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

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The Family Court of Australia – annual report 1997-98 Contents Introduction VI Part one – overview 1 Establishment 2 Organisation 2 Functions and powers 3 Objective 3 Financial and staffing resources summary 4 Organisational structure at 30 June 1998 5 Judiciary 6 Visitors to the court 10 Overseas travel summary 12 Registries and offices 14 Part two – year in review by the Chief Justice 17 Part three – workings of the court 27 Cases seen by the Counselling Service 28 Mediation 31 Program performance 32 Appeal division 38 Significant judgments 44 Social justice and equity 49 Government’s charter of public service in a culturally diverse society 44 Publications program 51 Internet 53 Complaints 54 Internal and external scrutiny 56 Freedom of information 57 Privacy 58 Workplace diversity and equal employment opportunity 59 Occupational health and safety 61 Industrial democracy 62 Part four – court statistics 63 Part five – appendices 89 1 Staffing overview 90 3 Financial statements 95 4 Summary table of resources 132 2 Advertising 132 5 Service charter 133 Glossary of abbreviations 135 Compliance index 135 Alphabetical index 136
The Family Court of Australia – annual report 1997-98 Introduction This is the ninth annual report of the Family Court of Australia. Part One provides a brief introduction to and overview of the Court – its objective, its management, new organisational structure and the location of its offices and registries. Part Two contains the Chief Justice’s annual ‘Year in Review’covering initiatives across all areas of the Court and issues affecting its operations. This review provides a contextual backdrop for the more detailed reports that appear in Part Three – The Workings of the Court which makes up the main body of the Report. Cross-references are used to link these two sections. Part Three includes key information relating to the Court’s counselling and mediation services, performance standards, appeal division workload, significant judgments, major initiatives in social justice and equity programs and internal and external scrutiny. This part also details significant achievements in the programs which provide the administrative background to the work of the Court, including workplace diversity programs and equal employment opportunity, occupational health and safety, industrial democracy and freedom of information. Statistics detailing the Court’s workload throughout 1997-98 are contained in Part Four. These tables also provide information on family breakdown and the types of applications filed and orders sought. Part Five contains financial statements, the staffing overview and other appendices including a copy of the Court’s new Service Charter. Enquiries relating to information contained in this Report and additional information held in accordance with Attachment 3 of the ‘Requirements for Departmental Annual Reports’ should be addressed to the following contact officer: Mr Bill Jackson Manager, Public Relations Family Court of Australia PO Box 9991 Melbourne 3001 Tel: (03) 9242 5888 Fax: (03) 9602 2105 VI
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