Tribunal: Member Angela Cranston The Department of Immigration and Border Protection refused the applicant’s Protection visa on 18 August 2015 and he applied to the AAT for a review of this decision. The applicant claimed that he feared supporters of the Awami League woul...
At the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), we give individuals and organisations the opportunity to have administrative decisions independently reviewed. We review decisions made by Australian Government ministers, departments and agencies and, in limited circumstances,...
PDF version (1.37MB) Speech delivered during a visit to Thailand's Central Administrative Court February 2006 INTRODUCTION This presentation will focus on the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the way in which it manages the applications that are made to it. It wil...
The AAT has recently introduced a new policy to increase the number and range of written decisions we publish. The Tribunal makes a large number of written decisions each year and we publish a selection of those decisions to promote the transparency of our processes and decis...
The AAT can review decisions made under more than 400 Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments. The AAT is unable to review all decisions, only those where the law specifically states that we can. We most commonly review decisions relating to: child support commonwea...
In 2017-18, the AAT reviewed 224 decisions made by the Department of Home Affairs to cancel a non-citizen’s visa on character grounds when they have been convicted of a criminal offence. While these decisions are a small proportion of the AAT’s overall caseload, representing ...
ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 Contacting the AAT By phone You can call the AAT on 1800 228 333 from anywhere in Australia (calls are free from landline phones, however calls from mobiles may be charged). Non-English speakers can call the Translating and Interpreting Service on...
The Honourable Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE First President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and former Chief Justice High Court of Australia PDF version (15 KB) Speech delivered to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal's 30th Anniversary Dinner, Canberra 2 August ...
Tribunal : Member N Burns The AAT affirmed a decision by a delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection not to grant the applicant a protection visa. He was found not to have a well-founded fear of persecution on return to Taiwan. The applicant was born i...
Tribunal: Member M Urquhart The AAT affirmed a decision of a delegate of the Minister for Immigration refusing to grant the applicant an aged parent visa. The applicant lived in Australia and first applied for residence as the aged parent of a citizen (her daughter) in 20...
Tribunal: Member M Sripathy The AAT remitted a decision of a delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (the Department) for reconsideration, after finding the applicant, his wife and their son are refugees. The applicant claimed to fear harm in Jordan...
TRIBUNAL : Member L Hardy The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) remitted a matter for reconsideration to the Department of Immigration (the Department) with the direction that the applicant satisfies relevant sections of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act). The applican...
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) welcomes interest from the media in our role and function. Please contact us with any media enquiries: E [email protected] – we will need your contact details, media outlet and your deadline T +61 2 9276 5461 Journalists can...
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