President's overview Amalgamation of tribunals The Commonwealth Administrative Review Committee (Kerr Committee) concluded in 1971 that the basic fault of the entire administrative law structure at that time was that review could not, as a general rule, be obtained on th...
Many, but not all, hearings at the AAT are open to the public. Members of the public can usually attend hearings by coming to the AAT’s registries. While COVID-19 impacts our services , we are conducting many hearings by telephone or video. This helps limit the number of...
The Hon. Justice Deirdre O'Connor Paper presented at the 2000 National Administrative Law Forum - Sunrise or Sunset? Administrative Law in the New Millennium June 2000 One of the advantages of a new millennium is the natural desire created to review the past and plan or e...
PDF version (63 KB) Paper presented at the Australasian Conference of Planning and Environment Courts and Tribunals, Hobart 27 February 2004 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CONCURRENT EVIDENCE Difficulties with expert evidence The difficulties with obtaining objective evidence...
The purpose of this Annual Report is to inform the Attorney-General, the Parliament, Tribunal users and the general public about the performance of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal during the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011. The 2010-11 Annual Report can be downloaded ...
The purpose of this Annual Report is to inform the Attorney-General, the Parliament, Tribunal users and the general public about the performance of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal during the period 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012. The 2011-12 Annual Report can be downloaded ...
The purpose of this Annual Report is to inform the Attorney-General, the Parliament, Tribunal users and the general public about the performance of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal during the period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. The 2012-13 Annual Report can be downloaded ...
The purpose of this Annual Report is to inform the Attorney-General, the Parliament, Tribunal users and the general public about the performance of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal during the period 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014. The 2013-14 Annual Report can be downloade...
PDF version (77 KB) 2012 AAT National Conference, Mantra Resort, Lorne 20 March 2012 Introduction As I guess everyone knows I will be retiring as President of the Tribunal and as a Federal Court judge on 15 May, exactly eight weeks from today. On Monday week I will h...
Third Place: CQUniversity team members Sara Hall (Left) and Kathleen Smith (Right) with AAT Director ADR, Justin Toohey. Best communicator: Lillian Burgess (Left) from University of Queensland, member of a highly commended team and awarded overall best communic...
This part of the report sets out information relating to the governance and administration of the AAT, including human resource management. It also provides information on actions undertaken during the reporting period to meet Goals Two and Three in the Tribunal's Strategic P...
Annual statement of compliance The Commonwealth Child Safe Framework (the Framework) sets minimum standards for Commonwealth entities to create and maintain behaviours and practices that are child safe. Under Requirement 4 of the Framework, Commonwealth ...
The Hon Justice Berna Collier is acting President from 1 May 2023.
Congratulations to all of the teams who competed in the 2019 Negotiating Outcomes on Time (Noot) competition. The 2019 competition was the first to include law schools from three States, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. The AAT used Skype-for-Business web ...
PDF version (55 KB) Speech to the Australian Institute of Administrative Law's Queensland Chapter Annual Dinner 13 September 2004 Introduction Earlier this year I had the privilege of representing the Administrative Appeals Tribunal at the Congress of the Internati...
This appendix contains: a list of the AAT’s members at 30 June 2016 a table showing the number of Senior Members and Members assigned to each of the AAT’s divisions at 30 June 2016 lists of the members who were appointed and reappointed in 2015-16 and members whose term o...
PDF version (54 KB) Speech to the Law Society of New South Wales' Government Lawyers' CLE Convention 7 September 2004 Introduction Given the nature of its administrative review jurisdiction, government solicitors play a significant role in the AAT, most obviously as ...
PDF version (48 KB) Speech to a Meeting Convened to Establish a South Australian Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals 24 August 2004 Establishment of COAT and its Objects Thank you very much to the Steering Committee for inviting me to attend today's meet...
The Freedom of Information Act 1982 establishes an Information Publication Scheme for Australian Government agencies. The IPS requires agencies to publish a broad range of information on their websites. Information Publication Scheme agency plan The IPS requires each ...
Can I withdraw the application? Yes, you can withdraw an application for review at any time before a decision is made. You must withdraw in writing. You use the Withdrawal of application for review form and send it to us . Find more information about withdrawing an a...
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