Does Australia use jury trials?
Jury trials used
Jury trials were revived in Australia in 1833 for criminal matters, with constitutional guarantees for Commonwealth offences.
Australia is one of 9 countries classified “Jury trials used” for jury trials — 31% of the 29 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Jury trial
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Malaysia
- Not used Malaysia abolished jury trials in 1995 due to concerns about impartiality.
- New Zealand
- Jury trials used New Zealand provides jury trials for serious criminal offences and some civil cases.
- Singapore
- Not used Singapore abolished jury trials in 1969, distrust of the system due to multicultural concerns.
- Taiwan
- Jury trials used Citizen judge system implemented in 2023, with random selection of citizens participating in felony trials.
- Hong Kong
- Jury trials used Hong Kong maintains jury trials for criminal cases in the High Court, but not in the District Court.
- Japan
- Limited use / mixed courts Japan introduced a lay judge system for serious crimes, but not general jury trials.
Other laws in Australia
- Death Penalty
- Fully abolished
- Gun Laws
- Restrictive
- School Corporal Punishment
- Varies by region
- Military Conscription
- No conscription
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