# List of Australian federal courts and tribunals

The following is a list of courts and tribunals of the Commonwealth of Australia:

## List of boards, commissions, courts, and tribunals
### Sitting boards, commissions, courts, and tribunals
#### Sitting boards

* Australian Accounting Standards Board
* Australian Classification Board
* Australian Motor Vehicle Certification Board
* Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board
* CSS Board
* Foreign Investment Review Board
* Life Insurance Actuarial Standards Board
* Military Superannuation and Benefits Board of Trustees No. 1
* Pooled Development Funds Registration Board
* Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys
* PSS Board
* Veterans' Review Board

#### Sitting councils

* Administrative Review Council
* Advisory Council on Intellectual Property
* Anindilyakawa Land Council
* ANZLIC—The Spatial Information Council
* Australia Council
* Australian Defence Force Academy Consultative Council
* Australian Heritage Council
* Australian Landcare Council
* Australian Learning and Teaching Council
* Australian Loan Council
* Australian Maritime Defence Council
* Australian National Council on Drugs
* Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council
* Australian Political Exchange Council
* Australian Procurement and Construction Ministerial Council
* Australian Research Council
* Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council
* Australian Statistics Advisory Council
* Australian Transport Council
* Business-Industry-Higher Education Collaboration Council
* Central Land Council
* Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council
* Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council
* Criminology Research Council
* Defence Exporters Council
* Defence Reserves Support Council
* Environment Protection and Heritage Council
* Family Law Council
* Financial Reporting Council
* Financial Sector Advisory Council
* Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Council
* International Legal Services Advisory Council
* Kimberley Land Council
* Local Government and Planning Ministers' Council
* Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
* Ministerial Council for Corporations
* Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs
* Ministerial Council on Gambling
* Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources
* Ministerial Council on the Administration of Justice
* Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council
* National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council
* National Australia Day Council
* National Competition Council
* National Environment Protection Council
* National Environmental Education Council
* National Health and Medical Research Council
* National Indigenous Council
* National Rural Advisory Council
* National Workplace Relations Consultative Council
* Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council
* New South Wales World Heritage Properties Ministerial Council
* Northern Land Council
* Primary Industries Ministerial Council
* Quarantine and Exports Advisory Council
* Regional Development Council
* Specialist Medical Review Council
* Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Ministerial Council
* Tiwi Land Council
* Tourism Ministers' Council
* Trade Policy Advisory Council
* Wet Tropics Ministerial Council
* Workplace Relations Ministers Council

#### Sitting commissions

* Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
* Australian Crime Commission
* Australian Electoral Commission
* Australian Energy Market Commission
* Australian Human Rights Commission
* Australian Law Reform Commission
* Australian Public Service Commission
* Australian Securities & Investments Commission
* Australian Sports Commission
* Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
* Commonwealth Grants Commission
* International Air Services Commission
* Military Rehabilitation & Compensation Commission
* Murray-Darling Basin Commission
* National Mental Health Commission
* National Transport Commission
* National Water Commission
* Productivity Commission
* Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission

#### Sitting courts

* Federal Court of Australia
* Federal Circuit and Family Court
* High Court of Australia

#### Sitting tribunals

* Australian Competition Tribunal
* Administrative Review Tribunal
* Copyright Tribunal
* Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal
* Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal
* Fair Work Commission
* Federal Police Disciplinary Tribunal
* National Native Title Tribunal
* National Sports Tribunal
* Remuneration Tribunal Secretariat
* Superannuation Complaints Tribunal

### Abolished boards, courts and tribunals
#### Abolished boards

* Army Inventions Board
* Australian Shipping Board
* Australian Wool Board
* Commonwealth Marine Salvage Board

#### Abolished commissions

* Australian Fair Pay Commission
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
* Export Wheat Commission
* Inter-State Commission (1912–1920, 1975–1989)

#### Abolished courts

* Australian Industrial Court (1973–1977)
* Australian Military Court (2007–2009)
* Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1904–1956)
* Commonwealth Industrial Court (1956–1973)
* Family Court (1976–2021)
* Federal Circuit Court / Federal Magistrates Court (1999–2021)
* Federal Court of Bankruptcy (1930–1977)
* Industrial Relations Court of Australia (1994–1996)

#### Abolished tribunals

* Administrative Appeals Tribunal
* Australian Coal Industry Tribunal (1940–1995)
* Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1973–1988)
* Australian Industrial Relations Commission (1988–2009)
* Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1956–1973)
* Fair Work Australia (2010–2012)
* Migration Review Tribunal
* Refugee Review Tribunal
* Social Security Appeals Tribunal