pARt 6 MAnAGeMent AnD AccountABilitY - Family Court of Australia

The Honourable Justice Nahum MushinThe Honourable Justice Christine Elizabeth DaweThe Honourable Justice Robert James Charles BenjaminAppointments, retirements and resignationsJudicial officer appointments:The Honourable Justice Stewart Austin 13 July 2009The Honourable Justice Steven Strickland was assigned to the Appeal Division 14 December 2009Judicial officer retirements:PART 6MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITYThe Honourable Justice Julienne Penny (Family Court of Western Australia) 3 July 2009The Honourable Justice Colleen Ann Moore 31 July 2009The Honourable Justice Lloyd Waddy 22 December 2009The Honourable Justice Brian Edward Jordan 31 December 2009The Honourable Justice Bernard John Warnick 31 March 2010The Honourable Justice Robyn Sylvia Flohm 29 April 2010The Honourable Justice Sally Elizabeth Brown AM 2 June 2010Senior executives of the Family Court of AustraliaChief Executive Office, Richard Foster.Chief Executive OfficerRichard Foster PSM FAIM, Chief Executive OfficerThe Chief Justice, under the Family Law Act, is responsible for theadministration of the Court and is assisted by the Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO). The CEO’s powers are broad (s 38D), although subjectto directions from the Chief Justice (s 38D(3)). The CEO holds theresponsibilities and powers of an agency head under Commonwealthfinancial management and public service legislation, but is appointedunder terms similar to those of judicial officers. The CEO is supportedby the staff of the National Support Office and is located in theNational Support Office, Canberra. Mr Richard Foster was appointedCEO in May 2000.102 Family Court of Australia — Annual Report 2009–2010