Annual report [1997-98] - Family Court of Australia

The Family Court of Australia – annual report 1997-98
Case Management 3, 18
computerised 23
guidelines 19, 32, 43
procedures 24
Centacare 25
Charges (see also Fees) 19
Charter
Court’s Service 3, 4, 133, 134
Government’s, in a culturally diverse society 49
Chief Executive Officer (see also Glare, L) 2, 12, 62, 135
Chief Finance Officer (CFO) (see also Frankland, B) 2, 12, 53
Chief Justice iii, 2, 6, 13, 38
Chief Justice’s Advisory Committee on Ethnic Issues 50, 59
Chief Justice’s Consultative Council (CJCC) 25, 57
Child abuse 23, 56
Child Representative 47
Child support 43, 46, 134
Child Support Agency 134
Child welfare matter 39
Children 26, 28, 45, 47, 134
best interests of 3, 44
special medical procedures for 25, 51
risk to 45
Children’s matters/issues 19, 25, 31,34
Circuit(s) 2, 55
Coaldrake, Professor Peter 18
Comcare 61
Commonwealth Disability Strategy 50, 59
Complaints 54, 55, 135
Compliance index 135
Consultants 21, 91
family/indigenous 22, 31, 49, 59, 134
Consultation(s) 3, 18, 20, 49, 50
Contact 45, 53
Contact officer
vi
Contents
v
Corporate Informatio n Technology Plan 23, 62, 91
Corporate Plan 4
Cost(s) 19, 29, 44, 47, 48, 53
Counselling 2, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 28,
29, 30, 31, 33, 49, 56, 91, 134
statistics 71-73
Counsellor(s) 19, 28, 91
CRIS 23, 90
Decisions of courts and tribunals 56
Defended Hearing Statistics 23, 90
Delay(s) 22, 23, 33, 34, 54
Department of Human Services 23, 25, 51
Deputy Chief Justice (see also Barblett J.) 2, 6, 26, 38
Deputy Director Court Counselling (North) 19
Dessau J 12, 23
Disability Action Plan 50, 59
Dispute resolution 18, 31
see also Primary Dispute Resolution
Divorce 21, 36, 53, 65
Eather, R 18, 26
Ellis J 28
Equal Employment Opportunity 24, 59, 90
statistics 60
Establishment 2
Ethnic
awareness policies 18
communities 24
issues 25, 50, 59
Liaison officer 24, 50
External reviews 56
Family consultants 22, 31, 49, 59
Family Court of Western Australia 2, 3, 6, 38
Family law 6 20, 24, 28, 29, 44, 57
Family Law (Judges) Regulations 6
Family Law Regulations 20, 31, 51
(also referred to as Regulations)
Family Law Rules 20, 31, 39, 45, 47, 57, 58
(also referred to as Rules and Rules of Court)
Family Reports 28, 47
Family Services Australia 25
Family violence (see also Violence) 18, 91
Federal Government 23
Fee(s) 28, 31, 55. 90, 135
collection of filing 43
exemptions/waivers 43, 51
Files opened and applications 36
Filing registries 2,
Filippello, A (see also Principal Registrar) 26
Financial and staffing resources summary 4
Financial issues/matters 29, 31, 134
Financial Statements 95-131
Finn J 38
Fogarty J 8, 38
Forms 51, 53, 58, 90, 135
Frankland, B (see also Chief Finance Officer) 26
Frederico J 26
Freedom of information 47, 57
Full Court 20, 38, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
Gaudron J 48
General Advisor Dispute Resolution (GADR) 2, 12, 25
(see also Brown, C)
General Manager Corporate Services (GMCS) 2, 18
(see also Phelan , A)
General Manager Customer Services (GMCS)
(see also Eather, R) 2, 12, 18
Glare, L (see also Chief Executive Officer) 26
Gleeson CJ 23
Glossary of abbreviations 135
Graham J 6, 7, 13
Guest J 7
Gummow J 48
Gun J 6, 7, 8
Harassment contact officers 59
Harrison, M 12
(see also Senior Lega l Advisor to the Chief Justice)
Hase J 6, 7
Hayne J 8
Hearings 22, 24, 3
High Court 25, 44
Howard, M 23
Human Resource Development 62, 90
Hunter, R 23
Indigenous
awareness policies 18
consultants 134
customers 22
employment strategy 24
family consultants 22, 31, 49, 59
(see also Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander(s))
Industrial democracy 62
Information mornings 23
Information Sessions 29, 31, 52, 56, 135
137