Practice directions 2025

Practice Direction 2 of 2025

This Practice Direction is issued pursuant to section 592 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 for the purpose of directing the listing arrangements for metropolitan Melbourne criminal and intervention order matters and applies with effect from 10 November 2025.

Children’s Court Metropolitan Crime Listing Tool

Practice Direction 1 of 2025

This Practice Direction is issued pursuant to section 592 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (the Act). It revokes and replaces Practice Direction No. 1 of 2024 dated 18 April 2024 and applies with effect from 1 January 2025 to the following proceedings in the Family Division:

• child protection proceedings; and
• proceedings under the Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003.