List of Commonwealth courts and tribunals

The Federal Courts Building in Melbourne

The following is a list of courts and tribunals of the Commonwealth of Australia:

List of boards, commissions, courts, and tribunals[]

Australian Industrial Court (1973–1977)^[a]
Australian Military Court (2007–2009)^[b]
Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1904–1956)^[c]
Commonwealth Industrial Court (1956–1973)^[d]
Family Court (1976–2021)
Federal Circuit Court / Federal Magistrates Court (1999–2021)
Federal Court of Bankruptcy (1930–1977)^[e]
Industrial Relations Court of Australia (1994–1996) ^[f]

^ New name of the Commonwealth Industrial Court from 1973 and jurisdiction given to the Federal Court of Australia in 1977.
^ Found to be unconstitutional in Lane v Morrison [2009] HCA 29 and replaced by the Military Court of Australia.
^ Functions divided between the Commonwealth Industrial Court and the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission as a result of the Boilermaker's case [1956] HCA 10, (1956) 94 CLR 254.
^ Given the judicial functions of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration as a result of the Boilermaker's case [1956] HCA 10, (1956) 94 CLR 254. Renamed the Australian Industrial Court in 1973.
^ Jurisdiction given to the Federal Court of Australia in 1977.
^ Separate court established in 1994 with Judges of the Federal Court of Australia and jurisdiction returned to the Federal Court of Australia in 1996; last judge retired in 2018
^ New name of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission from 1973 and renamed the Australian Industrial Relations Commission in 1988.
^ New name of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission from 1988 and replaced by Fair Work Australia in 2010.
^ Created as a result of the separation of judicial and arbitral functions as a result of the Boilermaker's case [1956] HCA 10, (1956) 94 CLR 254. Renamed Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in 1973
^ Replaced the Australian Industrial Relations Commission from 2010 and was renamed the Fair Work Commission in 2013.

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