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Catalogue no: 0010
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Parliamentary Education Office, 2008. Please visit the Image Library page for important information about use of images.
Description
This diagram illustrates the judicial hierarchy in the form of a pyramid.
The federal hierarchy is at the top and is made up of the following (in descending order):
- High Court
- Federal Court
- Federal Magistrates Court
- Family Court
The state hierarchy is below the federal hierarchy and is made up of the following (in descending order):
- Supreme courts
- county courts and district courts
- Local courts, magistrates courts, courts of petty sessions