A plain-English guide to Australian courts and regulatory bodies connected to class action context, with current public registry links by court.
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction is the court's authority to hear a particular kind of dispute. In Australian class actions, the right court depends on the legal issues, the parties, the legislation relied on, and where the events occurred.
Coverage
These counts reflect the current ClassActions.com.au public registry dataset only. They are not a complete count of all Australian class actions filed in each court.
Federal
The Federal Court is the main national venue for representative proceedings under Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth). It commonly hears consumer, shareholder, privacy, employment, financial services and other nationally significant class actions.
States & territories
Supreme Courts are listed for every Australian state and territory. Related matter links are shown only where backed by current registry data.
The New South Wales Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
The Victoria Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
The Queensland Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
The Western Australia Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
The South Australia Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
The Tasmania Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
The Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
The Northern Territory Supreme Court can hear major civil proceedings within its state or territory jurisdiction. Public registry links appear here only where the current ClassActions.com.au dataset has a court-backed matter connection.
No current public registry matter links are recorded for this court yet.
Statutory bodies
These statutory and regulatory bodies are tracked because class action and public-interest disputes often involve privacy, financial services, prudential risk, consumer protection, communications, online safety, health, AML/CTF, tax, workplace, human rights and public-sector governance settings.
Privacy, personal information, data handling, automated decision-making and privacy complaints. OAIC publishes guidance on how Australian privacy law applies to emerging technology.
Financial services, credit, advice, market conduct, misleading claims and governance by licensees.
Prudential risk for banks, insurers and super funds, including model risk, operational resilience and governance expectations.
Competition, consumer protection, misleading or deceptive claims, digital platforms, pricing conduct and consumer harm.
Communications, spam, telecommunications, online content and media rules, including robocalls, scams, messaging and platform conduct.
Online safety, harmful content, image-based abuse, child safety, synthetic media and online service conduct.
Medical devices, diagnostics, clinical decision support and regulated health software.
Health practitioner conduct, clinical governance, professional obligations and medical board expectations for safe clinical practice.
Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing systems, fraud monitoring, know-your-customer controls and financial crime analytics.
Tax, payroll, automated tax advice, data matching, superannuation administration and compliance analytics.
Workplace relations, hiring, rostering, workplace surveillance, employee management, work allocation and employment-related disputes.
Discrimination, bias and human rights impacts, especially in employment, housing, services and disability contexts.
Commonwealth government digital procurement and use, model clauses, public-sector digital governance and cyber risk contract settings.
National technology policy, responsible innovation, voluntary safety standards and proposed mandatory guardrails for high-risk technology.
General Information Only
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