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    The Australian court system is hierarchical. At the top is the High Court of Australia, which has original jurisdiction and hears appeals. Below it are the Federal Court and state Supreme Courts, which handle civil and criminal matters. The next level includes the Federal Circuit and Family Court and specialist state courts and tribunals. The lowest level courts are the District and Magistrates Courts, which handle less serious civil and criminal cases. Matters can be appealed through this hierarchy up to the High Court.

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    The Australian court system is hierarchical. At the top is the High Court of Australia, which has original jurisdiction and hears appeals. Below it are the Federal Court and state Supreme Courts, which handle civil and criminal matters. The next level includes the Federal Circuit and Family Court and specialist state courts and tribunals. The lowest level courts are the District and Magistrates Courts, which handle less serious civil and criminal cases. Matters can be appealed through this hierarchy up to the High Court.

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    South Australia CourtSystem

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    The Australian court system is hierarchical. At the top is the High Court of Australia, which has original jurisdiction and hears appeals. Below it are the Federal Court and state Supreme Courts, which handle civil and criminal matters. The next level includes the Federal Circuit and Family Court and specialist state courts and tribunals. The lowest level courts are the District and Magistrates Courts, which handle less serious civil and criminal cases. Matters can be appealed through this hierarchy up to the High Court.

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    *SA = South Australia

    THE AUSTRALIAN COURT SYSTEM

    HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA


    Original jurisdiction and appeals

    FEDERAL COURT FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND


    FAMILY COURT -DIVISION 1 SUPREME COURT of SA*
    Commonwealth matters complex family civil and criminal original
    matters jurisdiction
    Appeals Appeals Court of Appeal

    FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND


    FAMILY COURT -DIVISION 2 SPECIALIST STATE DISTRICT COURT
    COURTS & of SA
    Family law, including all TRIBUNALS
    divorces 4 Divisions:
    Examples:
    Other Commonwealth • Youth Court • Civil (including
    matters review of Minor
    • South Australian
    Civil Actions)
    Employment Tribunal
    • South Australian Civil • Criminal
    and Administrative • Criminal Injuries
    Tribunal
    ADMINISTRATIVE • Administrative and
    • Coroner’s Court
    APPEALS TRIBUNAL Disciplinary
    • Environment, Resources
    and Development
    8 Divisions:
    Court
    • General
    • Freedom of Information
    • Migration and Refugee
    • National Disability MAGISTRATES COURT of SA
    Insurance Scheme
    • Security Assessments Civil
    • Social Services and Monetary limit: $100 000 Minor Civil Actions
    Child Support Monetary limit:
    Criminal $12 000
    • Taxation & Commercial
    • trials for summary (However no
    • Veterans’ Appeals
    offences & minor monetary limit on
    indictable offences neighbourhood
    • sentencing following a matters and most
    FAIR WORK guilty plea for most minor
    COMMISSION SPECIALIST major indictable Statutory
    OF FEDERAL offences (not treason or proceedings)
    AUSTRALIA TRIBUNAL murder)
    • preliminary hearings
    Lines of appeal

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