Judiciary of Australia

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The Judiciary of Australia is the system of federal and state courts and judges that interprets and applies Australian law, headed at the national level by the High Court of Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government
judiciary
appliesLawOf Australia
canHearAppealsTo High Court of Australia
country Australia
derivesAuthorityFrom Australian Constitution
employs judges
magistrates
ensures rule of law in Australia
governedBy Australian Constitution
hasAppointmentProcess judicial appointment by executive government
hasComponent Family Court of Australia
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
children’s courts
coroners courts
industrial courts and tribunals
intermediate courts
local courts
magistrates courts
state supreme courts
hasConstitutionalProvision Chapter III of the Australian Constitution
hasHighestCourt High Court of Australia
hasLevel federal courts
state courts
territory courts
hasOfficialLanguage English
headedByCourt High Court of Australia
interpretsLawOf Australia
jurisdictionIncludes federal jurisdiction
state jurisdiction
territory jurisdiction
overseenInPartBy Council of Chief Justices of Australia and New Zealand
performsFunction adjudication of disputes
enforcement of rights and obligations
interpretation of statutes
interpretation of the Australian Constitution
judicial review of legislation
principle judicial independence
separation of powers
protects constitutional structure of Australia
separateFrom Executive Government of the Commonwealth
surface form: Executive Government of Australia

Parliament of Australia
subjectTo constitutional limits
parliamentary laws
usesLegalSystem common law
statute law

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Margaret Beazley partOf Judiciary of Australia
Chief Justice of Australia isPartOf Judiciary of Australia
this entity surface form: federal judiciary of Australia
Chief Justice of Australia memberOf Judiciary of Australia
this entity surface form: Judicial branch of the Government of Australia
courts of New South Wales partOf Judiciary of Australia
this entity surface form: judiciary of Australia
judiciary of Tasmania coexistsWith Judiciary of Australia
this entity surface form: federal judiciary of Australia
Courts of Queensland partOf Judiciary of Australia