September 2021. Various new Practice Directions and Information Notices have been issued to accompany the new rules. This Practice Direction formally revokes a number of outdated or superseded Practice Directions and Information Notices issued by the Family Court of Australia or Federal Circuit Court of Australia prior to the commencement of the operation of the Court on 1 September 2021.
Administrative law: Administrative decisions
This page provides information about the Court’s jurisdiction to review a decision made by a person exercising a ‘public function', known as judicial review and how to apply.
Lighthouse Project - Update to the Profession November 2021
In the final edition the Lighthouse Project Update for 2021, this edition will focus on the Evatt List and includes a Q & A with Evatt List Senior Judicial Registrars and Judicial Registrars to address the most common questions that the Court has received about the Lighthouse Project. The Evatt List The Evatt List, as a specialised Court list, has been developed and implemented to assist families that have been identified as being at high risk of family violence and other associated…

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