Federal Circuit Court of Australia

Federal Circuit Court of Australia
The Federal Court Building in Melbourne, a location of the Federal Circuit Court
Established	1999
Dissolved	1 September 2021
Jurisdiction	Australia
Location	Canberra Sydney and regional NSW Darwin and Alice Springs Brisbane and regional Qld Adelaide and Mount Gambier Hobart, Launceston, Burnie Melbourne and regional Victoria
Appeals to	Federal Court of Australia; Family Court of Australia
Appeals from	Certain federal tribunals and other federal bodies, including: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Copyright Tribunal of Australia Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal Federal Police Disciplinary Tribunal IP Australia Remuneration Tribunal Secretariat Superannuation Complaints Tribunal
Chief Judge
Currently	Will Alstergren QC
Since	2017

The Federal Circuit Court of Australia, formerly known as the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia or the Federal Magistrates Service, was an Australian court with jurisdiction over matters broadly relating to family law and child support, administrative law, admiralty law, bankruptcy, copyright, human rights, industrial law, migration, privacy and trade practices.

The Court was created to deal with the increasing workload of the Federal Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia, by hearing less complex cases for them and freeing those Courts to deal only with more complex cases. The Federal Circuit Court dealt with approximately 95% of migration and bankruptcy applications filed in the federal courts. Approximately 90% of the Court's workload was in the area of family law. The Court also deals with nearly 80% of all family law matters filed in the federal courts.^[1] It is also intended to replace (in part) the federal jurisdiction with which state courts have been invested under the Judiciary Act 1903.