Appendix 6 - Speeches, publications and other external activities
AAT members and staff undertake a wide range of activities that assist to raise awareness of our role, procedures and activities. They give speeches and are panel members at conferences and seminars, participate in training and other engagement activities, and publish articles. Members and staff also serve on the committees of associations and other bodies relevant to the work of the AAT. The record of activities for 2016–17 is in four lists:
- speeches and presentations
- training and other engagement activities
- publications, and
- service on committees.
TITLE/ROLE | EVENT/ORGANISATION | SPEAKER(S) | DATE |
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Review of Administrative Action | Directorate of Army Administrative Inquiries Conference, Brisbane |
Deputy President Peter McDermott |
10 August 2016 |
How to Effectively Run an Administrative Appeals Tribunal Case | 49th Western Australia State Convention, The Tax Institute, Perth | Deputy President Stephen Frost | 12 August 2016 |
Firm but Fair: The Art of a Good Tribunal Hearing | 2016 Annual Conference, Council of Australasian Tribunals NSW Chapter, Sydney |
Deputy President Jan Redfern |
26 August 2016 |
Legal Research Refresher | Christopher Matthies, Executive Director Strategy and Policy | 26 August 2016 | |
The Amalgamated Administrative Appeals Tribunal – A Year in Review and the Years in Prospect | Seminar, Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Canberra | Justice Duncan Kerr and Sian Leathem, Registrar | 30 August 2016 |
Music Therapy: Some Reflections from a Lawyer | Music Therapy Symposium: Music, Health, Wellbeing and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Melbourne Neuroscience Institute, Melbourne |
Member Professor Ron McCallum |
2 September 2016 |
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Settlements – the View from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Taxation Workshop, Law Council of Australia, Sydney |
Deputy President Bernard McCabe |
9 September 2016 |
Perspectives on Efficiency and Economy in Tribunal Decision-making: The Tribunal’s and the Applicant’s Perspectives | 2016 National Administrative Law Conference, Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Brisbane |
Deputy President Bernard McCabe |
22 September 2016 |
Automated Decision- making, Public Law and the Courts | 2016 National Golden Gavel Conference, Southern Young Lawyers Committee of Tasmania and Law Society of Tasmania, Hobart | Justice Duncan Kerr | 7 October 2016 |
Efficiency in Tribunal Decision-making | Seminar, Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Brisbane |
Deputy President Bernard McCabe |
7 October 2016 |
Oral Decision-making | Seminar, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Guardianship Division, Sydney |
Deputy President Bernard McCabe |
11 October 2016 |
Interpreters in Courts & Tribunals: Tricks and Traps for Users | Seminar, Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Canberra | Member Rieteke Chenoweth | 13 October 2016 |
Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Duty to Act in Good Faith | Personal Injuries Conference 2016, Queensland Law Society, Brisbane | Justin Toohey, Director Alternative Dispute Resolution | 21 October 2016 |
Challenges and Changes | 2016 Conference, Council of Australasian Tribunals South Australian Chapter, Adelaide | Justice Duncan Kerr | 26 October 2016 |
Merits Review at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Canberra | Sian Leathem, Registrar | 21 November 2016 |
Update on Tier-two Social Security Matters, National Disability Insurance Scheme Appeals and the Amalgamation of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Seminar, Legal Aid WA, Perth | Conference Registrar Rowena Hodgson | 24 November 2016 |
What is a Question of Law following Haritos v Commissioner of Taxation (2015) 233 FCR 315? | Hot Topics in Commonwealth Compensation Seminar, Law Council of Australia, Sydney | Justice Duncan Kerr | 25 November 2016 |
The Role of Administrative Law in our System of Government | Macquarie Tax Practitioners Group, Sydney |
Deputy President Bernard McCabe |
29 November 2016 |
National Disability Insurance Scheme in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal: Update and Overview of Management | National Disability Insurance Scheme Appeals Forum, Sydney | District Registrar Catherine Cashen | 8 December 2016 |
Appearing at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal – a Practical Guide | Seminar, 2017 Intensive, The Law Society of the ACT, Canberra | Deputy President Gary Humphries and Conference Registrar Siobhan Ni Fhaolain | 16 February 2017 |
Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the Federal Court | Lecture, Dispute Management Course, Australian National University, Canberra |
Conference Registrar Kim Lackenby |
23 February 2017 |
Panel Member: Approaches to Decision-making in the Immigration Portfolio: From Computers to Humans to Merits Review Hearings | Immigration Law Conference, Law Council of Australia, Sydney |
Deputy President Jan Redfern |
24 February 2017 |
How to Run a Merits Review Application before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Seminar, NSW Bar Association, Sydney | Justice Duncan Kerr and Deputy President Bernard McCabe | 21 March 2017 |
Address | Launch of Administrative Law – The Laws of Australia by Mark Robinson SC, Sydney | Justice Duncan Kerr | 22 March 2017 |
Tribunals – What Are They Doing? | 6th National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference, The Law Society of South Australia, Adelaide | Justice Duncan Kerr | 23 March 2017 |
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Self-Representation in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Justin Toohey, Director Alternative Dispute Resolution | 24 March 2017 | |
Where are Reviews Won and Lost? | Administrative Law Half Day Conference, Law Institute of Melbourne, Melbourne |
Deputy President Fiona Alpins |
27 March 2017 |
The Process – How to, including Freedom of Information and Changes to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | To Appeal or Not to Appeal – Social Security Law Seminar, Financial and Consumer Rights Council, Melbourne |
Senior Member Irene Tsiakas |
28 March 2017 |
The Current Eligibility Criteria for the Disability Support Pension | Member Sophia Panagiotidis | 28 March 2017 | |
Panel members: Appeals – from All Perspectives | Forum, Victoria Disability Advocacy Network, Melbourne | Member Regina Perton and Conference Registrar Brian Leaver | 21 April 2017 |
Role of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Practical Tips for Potential Agents | Lecture, Australian Migration Law and Practice Course, Murdoch University, Perth | Member Tony Caravella | 2 May 2017 |
Introduction to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Lecture, Administrative Law Course, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne | Conference Registrar Mersina Stratos | 18 May 2017 |
Freedom of Information | Lecture, Military Administrative Law Course, Australian National University College of Law, Canberra |
Senior Member James Popple |
6 June 2017 |
Welcome and Opening Address | 2017 Joint Conference of the Council of Australasian Tribunals National and NSW Chapter, Sydney | Justice Duncan Kerr | 8 June 2017 |
Firm but Fair: The Art of a Good Tribunal Hearing | Seminar, Council of Australasian Tribunals South Australian Chapter, Adelaide | Deputy President Jan Redfern | 26 June 2017 |
The Duty to Assist the Tribunal | National Litigation Conference, FOI and Litigation Branch, Department of Human Services, Sydney |
Deputy President Bernard McCabe |
29 June 2017 |
TITLE/ROLE | EVENT/ORGANISATION | PARTICIPANT(S)/ PRESENTER(S) | DATE |
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Mentor | The University of Wollongong Lucy Mentoring Program, Wollongong |
Conference Registrar Athena Harris Ingall |
25 July 2016 |
Presenter | Alternative Dispute Resolution Information Session, Comcare, Canberra | Justin Toohey, Director Alternative Dispute Resolution | 26 July 2016 |
Adjudicator | The University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Advanced Negotiation Competition, Sydney |
Conference Registrar Athena Harris Ingall |
1 August 2016 |
Presenter | Alternative Dispute Resolution Information Session, Comcare, Melbourne | Justin Toohey, Director Alternative Dispute Resolution and Conference Registrar Mersina Stratos | 2 August 2016 |
Adjudicator | AAT National Mooting Competition 2016 | Justice Duncan Kerr Deputy Presidents Katherine Bean, Jim Constance, Stephanie Forgie, Stephen Frost, Gary Humphries, Christopher Kendall, Bernard McCabe, Peter McDermott and Jim Walsh Senior Members Peter Britten-Jones, Damien Cremean, Ann Cunningham, Egon Fice, Josephine Kelly, Michael McGrowdie, Theo Tavoularis and Jill Toohey Members Louise Bygrave, Tony Caravella, Amanda Goodier, Donald Morris and Rodger Shanahan | August – October 2016 |
Tribunal Member for Mock Hearings | Migration Institute of Australia Practice Ready Program, Sydney | Member Katie Malyon | 10 August 2016 |
Adjudicator | AAT Negotiating Outcomes on Time Competition, Brisbane | Justice Duncan Kerr Justin Toohey, Director Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference Registrars Nicole Barker, Lyn Carins, Jodie Gamble, Jennifer Lock, Siobhan Ni Fhaolain and Mersina Stratos District Registrars Deborah Mitchell and Martyn Hagan | September – October 2016 |
Session Chair: Online Dispute Resolution, eMediation and Computer Assisted Dispute Event and The World is our Oyster | National Mediation Conference 2016, Gold Coast | Justin Toohey, Director Alternative Dispute Resolution | 11–15 September 2016 |
Adjudicator | Moot, University of Tasmania, Hobart | Justice Duncan Kerr | 21 September 2016 |
Assessor | Administrative Law Hearing Assessment, Leo Cussen Institute, Melbourne | Member John Longo | 17 October 2016, 21 November 2016, 17 May 2017 and 19 June 2017 |
Moderator for panel discussion: Legal Implications of Big Data | Public Law Weekend, Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University, Canberra | Senior Member James Popple | 28 October 2016 |
Presenter | Visit to the AAT by Judge Ana Paula da Fonseca Lobo of the Supreme Administrative Court of Portugal, Sydney | Deputy Presidents Stephen Frost, Bernard McCabe and Jan Redfern Senior Members Suellen Bullock, Josephine Kelly and Jill Toohey Sian Leathem, Registrar Elizabeth Connolly, Executive Director Registry Operations Conference Registrars Athena Harris Ingall, Mary Rebehy and Stephen Shepherd District Registrar Carolyn Krochmal Sandra Koller, Director Legal and Policy and Kate Buring, Senior Legal Officer Allan Teves, Registry Manager | 5–9 December 2016 |
Radio Interviewee | The Anangu Lands Paper Tracker, Adelaide | Zaharoula Karzis-Wyatt, Team Leader and Outreach Coordinator | 20 January 2017 |
Tribunal Member for Mock Hearings | Migration Institute of Australia Practice Ready Program, Sydney | Member Robert Titterton | 10 February 2017 |
Participant |
Department of Immigration and Border Protection – Non-Governmental Organisations Dialogue on Humanitarian Issues, Canberra |
Deputy President Jan Redfern, Senior Member Dr Irene O’Connell and Senior Reviewer Sobet Haddad |
13 March 2017 |
Adjudicator | AAT Negotiating Outcomes on Time Competition, Brisbane |
Justice John Logan
Justin Toohey, Director Alternative Dispute Resolution
Conference Registrars Nicole Barker, Mary Desses, Jodie Gamble, Athena Harris Ingall, Franca Petrone, Kim Richardson, Stephen Shepherd and Mersina Stratos
District Registrar Catherine Cashen |
March–May 2017 |
Mentor | The University of Sydney Lucy Mentoring Program, Sydney | Member Jane Marquard | 1 April 2017 |
Presenter | Visit to the AAT by Judges and Executive Staff from the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, Sydney | Deputy President Jim Constance, Sian Leathem, Registrar Sandra Koller, Director Legal and Policy | 4 April 2017 |
Tribunal Member for Mock Hearings | Migration Institute of Australia Practice Ready Program, Sydney | Member Belinda Mericourt | 5 April 2017 |
Participants | Migration and Refugee Division Community Liaison Meeting, Melbourne | Deputy President Jan Redfern, Senior Member Dr Irene O’Connell, Senior Member Miriam Holmes, Senior Member Sydelle Muling, Senior Reviewer Sobet Haddad and District Registrar Susan Woodford | 3 May 2017 |
Participants | Migration and Refugee Division Community Liaison Meeting, Sydney | Deputy President Jan Redfern, Senior Member Dr Irene O’Connell, Senior Member John Cipolla, Senior Member Louise Nicholls, Senior Reviewer Sobet Haddad and District Registrar Carolyn Krochmal | 10 May 2017 |
Participants | Migration and Refugee Division Community Liaison Meeting, Brisbane | Deputy President Jan Redfern, Senior Member Dr Irene O’Connell, Member Michelle Grau, Senior Reviewer Sobet Haddad, Joseph Schinella, Registry Manager, Don Smyth, Senior Project Officer and Deputy District Registrar James Barden | 17 May 2017 |
Chair | Hot Topics in Commonwealth Compensation Seminar, Law Council of Australia, Melbourne | Member Regina Perton | 19 May 2017 |
Tribunal Member for Mock Hearings | Migration Institute of Australia Practice Ready Program, Sydney | Member Wendy Banfield | 19 May 2017 |
Participants | Migration and Refugee Division Community Liaison Meeting, Adelaide | Deputy President Jan Redfern, Senior Member Dr Irene O’Connell, Senior Member Sue Raymond and District Registrars Catherine Cashen and Ian Phillips | 24 May 2017 |
Participants | Migration and Refugee Division Community Liaison Meeting, Perth | Senior Member Dr Irene O’Connell, Member Amanda Goodier and District Registrar Barry Johnson | 26 May 2017 |
Presenters | Visit to the AAT by Judge Nilufer Sulku of the Council of State of Turkey, Sydney | Deputy Presidents Jim Constance, Stephen Frost, Bernard McCabe and Jan Redfern Senior Members Suellen Bullock and Adria Poljak Members Jennifer Cripps Watts, Linda Holub and William Kennedy Sian Leathem, Registrar Conference Registrars Mary Desses, Kim Richardson and Stephen Shepherd District Registrar Carolyn Krochmal Sandra Koller, Director Legal and Policy Allan Teves, Registry Manager | 1– 8 June 2017 |
Participants | Expert Roundtable on Mental Health and Refugee Status Determination, Sydney | Deputy President Jan Redfern, Senior Member Dr Irene O’Connell and Senior Reviewer Sobet Haddad | 7 June 2017 |
TITLE | AUTHOR | CITATION/PUBLISHER |
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‘Debt Recovery by Centrelink and the Family Assistance Office’, Chapter 7.5 in Lawyers’ Practice Manual Victoria | Inge Sheck | Thomson Reuters |
‘Editorial: The Interplay between Technology and the Law’, Precedent No. 139, April 2017, 2 | Justice Duncan Kerr | Australian Lawyers Alliance |
Table A6.4 lists the roles performed by members and staff who served on the committees of associations or other bodies during all or part of the reporting year.
ORGANISATION | PARTICIPANT | ROLE |
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Law Society of the ACT |
Conference Registrar Kim Lackenby |
Chair |
Asia Pacific Chapter of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges | Member Sean Baker | Secretary |
Australian Institute of Administrative Law – National Executive | Deputy President Gary Humphries | Officer |
Australian Institute of Administrative Law – Victorian Chapter | Member Regina Perton | Committee member |
Council of Australasian Tribunals – National Executive | Justice Duncan Kerr | Chair |
Justice David Thomas | Treasurer | |
Council of Australasian Tribunals – NSW Chapter | Member Jennifer D’Arcy | Committee member |
Sian Leathem, Registrar | Committee member | |
Council of Australasian Tribunals – Queensland Chapter | Justice David Thomas | Convenor |
Council of Australasian Tribunals – South Australian Chapter | Deputy President Katherine Bean | Committee member |
Member Marten Kennedy | Treasurer | |
Council of Australasian Tribunals – Victorian Chapter | Senior Member Irene Tsiakas | President / Committee member |
Member Regina Perton | Committee member | |
District Registrar Susan Woodford | Committee member / Vice President | |
Council of Australasian Tribunals – Member Induction Program Steering Committee |
Conference Registrar Athena Harris Ingall |
Committee member |
National Alternative Dispute Resolution Network | Justin Toohey, Director Alternative Dispute Resolution | Chair |
National Mediation Conference 20s16 – Organising Committee | Justin Toohey, Director Alternative Dispute Resolution | Committee member |
Women Lawyers Association NSW | Member Katie Malyon | Committee member |