Middleton and Taglieri to move from Division 2 to Division 1
The Australian government has congratulated the following on their judicial appointments to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) as of 10 August 2026: Steven Middleton and Sandra Taglieri to Division 1, and Tracy Flintoff to Division 2.
A media release from the Attorney-General’s Department specified that Middleton, Taglieri, and Flintoff have accepted the following appointments:
“The Government has made these appointments following merit-based processes to ensure that judicial appointments meet the high standards Australians expect,” said Michelle Rowland, Australia’s attorney-general, in the media release.
According to the Attorney-General’s Department, after an open call for expressions of interest, an advisory panel composed of eminent individuals considered the applications that led to these three judicial appointments.
“I congratulate Judge Steven Middleton, Judge Sandra Taglieri and Ms Tracy Flintoff on their appointments and thank them for their willingness to serve the Australian community,” Rowland said in the media release.
The department’s media release provided more information regarding Middleton, Taglieri, and Flintoff.
Now appointed to Division 1, Judge Middleton has served as a judge of the FCFCOA’s Division 2 in Brisbane since 2015. In 1996, Middleton earned admission as a solicitor in the New South Wales Supreme Court and the Australian High Court.
Now appointed to Division 1, Judge Taglieri has sat as a judge of the FCFCOA’s Division 2 in Hobart beginning in 2021. At the time of the previous FCFCOA appointment, Taglieri was the Tasmanian Bar Association’s immediate past president.
In 1989, Taglieri gained admission as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania and the High Court of Australia.
Flintoff has served as a senior judicial registrar of the FCFCOA starting in 2021. In 2001, she received admission as a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
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