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2017

  • 12 Years of Innovation in Women's Access to the Family Courts of Indonesia
    Last updated on

2015

  • Court User Satisfaction Survey - 2015
    Last updated on Feb 18, 2016

2013

  • Young Employees Advisory Group - Family Court and Federal Circuit Court
    Last updated on Nov 27, 2013

2012

  • 2012 - The Year in Review: Chief Executive Officers Report (October 2012) Chief Executive Officer, Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Oct 01, 2012

2011

  • CEO Report 2010-11 - November 2011 Chief Executive Officer, Family Court of Australia November 2011
    Last updated on Nov 01, 2011
  • Family Law User Satisfaction Survey results 2011
    Last updated on Dec 01, 2011
  • Indigenous Australians and Family Law Litigation: Indigenous perspectives on access to justice Stephen Ralph (Aboriginal Consultant Psychologist), Assisted by Leisha Lister (Executive Advisor Family Court of Australia), peer reviewed by Chris Cuneen.
    Last updated on Oct 01, 2011

2010

  • Access to Justice: Empowering female heads of household in Indonesia - July 2010 PEKKA
    Last updated on Jul 19, 2010
  • Akses terhadap Keadilan: Pemberdayaan Perempuan Kepala Keluarga di Indonesia - Bahasa - July 2010 Pemberdayaan Perempuan Kepala Keluarga
    Last updated on Jul 19, 2010
  • Chief Executive Officer's Report 2009–10 - November 2010 Chief Executive Officer, Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Nov 01, 2010
  • Memberi Keadilan Bagi Para Pencari Keadilan - August 2010 Sebuah Laporan Penelitian Tentang Akses dan Kesetaraan Pada Pengadilan Negeri dan Pengadilan Agama di Inonesia - Tahun 2007 - 2009
    Last updated on Aug 01, 2010
  • Providing Justice to the Justice Seeker - August 2010
    Last updated on Aug 01, 2010

2009

  • CEO Report 2008-09 Chief Executive Officer, Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Oct 01, 2009
  • Integrated Client Service Delivery featuring Mental Health Support - January 2009 Family Law Courts
    Last updated on Jan 01, 2009
  • Less Adversarial Trial Handbook Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Jun 01, 2009

2008

  • Families and the law in Australia - May 2008 Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on May 01, 2008
  • Practitioner and client costs - new provisions from 1 July 2008 Registrar Micallef
    Last updated on Feb 29, 2008

2007

  • Cooperation and Coordination: An evaluation of the Family Court of Australia's Magellan case management model - October 2007 Dr. Daryl J. Higgins
    Last updated on Oct 01, 2007
  • Finding a better way: A Bold Departure from the Traditional Common Law Approach to the Conduct of Legal Proceedings - April 2007 Margaret Harrison
    Last updated on Apr 01, 2007
  • Memberi Keadilan Bagi Para Pencari Keadilan: Sebuah Laporan Penelitian Tentang Akses dan Kesetaraan Pada Pengadilan Agama di Indonesia Tahun 2007 Kate Sumner
    Last updated on Dec 01, 2007
  • Providing Justice to the Justice Seeker: A Report on the Indonesian Religious Courts – December 2007 Cate Sumner, Indonesia Australia Legal Development Facility
    Last updated on Dec 01, 2007
  • The Child Responsive Program operating within the less adversarial Trial: A Follow up study of parent and child outcomes - July 2007 Jennifer E. McIntosh and Caroline Long
    Last updated on Jul 01, 2007

2006

  • Children's Cases Pilot Project - Final Report to the Family Court of Australia - March 2006 Jennifer E. McIntosh, Ph.D.
    Last updated on Mar 01, 2006
  • Mental Health Support Pilot Project - August 2006 Family Court and the Federal Magistrates Court
    Last updated on Aug 01, 2006

2000

  • Future Directions Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Jul 01, 2000
  • Litigants in person in the Family Court of Australia John Dewar, Barry W. Smith and Cate Banks
    Last updated on
  • Self-represented Litigants - A Challenge Project Report
    Last updated on Jan 01, 2003
  • The Changing Face of the Expert Witness Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Jan 01, 2002
  • The Family Law Reform Act 1995: The first three years Regina Graycar, Margaret Harrison and Helen Rhoades
    Last updated on Dec 01, 2000
  • 12 Years of Innovation in Women's Access to the Family Courts of Indonesia
    Last updated on
  • 2012 - The Year in Review: Chief Executive Officers Report (October 2012) Chief Executive Officer, Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Oct 01, 2012
  • Access to Justice: Empowering female heads of household in Indonesia - July 2010 PEKKA
    Last updated on Jul 19, 2010
  • Akses terhadap Keadilan: Pemberdayaan Perempuan Kepala Keluarga di Indonesia - Bahasa - July 2010 Pemberdayaan Perempuan Kepala Keluarga
    Last updated on Jul 19, 2010
  • CEO Report 2008-09 Chief Executive Officer, Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Oct 01, 2009
  • CEO Report 2010-11 - November 2011 Chief Executive Officer, Family Court of Australia November 2011
    Last updated on Nov 01, 2011
  • Chief Executive Officer's Report 2009–10 - November 2010 Chief Executive Officer, Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Nov 01, 2010
  • Children's Cases Pilot Project - Final Report to the Family Court of Australia - March 2006 Jennifer E. McIntosh, Ph.D.
    Last updated on Mar 01, 2006
  • Cooperation and Coordination: An evaluation of the Family Court of Australia's Magellan case management model - October 2007 Dr. Daryl J. Higgins
    Last updated on Oct 01, 2007
  • Court User Satisfaction Survey - 2015
    Last updated on Feb 18, 2016
  • Families and the law in Australia - May 2008 Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on May 01, 2008
  • Family Law User Satisfaction Survey results 2011
    Last updated on Dec 01, 2011
  • Finding a better way: A Bold Departure from the Traditional Common Law Approach to the Conduct of Legal Proceedings - April 2007 Margaret Harrison
    Last updated on Apr 01, 2007
  • Future Directions Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Jul 01, 2000
  • Indigenous Australians and Family Law Litigation: Indigenous perspectives on access to justice Stephen Ralph (Aboriginal Consultant Psychologist), Assisted by Leisha Lister (Executive Advisor Family Court of Australia), peer reviewed by Chris Cuneen.
    Last updated on Oct 01, 2011
  • Integrated Client Service Delivery featuring Mental Health Support - January 2009 Family Law Courts
    Last updated on Jan 01, 2009
  • Less Adversarial Trial Handbook Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Jun 01, 2009
  • Litigants in person in the Family Court of Australia John Dewar, Barry W. Smith and Cate Banks
    Last updated on
  • Memberi Keadilan Bagi Para Pencari Keadilan: Sebuah Laporan Penelitian Tentang Akses dan Kesetaraan Pada Pengadilan Agama di Indonesia Tahun 2007 Kate Sumner
    Last updated on Dec 01, 2007
  • Memberi Keadilan Bagi Para Pencari Keadilan - August 2010 Sebuah Laporan Penelitian Tentang Akses dan Kesetaraan Pada Pengadilan Negeri dan Pengadilan Agama di Inonesia - Tahun 2007 - 2009
    Last updated on Aug 01, 2010
  • Mental Health Support Pilot Project - August 2006 Family Court and the Federal Magistrates Court
    Last updated on Aug 01, 2006
  • Practitioner and client costs - new provisions from 1 July 2008 Registrar Micallef
    Last updated on Feb 29, 2008
  • Providing Justice to the Justice Seeker: A Report on the Indonesian Religious Courts – December 2007 Cate Sumner, Indonesia Australia Legal Development Facility
    Last updated on Dec 01, 2007
  • Providing Justice to the Justice Seeker - August 2010
    Last updated on Aug 01, 2010
  • Self-represented Litigants - A Challenge Project Report
    Last updated on Jan 01, 2003
  • The Changing Face of the Expert Witness Family Court of Australia
    Last updated on Jan 01, 2002
  • The Child Responsive Program operating within the less adversarial Trial: A Follow up study of parent and child outcomes - July 2007 Jennifer E. McIntosh and Caroline Long
    Last updated on Jul 01, 2007
  • The Family Law Reform Act 1995: The first three years Regina Graycar, Margaret Harrison and Helen Rhoades
    Last updated on Dec 01, 2000
  • Young Employees Advisory Group - Family Court and Federal Circuit Court
    Last updated on Nov 27, 2013
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