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Output Group 1.1 Resolution 34 Consent Orders 34 Mediated Agreements 35 Output Group 1.2 Determination 36 Divorces 36 Applications in a Case - Interim Orders 38 Final Orders 39 Self-represented litigants 43 Part 4 Appeals 45 Appeal Division 47 Full Court sittings 47 General trends in appeals 48 Appeals to the High Court of Australia 53 Part 5 Significant Judgments 55 Full Court judgments 57 First instance judgments 77 Part 6 Other Reporting 89 Management of Human Resources 91 Workforce planning, retention and turnover 92 Certified Agreements and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) 94 Family Court staff 94 Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) 97 Disability strategy 100 Workplace Diversity Plan 100 Freedom of information 100 Service Charter 102 Client feedback and complaints management 102 External scrutiny 103 Purchasing 103 vi Family Court of Australia Annual Report 2005–2006
Property 104 Consultants and competitive tendering 106 Discretionary grants 108 Ecologically sustainable development reporting 108 Advertising and market research 109 PART 7 Financial statements for the year ended 30 june 2006 111 Financial statements table of contents 113 PART 8 Appendices 159 Appendix 1 Court committees and public submissions 161 Appendix 2 Judicial activities 165 Appendix 3 Contact details 168 Appendix 4 Resources for outcomes 171 Part 9 Glossary of terms 173 PART 10 INDEXES 177 Compliance index 179 Alphabetical index 181 LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES FIGURES Figure 1: Total number of filings 33 Figure 2: Total incoming, finalised and pending applications by financial year 33 Figure 3: Applications for Consent Orders filed by state 34 Figure 4: Figure 5: Incoming, finalised and pending consent orders applications by financial year 35 Percentage of cases resolved through Mediated Agreements by financial year 36 Figure 6: Applications for Divorce filed by state 37 Figure 7: Incoming, finalised and pending Applications for Divorce by financial year 37 Family Court of Australia Annual Report 2005–2006 vii
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The Court heard 83 appeals, other t
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