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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Court administration

Average expenditure per criminal case lodgment, 2000-2001
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Source: Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision 2002, Report on government services 2002, vol. 1, Productivity Commission, Canberra.

What this chart shows

  • The higher the level of court, the more expensive each criminal case lodgment becomes. This is because more complex and lengthy cases are tried in the higher courts.
  • In 2000-2001, average expenditure per criminal case lodgment was $132 in the Magistrate's Courts, $4,090 in the Intermediate Courts and $11,281 in the Supreme Courts.

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