List of judges of the Federal Court of Australia
Judges who have served on the Federal Court of Australia as of May 2019[update],[1][2] are appointed in accordance with section 72 of the Constitution, which has, since the Court's inception in 1976, been for a term expiring at age 70.[3]
In addition to their judicial service, six judges of the Federal Court have also been elected to the Parliament of Australia: Nigel Bowen, Bob Ellicott, Merv Everett, Tony Whitlam, John Reeves and Duncan Kerr. All were elected prior to their appointment to the bench.[citation needed]
Additionally, two judges of the Federal Court have served in state Parliaments: Bernard Riley, formerly of the New South Wales Legislative Council, and Howard Olney, formerly of the Western Australian Legislative Council.[citation needed]
Judges including Chief Justices
[edit]| Position | Name | Appointment commenced |
Appointment ended |
Term | Comments | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Justice | Sir Nigel Bowen | 20 December 1976 | 31 December 1990 | 14 years, 11 days | Chief Judge in Equity of the Supreme Court (NSW) | [4] |
| Michael Black | 1 January 1991 | 21 March 2010 | 19 years, 79 days | Barrister (Queen's Counsel for Victoria and Tasmania) | [5] | |
| Patrick Keane | 22 March 2010 | 28 February 2013 | 2 years, 343 days | Court of Appeal Judge in the Supreme Court (Qld) Appointed to the High Court |
[2][6][7] | |
| James Allsop | 1 March 2013 | 6 April 2023 | 10 years, 36 days | Previously President of the Court of Appeal (NSW) previously served as Federal Court judge |
[2][8] | |
| Debra Mortimer | 7 April 2023 | 2 years, 288 days | Judge of the Federal Court (2013–) | [1][9] | ||
| Judge | Sir Richard Blackburn | 1 February 1977 | 31 March 1985 | 8 years, 58 days | [2] | |
| (Sir) Gerard Brennan | 12 February 1981 | 4 years, 11 days | Appointed to the High Court | |||
| Xavier Connor | 17 March 1982 | 5 years, 44 days | ||||
| Phillip Evatt | 28 February 1987 | 10 years, 27 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) | |||
| Sir William Forster | 31 January 1989 | 11 years, 365 days | ||||
| Robert Franki | 5 August 1986 | 9 years, 185 days | ||||
| Russell Fox | 31 March 1989 | 12 years, 58 days | Chief Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) | |||
| John Keely | 29 February 1996 | 19 years, 28 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court | |||
| James Muirhead | 4 August 1986 | 9 years, 184 days | ||||
| Sir John Nimmo | 30 June 1980 | 3 years, 150 days | ||||
| Ray Northrop | 31 August 1998 | 21 years, 211 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court | |||
| Bernard Riley | 4 August 1978 | 1 year, 184 days | ||||
| Sir Reginald Smithers | 30 September 1986 | 9 years, 241 days | ||||
| Robert St John | 31 March 1985 | 8 years, 58 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) | |||
| Charles Sweeney | 29 June 1995 | 18 years, 148 days | ||||
| John Sweeney | 7 May 1981 | 4 years, 95 days | ||||
| Richard Ward | 24 November 1977 | 296 days | ||||
| Sir Edward Woodward | 31 July 1990 | 13 years, 180 days | ||||
| (Sir) William Deane | 1 April 1977 | 26 July 1982 | 5 years, 116 days | Appointed to the High Court | ||
| John Toohey | 4 April 1977 | 31 December 1986 | 9 years, 271 days | Appointed to the High Court | ||
| Douglas McGregor | 7 November 1977 | 14 November 1985 | 8 years, 7 days | |||
| Francis Fisher | 6 March 1978 | 31 July 1989 | 11 years, 147 days | |||
| John Gallop | 11 March 1978 | 30 July 2000 | 22 years, 141 days | |||
| Daryl Davies | 17 May 1978 | 31 August 1998 | 20 years, 106 days | |||
| John Lockhart | 30 October 1978 | 11 June 1999 | 20 years, 224 days | (1935–2006)[10][11][12] | ||
| Ian Sheppard | 9 December 1979 | 23 May 1997 | 17 years, 165 days | |||
| John Kelly | 11 March 1980 | 1 July 1990 | 10 years, 112 days | |||
| Trevor Morling | 11 February 1981 | 1 February 1993 | 11 years, 356 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) | ||
| Bob Ellicott | 2 March 1981 | 24 February 1983 | 1 year, 359 days | |||
| Gerald Fitzgerald | 25 November 1981 | 30 June 1984 | 2 years, 218 days | |||
| Kenneth Jenkinson | 1 November 1982 | 5 June 1997 | 14 years, 216 days | |||
| Alan Neaves | 11 March 1983 | 8 January 1995 | 11 years, 303 days | |||
| Michael Kirby | 30 March 1983 | 23 September 1984 | 1 year, 177 days | Appointed to NSW Court of Appeal then to High Court | ||
| Bryan Beaumont | 30 May 1983 | 11 February 2005 | 21 years, 257 days | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (NI) | ||
| Murray Wilcox | 11 May 1984 | 2 October 2006 | 22 years, 144 days | Chief Justice of Industrial Relations Court Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | ||
| Peter Gray | 17 May 1984 | 17 May 2013 | 29 years, 0 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court | ||
| Jeffrey Spender | 17 May 1984 | 19 July 2010 | 26 years, 63 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | ||
| Merv Everett | 27 June 1984 | 4 October 1987 | 3 years, 99 days | |||
| Bill Pincus | 25 March 1985 | 16 December 1991 | 6 years, 266 days | |||
| James Burchett | 3 June 1985 | 10 October 2000 | 15 years, 129 days | |||
| Jeffrey Miles | 18 June 1985 | 30 September 2002 | 17 years, 104 days | |||
| David Jackson | 15 November 1985 | 26 May 1987 | 1 year, 192 days | "Australia's pre-eminent constitutional law barrister", according to lawyer Louise Clegg in the AFR (2023)[13] | ||
| Donnell Ryan | 29 September 1986 | 2 June 2011 | 24 years, 246 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | ||
| William Gummow | 24 November 1986 | 20 April 1995 | 8 years, 147 days | Appointed to the High Court | ||
| Robert French | 25 November 1986 | 1 September 2008 | 21 years, 281 days | Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) Appointed to Chief Justice of the High Court | ||
| Marcus Einfeld | 18 December 1986 | 16 April 2001 | 14 years, 119 days | |||
| Trevor Hartigan | 13 August 1987 | 24 April 1990 | 2 years, 254 days | |||
| Michael Foster | 2 November 1987 | 26 November 1998 | 11 years, 24 days | |||
| Alastair Nicholson | 1 February 1988 | 31 May 2004 | 16 years, 120 days | |||
| Malcolm Lee | 15 February 1988 | 1 May 2006 | 18 years, 75 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court | ||
| Howard Olney | 21 May 1988 | 30 April 2003 | 14 years, 344 days | |||
| John von Doussa | 1 December 1988 | 15 August 2003 | 14 years, 257 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court | ||
| Graham Hill | 1 February 1989 | 24 August 2005 | 16 years, 204 days | |||
| Deirdre O'Connor | 1 July 1990 | 5 March 2002 | 11 years, 247 days | |||
| John Phillips | 14 August 1990 | 17 December 1991 | 1 year, 125 days | |||
| Maurice O'Loughlin | 1 August 1989 | 28 January 2003 | 13 years, 180 days | |||
| Terrence Higgins | 1 July 1990 | 12 September 2013 | 23 years, 73 days | |||
| Peter Heerey | 17 December 1990 | 16 February 2009 | 18 years, 61 days | |||
| Doug Drummond | 2 December 1991 | 12 April 2003 | 11 years, 131 days | |||
| Richard Cooper | 30 March 1992 | 14 March 2005 | 12 years, 349 days | |||
| Margaret Beazley | 1 January 1993 | 28 April 1996 | 3 years, 118 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court Appointed to Court of Appeal (NSW) | ||
| Tony Whitlam | 1 January 1993 | 1 May 2005 | 12 years, 120 days | |||
| Christopher Carr | 13 December 1993 | 1 August 2004 | 10 years, 232 days | |||
| Michael Moore | 28 March 1994 | 1 August 2011 | 17 years, 126 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | ||
| Catherine Branson | 16 May 1994 | 13 October 2008 | 14 years, 150 days | |||
| Jane Mathews | 4 July 1994 | 6 April 2001 | 6 years, 276 days | |||
| Kevin Lindgren | 26 July 1994 | 12 February 2010 | 15 years, 201 days | |||
| Brian Tamberlin | 29 August 1994 | 30 March 2009 | 14 years, 213 days | Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | ||
| Ronald Sackville | 19 September 1994 | 25 August 2008 | 13 years, 341 days | |||
| Susan Kiefel | 17 October 1994 | 3 September 2007 | 12 years, 321 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) Appointed to the High Court | ||
| Robert Nicholson | 1 January 1995 | 7 August 2007 | 12 years, 218 days | |||
| Paul Finn | 3 July 1995 | 4 July 2012 | 17 years, 1 day | |||
| Ross Sundberg | 10 July 1995 | 9 August 2010 | 15 years, 30 days | |||
| Shane Marshall | 17 July 1995 | 21 November 2015 | 20 years, 127 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court | ||
| John Lehane | 3 October 1995 | 10 September 2001 | 5 years, 342 days | |||
| Rodney Madgwick | 3 October 1995 | 21 April 2008 | 12 years, 201 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | ||
| Anthony North | 3 October 1995 | 11 September 2018 | 22 years, 343 days | Judge of Industrial Relations Court Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) |
[2][14] | |
| Ron Merkel | 5 February 1996 | 15 May 2006 | 10 years, 99 days | [2] | ||
| John Mansfield | 2 September 1996 | 24 August 2016 | 19 years, 357 days | |||
| Arthur Emmett | 3 February 1997 | 6 March 2013 | 16 years, 31 days | |||
| Alan Goldberg | 3 February 1997 | 4 July 2010 | 13 years, 151 days | |||
| Raymond Finkelstein | 21 July 1997 | 1 July 2011 | 13 years, 345 days | |||
| Geoffrey Giudice | 17 September 1997 | 28 February 2012 | 14 years, 164 days | President of AIRC & then Fair Work Australia | ||
| Mark Weinberg | 15 July 1998 | 19 July 2008 | 10 years, 4 days | Judge of the Court of Appeal (Vic) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (NI) Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | ||
| John Dowsett | 14 September 1998 | 26 April 2018 | 19 years, 224 days | Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court (Qld). |
[15][16] | |
| Leslie Katz | 30 September 1998 | 21 March 2002 | 3 years, 172 days | [2] | ||
| Peter Hely | 2 October 1998 | 1 October 2005 | 6 years, 364 days | |||
| Susan Kenny | 16 October 1998 | 29 November 2023[2] | 27 years, 96 days | Presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Previously a judge of the Court of Appeal (Vic) |
[1] | |
| Roger Gyles | 11 June 1999 | 22 August 2008 | 9 years, 72 days | Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | [2] | |
| Richard Conti | 15 August 2000 | 15 August 2007 | 7 years, 0 days | |||
| Margaret Stone | 9 October 2000 | 22 March 2012 | 11 years, 165 days | Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | ||
| James Allsop | 7 May 2001 | 2 June 2008 | 7 years, 26 days | As Justice. Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) Appointed President of the Court of Appeal (NSW) returned to court as Chief Justice |
[8] | |
| Garry Downes | 2 April 2002 | 15 May 2012 | 10 years, 43 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) | [2] | |
| Peter Jacobson | 17 June 2002 | 25 January 2015 | 12 years, 222 days | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (NI) | ||
| Bradley Selway | 18 November 2002 | 10 April 2005 | 2 years, 143 days | |||
| Annabelle Bennett | 5 May 2003 | 23 March 2016 | 12 years, 323 days | Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | ||
| Bruce Lander | 14 July 2003 | 31 August 2013 | 10 years, 48 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | ||
| Susan Crennan | 3 February 2004 | 1 November 2005 | 1 year, 271 days | Appointed to the High Court | ||
| Antony Siopis | 14 April 2005 | 5 May 2018 | 13 years, 21 days | Presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | [17][18] | |
| Richard Edmonds | 5 May 2005 | 10 February 2016 | 10 years, 281 days | [2] | ||
| Peter Graham | 24 May 2005 | 6 September 2010 | 5 years, 105 days | [2] | ||
| Andrew Greenwood | 4 August 2005 | 19 July 2022 | 16 years, 349 days | [2][19][20] | ||
| Neil Young | 30 November 2005 | 24 January 2007 | 1 year, 55 days | [2] | ||
| Steven Rares | 2 February 2006 | 15 November 2023[2] | 17 years, 286 days | Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) | [21] | |
| Berna Collier | 8 February 2006 | 19 years, 346 days | Judge of the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court Deputy President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) |
[22] | ||
| Dennis Cowdroy | 13 March 2006 | 15 March 2014 | 8 years, 2 days | [2] | ||
| Anthony Besanko | 3 April 2006 | 7 May 2024[2] | 18 years, 34 days | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (NI) Additional Judge of the Supreme Court (ACT) Previously a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia |
[23][24][25][26] | |
| Christopher Jessup | 23 June 2006 | 15 April 2017 | 19 years, 211 days | [2] | ||
| Richard Tracey | 24 July 2006 | 16 August 2018 | 12 years, 23 days | [27] | ||
| John Middleton | 31 July 2006 | 25 December 2022 | 16 years, 147 days | [2][28][29][30] | ||
| Robert Buchanan | 8 September 2006 | 10 September 2016 | 10 years, 2 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) | [2] | |
| John Gilmour | 11 December 2006 | 23 March 2018 | 11 years, 102 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) | [2] | |
| Michelle Gordon | 20 April 2007 | 8 June 2015 | 8 years, 49 days | Appointed to the High Court | [2] | |
| John Logan | 27 September 2007 | 18 years, 115 days | [1] | |||
| Geoffrey Flick | 15 October 2007 | 18 October 2021 | 14 years, 3 days | [2] | ||
| Neil McKerracher | 15 October 2007 | 5 December 2021 | 14 years, 51 days | [2] | ||
| John Reeves | 19 November 2007 | 1 January 2022 | 14 years, 43 days | [2][31] | ||
| Nye Perram | 8 August 2008 | 17 years, 165 days | [1] | |||
| Jayne Jagot | 3 September 2008 | 16 October 2022 | 14 years, 43 days | Appointed to the High Court | [2] | |
| Lindsay Foster | 4 September 2008 | 30 September 2020 | 12 years, 26 days | [2] | ||
| Michael Barker | 9 February 2009 | 11 February 2019 | 10 years, 2 days | [2] | ||
| John Nicholas | 16 February 2009 | 16 years, 65 days | [1] | |||
| David Yates | 30 November 2009 | 30 November 2024 | 15 years, 0 days | [2] | ||
| Mordecai Bromberg | 7 December 2009 | 16 years, 44 days | President of the Australian Law Reform Commission (2023-present)[32] | [1] | ||
| Julie Dodds-Streeton | 1 February 2010 | 1 April 2014 | 4 years, 59 days | [2] | ||
| Anna Katzmann | 1 February 2010 | 15 years, 353 days | [33] | |||
| Alan Robertson | 11 April 2011 | 8 May 2020 | 9 years, 27 days | [2] | ||
| Bernard Murphy | 13 June 2011 | 14 years, 221 days | [1] | |||
| Iain Ross | 1 March 2012 | 18 November 2022 | 10 years, 262 days | President of Fair Work Commission (2012-2022) | [2][34] | |
| John Griffiths | 23 April 2012 | 1 April 2022 | 9 years, 343 days | [2] | ||
| Duncan Kerr | 10 May 2012 | 25 February 2022 | 9 years, 291 days | President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2012-2017) Previously member of the House of Representatives and Attorney-General |
[2][35][36] | |
| Kathleen Farrell | 5 December 2012 | 1 August 2023 | 10 years, 239 days | [2] | ||
| Tony Pagone | 21 June 2013 | 31 March 2018 | 4 years, 283 days | [2] | ||
| Jennifer Davies | 4 July 2013 | 1 April 2022 | 8 years, 271 days | [2] | ||
| Debra Mortimer | 12 July 2013 | 12 years, 192 days | Appointed Chief Justice (2023–) | [1] | ||
| Darryl Rangiah | 13 August 2013 | 12 years, 160 days | [1] | |||
| Richard Conway White | 31 August 2013 | 5 January 2022 | 8 years, 127 days | [2] | ||
| Michael Wigney | 9 September 2013 | 12 years, 133 days | Judge of the Supreme Court (NI) | [1] | ||
| Melissa Perry | 23 September 2013 | 12 years, 119 days | [1] | |||
| Jacqueline Gleeson | 15 April 2014 | 28 February 2021 | 6 years, 319 days | Appointed to the High Court | [2] | |
| Jonathan Beach | 30 June 2014 | 11 years, 204 days | [1] | |||
| James Edelman | 20 April 2015 | 29 January 2017 | 1 year, 284 days | Appointed to the High Court | [2][37] | |
| Brigitte Markovic | 24 August 2015 | 10 years, 149 days | [1] | |||
| Mark Moshinsky | 3 November 2015 | 10 years, 78 days | Acting President of the Australian Law Reform Commission (2023–)[38] | [1] | ||
| Robert Bromwich | 29 February 2016 | 9 years, 326 days | [1] | |||
| Natalie Charlesworth | 1 March 2016 | 9 years, 325 days | [1] | |||
| Stephen Burley | 6 May 2016 | 9 years, 259 days | [1] | |||
| David O'Callaghan | 1 February 2017 | 8 years, 353 days | [1] | |||
| Michael Lee | 27 March 2017 | 8 years, 299 days | [1] | |||
| Roger Derrington | 29 March 2017 | 8 years, 297 days | [1] | |||
| David Thomas | 27 June 2017 | 31 January 2024 | 6 years, 218 days | President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2017-2022) Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court (Qld) |
[2] | |
| Sarah Derrington | 10 January 2018 | 8 years, 10 days | President of the Australian Law Reform Commission (2018-2023)[38] | [1] | ||
| Simon Steward | 1 February 2018 | 30 November 2020 | 2 years, 303 days | Appointed to the High Court | [2] | |
| Katrina Banks-Smith | 12 February 2018 | 7 years, 342 days | Previously a Judge of Supreme Court (WA) | [1] | ||
| Craig Colvin | 13 February 2018 | 7 years, 341 days | [1] | |||
| Thomas Thawley | 14 February 2018 | 7 years, 340 days | [1] | |||
| Michael Wheelahan | 3 October 2018 | 7 years, 109 days | [1] | |||
| Paul Anastassiou | 1 February 2019 | 29 April 2022 | 3 years, 87 days | [2] | ||
| Angus Stewart | 25 February 2019 | 6 years, 329 days | [1] | |||
| Michael O'Bryan | 26 February 2019 | 6 years, 328 days | [1] | |||
| Darren Jackson | 20 March 2019 | 6 years, 306 days | [1] | |||
| John Snaden | 29 April 2019 | 6 years, 266 days | [1] | |||
| Stewart Anderson | 6 May 2019 | 6 years, 259 days | [1] | |||
| Wendy Abraham | 7 May 2019 | 6 years, 258 days | [1] | |||
| John Halley | 19 March 2021 | 4 years, 307 days | [1] | |||
| Elizabeth Cheeseman | 12 April 2021 | 4 years, 283 days | [1] | |||
| Helen Rofe | 12 July 2021 | 4 years, 192 days | [1] | |||
| Kylie Downes | 2 August 2021 | 4 years, 171 days | [1] | |||
| Scott Goodman | 11 November 2021 | 4 years, 70 days | [1] | |||
| Patrick O'Sullivan | 20 January 2022 | 4 years, 0 days | Previously a Judge of the District Court of South Australia | [1] | ||
| Shaun McElwaine | 24 January 2022 | 3 years, 361 days | [1] | |||
| Michael Feutrill | 8 March 2022 | 3 years, 318 days | [1] | |||
| Fiona Meagher | 31 March 2022 | 3 years, 295 days | President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2022) | [1] | ||
| Timothy McEvoy | 26 April 2022 | 3 years, 269 days | Previously a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court (Division 1) | [1] | ||
| Lisa Hespe | 27 April 2022 | 3 years, 268 days | [1] | |||
| Elizabeth Raper | 2 May 2022 | 3 years, 263 days | [1] | |||
| Geoffrey Kennett | 19 December 2022 | 3 years, 32 days | Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory | [1] | ||
| Catherine Button | 16 January 2023 | 3 years, 4 days | Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria | [1] | ||
| Ian Jackman | 6 February 2023 | 2 years, 348 days | [1] | |||
| Adam Hatcher | 19 February 2023 | 2 years, 335 days | President of the Fair Work Commission (2023–) | [1] | ||
| Emilios Kyrou | 8 June 2023 | 2 years, 226 days | Previously a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2023–) |
[1] | ||
| Christopher Horan | 5 September 2023 | 2 years, 137 days | [1] | |||
| Yaseen Shariff | 7 September 2023 | 2 years, 135 days | [1] | |||
| Penelope Neskovcin | 8 February 2024 | 1 year, 346 days | [1] | |||
| Craig Dowling | 9 February 2024 | 1 year, 345 days | [1] | |||
| Jane Needham | 5 July 2024 | 1 year, 199 days | [1] | |||
| Stephen McDonald | 8 July 2024 | 1 year, 196 days | [1] | |||
| Samuel Vandongen | 17 December 2024 | 1 year, 34 days | Previously a Judge of Supreme Court (WA) | [1] | ||
| Cameron Moore | 18 December 2024 | 1 year, 33 days | [1] | |||
| Nicholas Owens | 18 December 2024 | 1 year, 33 days | [1] | |||
| James Stellios | 19 December 2024 | 1 year, 32 days | [1] | |||
| Houda Younan | 19 December 2024 | 1 year, 32 days | [1] | |||
| Elizabeth Bennett | 20 December 2024 | 1 year, 31 days | [1] | |||
| Erin Longbottom | 20 December 2024 | 1 year, 31 days | [1] | |||
| Amelia Wheatley | 6 January 2025 | 1 year, 14 days | [1] |
Location of current judges
[edit]- Sydney
- Nye Perram (8 August 2008)
- John Nicholas (16 November 2009)
- Anna Katzmann (1 February 2010)
- Michael Wigney (9 September 2013)
- Melissa Perry (23 September 2013)
- Brigitte Markovic (24 August 2015)
- Robert Bromwich (29 February 2016)
- Stephen Burley (23 May 2016)
- Michael Lee (23 April 2017)
- Thomas Thawley (14 February 2018)
- Angus Stewart (25 February 2019)
- Wendy Abraham (7 May 2019)
- John Halley (19 March 2021)
- Elizabeth Cheeseman (12 April 2021)
- Scott Goodman (11 November 2021)
- Elizabeth Raper (2 May 2022)
- Geoffrey Kennett (19 December 2022)
- Ian Jackman (6 February 2023)
- Adam Hatcher (19 February 2023)
- Yaseen Shariff (7 September 2023)
- Jane Needham (5 July 2024)
- Cameron Moore (18 December 2024)
- Nicholas Owens (18 December 2024)
- James Stellios (19 December 2024)
- Houda Younan (19 December 2024)
- Melbourne
- Mordecai Bromberg (7 December 2009)
- Bernard Murphy (13 June 2011)
- Debra Mortimer (12 July 2013) (Chief Justice)
- Jonathan Beach (30 June 2014)
- Mark Moshinsky (3 November 2015)
- David O'Callaghan (1 February 2017)
- Michael Wheelahan (3 October 2018)
- Michael O’Bryan (26 February 2019)
- John Snaden (29 April 2019)
- Stewart Anderson (6 May 2019)
- Helen Rofe (12 July 2021)
- Timothy McEvoy (26 April 2022)
- Lisa Hespe (27 April 2022)
- Catherine Button (16 January 2023)
- Emilios Kyrou (8 June 2023)
- Christopher Horan (5 September 2023)
- Penelope Neskovcin (8 February 2024)
- Craig Dowling (9 February 2024)
- Elizabeth Bennett (20 December 2024)
- Brisbane
- Berna Collier (8 February 2006)
- John Logan (27 September 2007)
- Darryl Rangiah (13 August 2013)
- Roger Derrington (24 April 2017)
- Sarah Derrington (10 January 2018)
- Kylie Downes (2 August 2021)
- Fiona Meagher (31 March 2022)
- Erin Longbottom (20 December 2024)
- Amelia Wheatley (6 January 2025)
- Perth
- Katrina Banks-Smith (12 February 2018)
- Craig Colvin (13 February 2018)
- Darren Jackson (20 March 2019)
- Michael Feutrill (8 March 2022)
- Samuel Vandongen (17 December 2024)
- Adelaide
- Natalie Charlesworth (1 March 2016)
- Patrick O'Sullivan (20 January 2022)
- Stephen Andrew McDonald (8 July 2024)
- Hobart
- Shaun McElwaine (24 January 2022)
See also
[edit]Federal Court Judges holding concurrent appointments in:
- List of judges of the Federal Court of Bankruptcy
- List of judges of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia
- List of judges of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
- List of judges of the Supreme Court of Christmas Island
- List of judges of the Supreme Court of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- List of judges of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island
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