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C.32 REPORT ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES 2016

Table C.8 Performance indicator results for courtsa, b

NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Aus Gov Aust

Equity — Access indicators

Fees paid by applicants

Average civil court fees collected per lodgment ($), 2014-15

Most recent data for this measure are comparable and complete, subject to caveats (chapter 7)

Supreme/Federal

2 930 1 702 1 936 2 181 2 961 629 2 403 1 552 3 747 2 455

District 1 649 1 592 976 989 976 .. .. .. .. 1 324

Magistrates 163 219 119 130 115 85 217 57 .. 160

Family .. .. .. 405 .. .. .. .. 218 298

Federal Crct .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 558 558

Source: Attachment table 7A.18

Judicial officers

Total number of full time equivalent (FTE) judicial officers, 2014-15


No. 261.3 248.0 156.3 125.5 69.9 21.4 13.6 25.8 150.1 1 071.8


Number of FTE judicial officers per 100,000 population , 2014-15


No. per100,000 3.5 4.2 3.3 4.9 4.1 4.2 3.5 10.5 0.6 4.5


Effectiveness — Access indicators

Backlog

Percentage of criminal lodgments pending completion at 30 June, 2015 (%)


Higher(appeal)

>12 mths 2.6 4.9 10.3 15.9 11.2 7.7 30.6 11.1 .. ..

>24 mths 0.5 0.6 2.7 0.0 1.5 3.8 0.0 0.0 .. ..

Higher (non-appeal)

>12 mths 18.1 22.0 14.3 6.8 21.8 27.6 15.3 4.5 .. ..

>24 mths 3.7 2.3 4.5 .6 5.1 8.8 3.8 – .. ..

Magistrates

>6 mths 12.6 23.2 31.3 28.3 23.6 32.3 27.1 31.2 .. ..

>12 mths 2.0 7.0 13.3 8.9 7.8 13.8 8.6 15.6 .. ..

Children’s

>6 mths 13.4 10.3 27.4 13.2 20.3 27.9 36.5 32.3 .. ..

>12 mths 1.6 2.9 14.1 3.1 6.8 12.1 17.4 16.8 .. ..


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Table C.8 (continued)

NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT AusGov

Aust

Backlog

Percentage of civil lodgments pending completion at 30 June, 2015 (%)


Higher (appeal)

>12 months 15.4 16.3 19.5 14.2 8.3 11.3 47.4 6.5 6.5 ..

>24 months 2.5 4.2 4.7 1.8 1.0 1.6 26.3 – .6 ..

Higher (non-appeal)

>12 months 25.3 29.0 21.7 37.7 44.6 34.9 36.7 33.7 39.9 ..>24 months 8.1 11.6 5.2 13.2 22.4 11.0 11.5 11.6 24.6 ..

Magistrates

>6 months 25.1 25.7 47.9 46.2 41.4 43.9 41.5 46.7 .. ..

>12 months .8 15.6 10.6 10.1 11.1 12.3 17.1 7.2 .. ..

Family - appeal

>12 months .. .. .. – .. .. .. .. 30.8 ..

>24 months .. .. .. – .. .. .. .. 13.8 ..

Family – nonappeal

>12 months .. .. .. 25.0 .. .. .. .. 26.3 ..>24 months .. .. .. 6.0 .. .. .. .. 10.5 ..

Federal Circuit

>6 months .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33.6 ..

>12 months .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13.9 ..

Coroners’

>12 months 27.9 31.9 25.9 19.6 35.4 33.2 38.7 37.2 .. ..

>24 months 18.6 15.4 12.0 8.4 12.9 12.5 24.1 22.2 .. ..


Attendance

Average number of attendances per finalisation, criminal courts 2014-15

Most recent data for this measure are neither comparable nor complete (chapter 7)

Supreme na na 4.0 2.9 3.5 7.0 6.6 6.8 .. ..

District/County 3.2 4.7 4.3 3.7 6.1 .. .. .. .. ..

Magistrates 2.6 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.3 .. ..

Childrens 3.6 2.2 2.7 3.8 3.9 5.1 3.9 4.8 .. ..





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Average number of attendances per finalisation, civil courts 2014-15

Most recent data for this measure are neither comparable nor complete (chapter 7)

Supreme/Federal na na 1.2 2.2 4.0 1.8 5.9 4.2 3.2 ..

District/county 3.7 0.8 0.4 1.2 4.0 .. .. .. .. ..

Magistrates 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.1 .. ..

Children’s na 1.8 3.5 4.0 2.5 5.4 5.7 3.7 .. ..

Family .. .. .. 1.8 .. .. .. .. 2.2 ..

Federal Circuit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.9 ..

Coroners’ 4.0 1.0 3.8 2.7 1.9 1.0 3.4 1.0 .. ..


Efficiency indicators

Clearance

Finalisations divided by lodgments (multiplied by 100 to provide percentage), criminal, 2014- 2015


Supreme(appeal) 127.2 107.0 94.4 104.9 89.4 74.3 95.7 111.8 .. ..

Supreme(non-appeal) 105.8 83.5 89.6 88.9 92.0 90.0 90.5 85.0 .. ..

District/county(appeal) 98.3 108.4 91.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

District/county

(non-appeal)85.9 105.3 96.5 76.0 92.5 .. .. .. .. ..

Magistrates 101.1 111.5 97.4 103.4 102.7 91.9 95.7 103.9 .. ..

Children’s 100.0 103.3 102.4 104.6 110.0 98.9 102.6 103.2 .. ..

Source: Attachment tables 7A.24–26

Finalisations divided by lodgments (multiplied by 100 to provide percentage), civil, 2014- 2015


Supreme(appeal) 111.9 111.0 75.5 81.6 91.0 85.1 116.1 95.5 84.2 ..

Supreme(non-appeal) 110.9 92.1 101.7 98.0 97.9 103.7 106.4 99.3 91.4 ..

District/county(appeal) 118.7 181.6 91.8 99.2 102.7 .. .. .. .. ..

District/county(non-appeal) 94.9 99.9 100.7 96.1 142.4 .. .. .. .. ..

Magistrates 105.1 108.2 104.8 96.9 102.7 106.8 104.2 98.6 .. ..

Children’s 95.1 86.5 98.4 105.1 88.1 121.2 72.3 102.5 .. ..

Family (appeal) .. .. .. 133.3 .. .. .. .. 91.5 ..

Family(non-appeal) .. .. .. 93.5 .. .. .. .. 98.6 ..

Federal Circuit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 93.9 ..

Coroners’ 106.1 108.5 93.1 92.2 106.6 90.2 104.4 91.1 .. ..

Source: Attachment tables 7A.24–26




JUSTICE SECTOR OVERVIEW C.35


NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT AusGov Aust

Judicial officers per 100 finalisations

Full time equivalent judicial officers divided by total finalisations (multiplied by 100), 2014-15


Supreme/Federal 0.57 0.75 0.50 0.98 0.88 0.50 0.60 0.96 1.41 0.75

District/County 0.37 0.51 0.33 0.41 0.40 .. .. .. .. 0.40

Magistrates 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.07 0.06 .. 0.03

Children’s 0.12 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.09 0.13 0.06 .. 0.06

Family .. .. .. 0.10 .. .. .. .. 0.16 0.14

Federal Circuit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.07 0.07

Coroners’ 0.08 0.13 0.17 0.20 0.08 0.51 0.09 0.57 .. 0.14Total 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.11 0.10 0.13 0.07


Full time equivalent staff per 100 finalisations

Number of full time equivalent staff divided by total finalisations (multiplied by 100), 2014-15


Criminal courts 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.4 .. 0.4

Civil courts 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.7 7.8 0.6

Family courts .. .. .. 1.0 .. .. .. .. 1.2 1.1

Federal Circuit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.6 0.6

Coroners’ 0.7 1.1 1.3 1.5 0.9 1.1 0.8 1.7 .. 1.0

Total 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.5Source: Attachment table 7A.29

Cost per finalisation

Total recurrent expenditure (minus income) divided by total finalisations, criminal, 2014-15 ($)

Most recent data for this measure not comparable but are complete, subject to caveats (chapter 7)

Supreme 37 073 50 404 10 015 26 013 31 173 17 078 24 275 19 194 .. 23 202

District/County 6 158 14 757 7 557 20 535 9 494 .. .. .. .. 9 596

Magistrates 619 327 403 768 764 530 1 212 798 .. 502

Children’s 700 177 637 985 740 577 3 781 806 .. 546

Total recurrent expenditure (minus income) divided by total finalisations, civil, 2014-15 ($)

Most recent data for this measure not comparable but are complete, subject to caveats (chapter 7)

Supreme (excl.

probate)/Federal4 546 5 648 4 373 7 933 5 027 3 456 6 276 17 088 21 000 7 387

District/County 3 389 3 128 1 030 2 345 2 436 .. .. .. .. 2 558

Magistrates 254 193 261 252 178 220 1 293 789 .. 254

Children’s 776 2 297 1 302 642 498 696 3 624 816 .. 1 276

Family courts .. .. .. 1 553 .. .. .. .. 3 123 ..

Federal Circuit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 916 916

Coroners 874 1 776 2 096 2 807 1 360 1 962 1 925 3 838 .. 1 685

Source: Attachment tables 7A.31-32

a Caveats for these data are available in Chapter 7 and Attachment 7A. Refer to the indicator interpretationboxes in chapter 7 for information to assist with interpreting data presented in this table. b These data arederived from detailed data in Chapter 7 and Attachment 7A. na Not available. .. Not applicable. – Nil orrounded to zero.

Source: Chapter 7 and Attachment 7A.

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