Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA (FAMILY LAW) RULES 2021 (F2021L01197) - RULE 5.27

                   An applicant for an order to suppress publication of a judgment must file and serve an affidavit that sets out evidence relating to the following:

                     (a)  the public interest in suppressing or not suppressing publication;

                     (b)  why further anonymisation of the judgment would not be sufficient;

                     (c)  whether publication of the entire judgment should be suppressed or only part of the judgment;

                     (d)  whether publication should be suppressed in one medium or in all media;

                     (e)  whether a summary of the judgment should be made publicly available if publication of the judgment is suppressed;

                      (f)  one or more grounds, referred to in subsection 102PF(1) of the Family Law Act , on which the application is made.

Note:          All judgments in family law proceedings are anonymised in accordance with the requirements of section 121 of the Family Law Act .