• Joint Costs Advisory Committee - 2025 Call for Submissions

    JCAC welcomes submissions from interested parties on changes to the quantum of costs allowable to legal practitioners under each court’s scale of costs.

  • Media release: The FCFCOA swears in its latest four-legged friend, Bonnie

    The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia is thrilled to welcome Bonnie - the first Facility Dog to serve in a federal jurisdiction in South Australia.

  • Practice and procedure update: new General Federal Law Rules made and registered, commencing 1 September 2025

    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 will commence on 1 September 2025.

  • Privacy Impact Assessment Register

    The Privacy (Australian Government Agencies – Governance) APP Code 2017 (Cth) (the APP Code) requires that all agencies, including the Court, must conduct a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for all high privacy risk projects.

  • National Contravention List

    The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court) expects that all parties will comply with orders of the Court. Alleged breaches of court orders are taken seriously, and will be dealt with in a quick, safe and cost effective way by the Court through the National Contravention List.

  • Intellectual property: Overview

    This page provides information about intellectual property and the Court’s jurisdiction.

  • Public interest cases (Online files)

    In high profile cases or in cases where there is a significant number of media requests to access court documents, the Court may establish an online file via the Court’s website. Documents that are considered to be publicly accessible (consistent with Rule 2.11 of the Federal Circuit and Family Court (Division 2)(GFL) Rules 2021 (Cth)) will be published on this page. Material will be added here as it becomes available.

  • How do I access my orders?

    As part of our commitment to the Government’s digital continuity policy, the Court no longer posts hard copies of sealed orders, including divorce orders by mail. Court orders are signed and sealed electronically and available to download from the Commonwealth Courts Portal (the Portal). The Portal provides users with secure web-based access to their court file and documents including divorce and court orders.
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