Program · Outcome 2: Apply and uphold the rule of law for litigants in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) through the just, safe, efficient and timely resolution of family law matters, particularly more complex family law matters including appeals, according to law, through the encouragement of appropriate dispute resolution processes through the effective management of the administrative affairs of the Court
Program 2.1: Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Division 1
The exercise of the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1).
Federal Court of Australia, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 14 reported
−$1.8m (−2.8%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
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Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departmental appropriation | departmental | $52m | $50m | −$2.1m −4.0% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 168 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | departmental | $14m | $15m | +$242k +1.7% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 169 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | administered | $300k | $300k | no change 0.0% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 167 |
| Public Governance Performance and Accountability Act 2013 | administered | $100k | $100k | no change 0.0% | reported | Table 2.2.1, row 166 |