Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018

The majority voted in favour of a motion to agree with the main idea of the bill. This means they can now discuss it in more detail. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read it for a second time.

What is the bill's main idea?

This bill, together with the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018, was introduced to:

bring the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia together into an overarching, unified administrative structure to be known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

Note that on 23 August 2018, the Senate referred the provisions of these two related bills to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 15 April 2019.