Do I need to pay an application fee? Yes. How much do I have to pay? The standard application fee is $1,121 . Can I pay a reduced fee? Yes, a reduced fee of $100 can be paid if: legal aid has been granted for the review you hold a health care card, pensioner concessi...
Do I need to pay an application fee? Yes. How much do I have to pay? The standard application fee is $1,121. Can I pay a reduced fee? Yes, a reduced fee of $100 can be paid if: legal aid has been granted for the review you hold a health care card, pensioner concessi...
Tribunal: Member C Smolicz The AAT was asked to review a decision made by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) to refuse to grant a protection visa. The applicant feared imprisonment on return to Egypt due to his actions of seeking asylum in Australia and his po...
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Tribunal: Member C Breheny The applicant sought a review of a decision made by the Department of Human Services (Department) regarding Child Support for the shared care of their youngest child. The AAT affirmed a decision to disallow a mother’s objection that the parents h...
Tribunal: Member Y Webb The AAT affirmed a decision of a delegate of the Department of Human Services (the Department) that a mother cared for her son 100 per cent of the time. Although he started an apprenticeship and was boarding closer to work for part of the week, she ...
You can use the AAT’s online services to: apply for a review send us more documents in any case that has already been lodged with the AAT look up information about some cases. The online service you must use to apply for a review or send us more documents varies d...
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When will I receive the findings? We will usually make a decision after conducting a hearing . We will send copies of the findings to you, the Director-General of Security (the Director-General), the Commonwealth agency and the Attorney-General. We can make directions tha...
Tribunal: Member Christopher Packer The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (the Department) refused to grant Skilled Independent (Permanent) visas to the applicants on 6 June 2016. The applicants appealed this decision to the AAT. The Skilled Independent visa...
Tribunal: Member C Huntly The AAT remitted a decision of a delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (the Department) for reconsideration after finding the applicant and his wife were refugees. The applicant and, by association, his wife sought prot...
Members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal are remunerated according to determinations issued by the Remuneration Tribunal under the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 (Remuneration Tribunal Act). Section 16C of that Act requires accountable authorities to publish reports o...
Tribunal: Senior Member R Cameron The applicant was seeking access to documents held by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) about complaints he had made. The key issue in this matter was whether or not the documents were conditionally exempt becau...
Read our recently launched Reconciliation Action Plan and see the original artwork designed for the AAT by Aboriginal artist De Greer-Yindimincarlie.
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Tribunal Member: Amanda Mendes Da Costa The Distinguished Talent (Residence) visa requires the applicant to have an internationally recognised record of exceptional and outstanding achievement in a profession, sport, the arts or academia. [1] Other requirements include...
Tribunal: Member Susan Trotter The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (The Department) refused to grant the applicants Business Skills (Residence) visas. The applicants requested a review of the decision by the AAT. The applicants were a couple from the UK wh...
PDF version (48 KB) Address to the Victorian Commercial Bar Association - Public Law Section This document provides a brief summary of some of the major changes made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (AAT Act) and related Acts by the Administrative Appe...
PDF version (46 KB) Address to the Victorian Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals 23 May 2005 This document provides a brief summary of some of the major changes made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (AAT Act) and related Acts by the Admi...
Tribunal Member: Andrew Maryniak QC The research and development (R&D) tax incentive is a program that allows businesses to access tax offsets for the money they spend on R&D activities. These R&D activities must be registered with Innovation and Science Australia (the respo...
Tribunal: Member Christine Cody The applicant applied for a Protection visa because he feared physical harm from a well-connected politician in his home country of Thailand. The applicant asked the AAT to review the Department of Home Affairs’ decision not to grant him a ...
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