List of Australian federal courts and tribunals



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

Sitting boards

 * Australian Accounting Standards Board
 * Australian Classification Board
 * Australian Motor Vehicle Certification Board
 * Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board
 * CSS Board
 * Foreign Investment Review Board
 * Life Insurance Actuarial Standards Board
 * Military Superannuation and Benefits Board of Trustees No. 1
 * Pooled Development Funds Registration Board
 * Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys
 * PSS Board
 * Veterans' Review Board

Sitting councils

 * Administrative Review Council
 * Advisory Council on Intellectual Property
 * Anindilyakawa Land Council
 * ANZLIC—The Spatial Information Council
 * Australia Council
 * Australian Defence Force Academy Consultative Council
 * Australian Heritage Council
 * Australian Landcare Council
 * Australian Learning and Teaching Council
 * Australian Loan Council
 * Australian Maritime Defence Council
 * Australian National Council on Drugs
 * Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council
 * Australian Political Exchange Council
 * Australian Procurement and Construction Ministerial Council
 * Australian Research Council
 * Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council
 * Australian Statistics Advisory Council
 * Australian Transport Council
 * Business-Industry-Higher Education Collaboration Council
 * Central Land Council
 * Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council
 * Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council
 * Criminology Research Council
 * Defence Exporters Council
 * Defence Reserves Support Council
 * Environment Protection and Heritage Council
 * Family Law Council
 * Financial Reporting Council
 * Financial Sector Advisory Council
 * Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Council
 * International Legal Services Advisory Council
 * Kimberley Land Council
 * Local Government and Planning Ministers' Council
 * Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
 * Ministerial Council for Corporations
 * Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs
 * Ministerial Council on Gambling
 * Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources
 * Ministerial Council on the Administration of Justice
 * Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council
 * National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council
 * National Australia Day Council
 * National Competition Council
 * National Environment Protection Council
 * National Environmental Education Council
 * National Health and Medical Research Council
 * National Indigenous Council
 * National Rural Advisory Council
 * National Workplace Relations Consultative Council
 * Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council
 * New South Wales World Heritage Properties Ministerial Council
 * Northern Land Council
 * Primary Industries Ministerial Council
 * Quarantine and Exports Advisory Council
 * Regional Development Council
 * Specialist Medical Review Council
 * Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Ministerial Council
 * Tiwi Land Council
 * Tourism Ministers' Council
 * Trade Policy Advisory Council
 * Wet Tropics Ministerial Council
 * Workplace Relations Ministers Council

Sitting commissions

 * Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
 * Australian Crime Commission
 * Australian Electoral Commission
 * Australian Energy Market Commission
 * Australian Human Rights Commission
 * Australian Law Reform Commission
 * Australian Public Service Commission
 * Australian Securities & Investments Commission
 * Australian Sports Commission
 * Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
 * Commonwealth Grants Commission
 * International Air Services Commission
 * Military Rehabilitation & Compensation Commission
 * Murray-Darling Basin Commission
 * National Mental Health Commission
 * National Transport Commission
 * National Water Commission
 * Productivity Commission
 * Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission

Sitting courts

 * Federal Court of Australia
 * Federal Circuit and Family Court
 * High Court of Australia

Sitting tribunals

 * Administrative Appeals Tribunal
 * Australian Competition Tribunal
 * Copyright Tribunal
 * Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal
 * Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal
 * Fair Work Commission
 * Federal Police Disciplinary Tribunal
 * National Native Title Tribunal
 * National Sports Tribunal
 * Remuneration Tribunal Secretariat
 * Superannuation Complaints Tribunal

Abolished boards

 * Army Inventions Board
 * Australian Shipping Board
 * Australian Wool Board
 * Commonwealth Marine Salvage Board

Abolished commissions

 * Australian Fair Pay Commission
 * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
 * Export Wheat Commission
 * Inter-State Commission (1912–1920, 1975–1989)

Abolished courts

 * Australian Industrial Court (1973–1977)
 * Australian Military Court (2007–2009)
 * Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1904–1956)
 * Commonwealth Industrial Court (1956–1973)
 * Family Court (1976–2021)
 * Federal Circuit Court / Federal Magistrates Court (1999–2021)
 * Federal Court of Bankruptcy (1930–1977)
 * Industrial Relations Court of Australia (1994–1996)

Abolished tribunals

 * Australian Coal Industry Tribunal (1940–1995)
 * Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1973–1988)
 * Australian Industrial Relations Commission (1988–2009)
 * Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1956–1973)
 * Fair Work Australia (2010–2012)
 * Migration Review Tribunal
 * Refugee Review Tribunal
 * Social Security Appeals Tribunal