Federal Magistrates Court of Australia

    About the Court

    Federal Magistrates

    Federal magistrates are appointed by the Governor-General until they attain seventy years of age. Federal magistrates are Justices for the purposes of Chapter 3 of the Australian Constitution.

    The Federal Magistrates Act makes provision for the appointment of part-time federal magistrates although it is not envisaged that such appointments will be made in the foreseeable future. The remuneration of federal magistrates is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.

    List of Federal Magistrates

    The federal magistrates appointed to the court are:

      Chief Federal Magistrate John Pascoe AO - Sydney (appointed 14 July 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Warren Donald - Parramatta (appointed 13 June 2000)

      Federal Magistrate Christine Mead - Adelaide (appointed 13 June 2000)

      Federal Magistrate Michael Baumann - Brisbane (appointed 19 June 2000)

      Federal Magistrate Jim Brewster - Canberra (appointed 19 June 2000)

      Federal Magistrate Norah Hartnett - Melbourne (appointed 19 June 2000)

      Federal Magistrate Stephen Scarlett - Sydney (appointed 19 June 2000)

      Federal Magistrate John Coker - Townsville (appointed 26 June 2000)

      Federal Magistrate Rolf Driver - Sydney (appointed 31 July 2000)

      Federal Magistrate Kenneth Raphael - Sydney (appointed 31 July 2000)

      Federal Magistrate Stuart Roberts - Launceston (appointed 4 December 2000)

      Federal Magistrate Maurice Phipps - Melbourne (appointed 18 December 2000)

      Federal Magistrate Michael Connolly - Melbourne (appointed 4 June 2001)

      Federal Magistrate John Walters - Melbourne (appointed 29 October 2001)

      Federal Magistrate Stewart Brown - Adelaide (appointed 5 November 2001)

      Federal Magistrate Shenagh Barnes - Sydney (appointed 5 November 2001)

      Federal Magistrate Giles Coakes - Newcastle (appointed 12 January 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Stuart Lindsay - Adelaide (appointed 19 January 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Michael Jarrett - Brisbane (appointed 2 February 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Sylvia Emmett - Sydney (appointed 5 July 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Grant Riethmuller - Melbourne (appointed 19 July 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Michael Lloyd-Jones - Sydney (appointed 26 July 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Daniel O'Dwyer - Melbourne (appointed 2 August 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Matthew Smith - Sydney (appointed 2 August 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Nick Nicholls - Sydney (appointed 23 August 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Robyn Sexton - Sydney (appointed 27 September 2004)

      Federal Magistrate Kevin Lapthorn - Newcastle (appointed 29 August 2005)

      Federal Magistrate Keith Slack - Brisbane (appointed 12 September 2005)

      Federal Magistrate Louise Henderson - Parramatta (appointed 28 November 2005)

      Federal Magistrate Kate Hughes - Melbourne (appointed 30 January 2006)

      Federal Magistrate Heather Riley - Melbourne (appointed 3 July 2006)

      Federal Magistrate Philip Burchardt - Melbourne (appointed 10 July 2006)

      Federal Magistrate John O'Sullivan - Melbourne (appointed 10 July 2006)

      Federal Magistrate David Halligan - Parramatta (appointed 31 July 2006)

      Federal Magistrate Toni Lucev - Perth (appointed 14 August 2006)

      Federal Magistrate Frank Turner - Melbourne (appointed 3 October 2006)

      Federal Magistrate Robert Cameron - Sydney (appointed 3 October 2006)

      Federal Magistrate Tom Altobelli - Sydney (appointed 13 November 2006)

      Federal Magistrate Michael Burnett - Brisbane (appointed 24 November 2006)

      Federal Magistrate Stephen Coates - Brisbane (appointed 27 November 2006)

      Federal Magistrate Leanne Spelleken - Brisbane (appointed 11 December 2006)

      Federal Magistrate Charlotte Kelly - Adelaide (appointed 12 March 2007)

      Federal Magistrate Janet Terry - Newcastle (appointed 10 April 2007)

      Federal Magistrate Denys Simpson - Adelaide (appointed 12 June 2007)

      Federal Magistrate Warwick Neville - Canberra (appointed 2 July 2007)

      Federal Magistrate Dale Kemp - Sydney (appointed 4 July 2007)

      Federal Magistrate Paul Howard - Brisbane (appointed 9 July 2007)

      Federal Magistrate Susan Purdon-Sully - Brisbane (appointed 15 October 2007)

      Federal Magistrate Margaret Cassidy - Brisbane (appointed 5 November 2007)

      Federal Magistrate Evelyn Bender - Melbourne (appointed 15 September 2008)

      Federal Magistrate Anne Demack – Brisbane (appointed 22 September 2008)

      Federal Magistrate Judith Walker – Sydney (appointed 22 September 2008)

      Federal Magistrate Terry McGuire – Melbourne (appointed 6 October 2008)

      Federal Magistrate David Dunkley – Sydney (appointed 13 October 2008)

      Federal Magistrate Barbara Baker – Hobart (appointed 27 October 2008)

      Federal Magistrate Geoffrey Monahan – Sydney (appointed 3 November 2008)

      Federal Magistrate Peter Cole – Adelaide (appointed 24 November 2008)

      Federal Magistrate Josephine Willis – Cairns (appointed 27 January 2009) 

      Federal Magistrate Dominica Whelan - Melbourne (appointed 24 May 2010)

      Federal Magistrate Joe Harman - Parramatta (appointed 7 June 2010)

      Federal Magistrate Leanne Turner - Darwin (appointed 7 June 2010)

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