Institutions
Courts, tribunals, and the bodies that admit and regulate.
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The bodies that investigate professional conduct and handle consumer complaints.
AUSTRAC
Regulators & complaints bodies
Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator and financial intelligence unit.
- Type of body
- Commonwealth regulator or statutory authority
Verified23 September 2026
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Regulators & complaints bodies
The national competition and consumer protection regulator.
- Type of body
- Commonwealth regulator or statutory authority
Verified23 September 2026
Australian Financial Security Authority
Regulators & complaints bodies
Administers personal insolvency and maintains the National Personal Insolvency Index.
- Type of body
- Commonwealth regulator or statutory authority
Verified23 September 2026
Australian Human Rights Commission
Regulators & complaints bodies
The national human rights body, which conciliates discrimination complaints before they proceed to court.
- Type of body
- Commonwealth regulator or statutory authority
Verified22 September 2026
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Regulators & complaints bodies
The corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator. Operates the company and business name registers.
- Type of body
- Commonwealth regulator or statutory authority
Verified23 September 2026
Fair Work Ombudsman
Regulators & complaints bodies
The national workplace relations compliance and enforcement agency.
- Type of body
- Commonwealth regulator or statutory authority
Verified23 September 2026
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Regulators & complaints bodies
The national privacy and freedom of information regulator.
- Type of body
- Commonwealth regulator or statutory authority
Verified23 September 2026
Federal, state and territory courts — jurisdiction, filing, practice directions and daily lists.
Federal superior court of record. Filing runs through eLodgment; case information sits in the Commonwealth Courts Portal, which requires registration.
- Court level
- Superior
- Filing portal
- eLodgment
Verified22 September 2026
Where a great deal of Australian dispute resolution actually happens.
Administrative Review Tribunal
Tribunals
The Commonwealth's merits review tribunal and successor to the AAT. Now carries migration, veterans' entitlements, NDIS, social security and taxation review, and the former Immigration Assessment Authority functions.
- Court level
- Tribunal
- Filing portal
- ART online application
Verified18 September 2026
Australian Competition Tribunal
Tribunals
Reviews certain decisions of the ACCC and authorises conduct under the competition provisions.
- Court level
- Tribunal
- Filing portal
- eLodgment
Verified18 September 2026
Fair Work Commission
Tribunals
The national workplace relations tribunal, dealing with unfair dismissal, general protections, bullying, awards and enterprise agreements.
- Court level
- Tribunal
- Filing portal
- Commission online lodgment
Verified22 September 2026
Australian Law Reform Commission
Law reform bodies
The law reform body for Federal. Publishes references, consultation papers and reports, and accepts public submissions on open inquiries.
- Type of body
- Law reform body
Verified22 September 2026
Attorney-General's Department (Commonwealth)
Government departments & agencies
The Commonwealth department responsible for the legal system, including judicial and statutory appointment processes.
- Type of body
- Government department or statutory body
Verified22 September 2026
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General
Government departments & agencies
The office through which formal appointments, including judicial commissions, are made.
- Type of body
- Government department or statutory body
Verified22 September 2026
Commonwealth Ombudsman
Ombudsmen & EDR schemes
Investigates complaints about Australian Government agencies and some regulated private industries.
- Type of body
- Ombudsman or external dispute resolution scheme
Verified22 September 2026
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