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Steering Committee for the
Review of Government Service
Provision
F act she e t
Under embargo until 12.15 am, Friday 30 January 2015
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Report on Government Services 2015
COURTS
(CHAPTER 7)
The focus of this chapter is the court administration functions of Australian and State and
Territory courts. Data are reported for the Federal Court, the Family Court of Australia and the
Federal Circuit Court, the criminal and civil jurisdictions of the supreme courts (including probate
registries), district/county courts, magistrates’ courts (including children’s courts), coroners’ courts
and the Family Court of WA.
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In 2013-14, in the criminal jurisdiction of the supreme, district/county and magistrates’ courts,
approximately 843 100 cases were lodged, and 854 100 cases were finalised. In the civil
jurisdiction of these same courts there were approximately 458 200 cases lodged and 477 200
cases finalised. In the Australian courts, approximately 117 000 cases were lodged, and
approximately 114 300 cases finalised (pp. 7.17–20).
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Total court administration recurrent expenditure less income (excluding fines) by the court
authorities covered in this chapter was approximately $1.33 billion in 2013-14, comprising
$1.1 billion for the State and Territory courts and $228.2 million for the Australian courts
(p. 7.13).
Objectives of Courts
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Common objectives for court services across Australia are: to be open and accessible; to process
matters in an expeditious and timely manner; to provide due process and equal protection
before the law; and to be independent yet publicly accountable for performance (p. 7.22).
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Performance indicators for Courts (figure 7.3, p. 7.24)
Equity
Access
Objectives
Affordability
Fees paid by
applicants
p.7.24
Geographical
access
Judicial
officers p.7.26
To be
determined
Quality
Effectiveness
Access
PERFORMANCE
Timeliness
and delay
Backlog p.7.28
Attendance
p.7.35
Clearance
p.7.37
Efficiency
Inputs per unit
of output
Judicial officers
per finalisation
p.7.44
FTE staff per
finalisation
p.7.45
Cost per
finalisation
p.7.47
Key to indicators*
Text
Most recent data for all measures are comparable and complete
Text
Most recent data for at least one measure are comparable and complete
Text
Most recent data for all measures are either not comparable and/or not complete
Text
No data reported and/or no measures yet developed
Outputs
Outputs
Outcomes
* A description of the comparability and completeness of each measure is provided in indicator interpretation boxes within the chapter
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Lawrence McDonald, Head of Secretariat
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Please do not approach other parties for comment before 30 January 2015.
This volume can be accessed via the Productivity Commission’s website on the morning of Friday 30 January 2015: www.pc.gov.au.
Hard copies of this volume will also be available for purchase via the Commission’s website.
Tables with a ‘7A’ prefix (eg table 7A.5) are in the attachments on the Review website.
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