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

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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
The Family Court of Australia – annualr eport 1997-98 Information technology 23 (see also Corporate Information Technology Plan) Inglis J 23 Integrated Client Services (ICS) 21, 90 Interim matters 22 parenting applications/orders 22, 25, 51, 90 Internal and external scrutiny 56 Internal audit reviews 56 Internal reviews and academic thesis 56 Internet 53, 135 Introduction vi Jerrard J 6, 12 Judge Administrator(s) 2, 8, 9, 26 Judge(s) 6, 8, 18, 21, 23, 26, 31, 39, 47, 48, 134 leave 7, 8 retiring/retirement of 6, 8, 22 part-time 22 Judicial registrars 2, 6, 8, 134 Judicial strength 7 Judiciary 6 Jurisdiction 2, 3, 24, 26, 38, 48 Kay J 38 Kirby J 48 Kit(s) 51, 52, 135 Law Council of Australia 6, 7 Family Law Section of 7, 25, 57 Legal aid 19, 21, 23, 25, 47, 48, 51, 52, 135, Legal practitioners/profession 18, 19, 53 Letter of transmission iii Lindenmayer J. 38 Lists 8, 22, 23, 53 Litigation 19, 20, 28, 29, 39 Maintenance 45, 46, 134 Mediation 2, 19, 20, 24, 29, 31, 124 statistics 83-87 Mediators 19, 90 Men 20, 26 Monash University 23 Moore J 49 Mullane J 13 Mushin J 50 Objective(s) 3, 4 Occupational Health and Safety 61, 6 Office of the Chief Executive 14, 91. 93, 94 Office of the Public Advocate 25, 51 Ombudsman’s Office 54 Order(s) 25, 28, 37, 40, 45, 46, 47, 48, 53, 64 Organisation 2, 18 Organisational structure 5, 18 Overseas travel summary 12 Overview 1 Parenting Plan 52,53 Performance indicator(s) 28, 32 Performance standard(s) 32, 33, 35, 54 Phantom Comic 24 Phelan, A 18, 26 (see also General Manager Corporate Services) Practice direction(s) 25, 53 Primary dispute resolution (PDR) 2, 3, 19,20, 21, (see also Dispute resolution) 24, 28, 30, 31, 56 Principal Registrar (PR) (see also Filippello, A) 2, 12 Program management 2 Program performance 32 Property 20, 40, 44, 45, 47, 48, 134 Publications 3, 50, 51, 53 Purvis J 6, 7 Reform 20 Registrars 2, 21, 22, 91, 134 Registries 2, 14 Relationships Australia 25 Relationships with external bodies 25 Renaud J 8 Residence 28, 40, 45, 53, 56 Resource(s) 4, 32 judicial 32, 34 Summary table of 132 Senior Executive Service 59, 90 Senior Legal Advisor to the Chief Justice 25 (see also Harrison, M) Settlement rates 85, 86 Significant judgments 44 Simplified Procedures 3, 18, 22, 32 Smith JR 25 Social Justice, Access and Equity 49, 59 Special medical procedures 25, 51 Staff 3, 4, 18, 22, 26, 49, 60, 61, 62, 90, 91, 93, 94, Staffing overview 90 resources summary 4 Standard(s) 33, 34, 55 time 29, 31 performance against individual 31 (see also Performance standards) Statistics applicants in person 82 divorce 65 demographic 66 Counselling 72-73 Court 67-71 EEO 60 Files, orders, applications 74-81 Mediation 83-87 Steele J 6, 13 Sterilisation 25 Strategic planning 19, 26 Studybank 91 Sub-registries 2 Summary table of resources 132 Superannuation 20 Surrogacy 46 Survey(s) 18, 29, 30 Quality of Working Life 61 Training 31, 61, 90, 91 judicial 21, 49 Trial Management Committee 26 Underhill J 6, 7 Unrepresented litigants 21, 22, 50 (see also Applicants in person and Appellants in person) Video link 39 Video(s) 24, 51 Violence 21, 28 Visitors to the court 10 Williams, Daryl (see also Attorney-General) iii Women 8, 20, 21, 26, 59, 90 Workings of the court 27 Workload 32, 64 Workplace diversity and equal employment opportunity 59 138
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