COVID-19

AUSTRALIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

The Australian Bar Association is monitoring COVID-19 developments and all efforts to contain the risk posed by the virus. To protect the health and safety of members of the association, we will continually update the following list of resources.

JOBKEEPER Update

Through a communication to the Victorian Bar Association the Tax Department has confirmed that ‘for the purposes of the JobKeeper scheme…[members] … are able to calculate current and projected GST turnover on either an accruals or cash basis (as long as both current and projected GST turnover are calculated using the same method)’.

Judicial College of Victoria 

The Judical College of Victoria has some valuable resources including

Federal Court of Australia

  1. The Federal Court's Response to the COVID19 Outbreak
  2. Further information may be found in the NSW Bar Association's consolidated guide and the Victorian Bar Association's consolidated guide.

Federal Circuit Court

  1. COVID-19 Updates and information
  2. Further information may be found in the NSW Bar Association's consolidated guide and the Victorian Bar Association's consolidated guide.

Family Court of Australia

Australian Capital Territory

  • The ACTBA has released a message and video from president Steve Whybrow.

New South Wales

Victoria

Western Australia

Queensland

  • The BAQ has collated a list of notices and information for it's members, please click here for more information

South Australia

Tasmania

  1. Information regarding COVID-19 from the Department of Justice, Tasmania
  2. Media Release from the Supreme Court of Tasmania to the effect that the criminal jury trials are now all suspended until July 2020;
  3. Information regarding COVD-19 from the Tasmanian Supreme Court
  4. Magistrates Court of Tasmania weblink - https://www.magistratescourt.tas.gov.au/coronavirus
  5. DERWENT & TAMAR CHAMBERS - COVID-19/SARS CoV-2 UPDATE 2

Law Council of Australia

  1. Information for the legal profession about the Covid-19 outbreak

WORKPLACE INFORMATION

Employers should provide information and brief all employees and contract staff, including domestic and cleaning staff where applicable, on relevant information and procedures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

LEGISLATION

OTHER LEGAL RESOURCES