How do I lodge the Defence (Form 33) (Form 33)?

1. Pull the latest Defence (Form 33) into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine. 2. Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill. 3. URL-pattern probe

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Defence (Form 33)

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Format: Word (DOCX)
Category: Court form
Form number: Form 33
Version: vd1412445
Last updated: 1 September 2026

Federal Court of Australia · Federal Court Rules 2011

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How to lodge - See instructions

1
Assemble the form
Pull the latest Defence (Form 33) into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine.
2
Review and check
Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill.
3
Lodge the form
URL-pattern probe

Lodgement notesURL-pattern probe

This form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary, so your practice management system fills it from your matter data - on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

View the official form on the Federal Court of Australia website

Defence (Form 33)

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