I seriously doubt that its possible to buy justice as those on the dark side have their strings pulled by parties with infinitely more money and power than you could imagine. We were recently informed by some VERY high-end media types that whilst they would dearly love to expose the dark side, they have all been threatened with contempt actions based on old English precedents that are generally considered bad news in every country bar Australia.It's uncertain whether or not the threats can be enforced as nobody has been prepared to test them in a court. Furthermore, its unlikely that will ever happen for reasons I prefer not to discuss here. All that aside, my group will probably include DOCS in our list of baddies to be brought to account however without active victims, we'll obviously be giving priority to folk who hold their hands up to be counted. Believe it or not, there is no shortage of entities as evil if not more so than DOCS.
You keep saying you'd jump at the chance to get in court. Try this for size. The kangaroo courts / star chambers / maxi-tribunals in all states and territories have acquired native jurisdiction over almost everything except murder, fraud, extortion, and money-laundering (and some would suggest they have an interest in those as well).
If you attempt filing an application for most matters in a 'proper' court, the odds are that you'll be told that the kangaroo court / star chamber / maxi-tribunal now has native jurisdiction. Initiating a matter in said forum is as near to impossible as the clowns can make it, except for guardianship / administration matters in which they fall over themselves to drag you in the door.
I don't have personal experience of DOCS matters in ACAT / NCAT / QCAT / VCAT, etc, but as far as I'm aware, they have native jurisdiction in all states and territories (check this for yourself in whatever state you consider filing an action). Given their Pavlov's dogs attitude to guardianship / administration matters, it's likely they would also salivate at the chance to make the life of a DOCS victim a misery.
Guardianship / administration matters (and possibly child safety ones as well) don't involve filing fees, and lawyers are only permitted to represent individual applicants in very rare cases. Mind you, those on the dark side have an incestuous relationship with the quasi-judges and consequently aren't affected by the general prohibition on representation. You'll be able to speak on your matter, and by and large, will be able to say somewhat more than would be permitted in a 'proper' court.
There is no doubt whatever that you'll lose every case in which the other side is a government department or statutory authority, but decisions aren't enforceable unless a separate application is made to a 'proper' court. That said, no government department or statutory authority would dream of not following to the nth degree decisions in their favour. Despite claims to the contrary, natural justice is the very last thing you'll ever get in a kangaroo court / star chamber / maxi-tribunal.
What you will get is a hopelessly biased decision favouring the official entity or entities you are opposing, together with an invitation to join forces with a rapidly growing group, with libraries full of evidence, multiple avenues of attack and who are intent on bringing the kangaroo courts / star chambers / maxi-tribunals to account. Our goal is to put them out of business permanently, and given the progress we are making, that goal is quite achievable.