Annual Report 2006-2007
Appendix 8: Speeches, papers and other activities
This appendix provides information on speeches and papers given by Tribunal members and staff during 2006–07. It also provides information on training and education activities involving Tribunal members and staff.
Justice Garry Downes, President
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal: Building on 30 Years of Independent Merits Review
2006 Veterans' Law Conference
Surfers Paradise, 27 July 2006
The Security Appeals Division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Functions, Powers and Procedures
National Security Law Course, University of Sydney
Sydney, 13 September 2006
Australia and Thailand Comparative Administrative Law
Visit to Australia by Judges and Officials of the Administrative Courts of Thailand
Sydney, 5 February 2007
Decision-Writing
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal Members Conference
Melbourne, 1 March 2007
The Role of Courts and Tribunals
University of Sydney Foundations of Law Lecture
Sydney, 19 March 2007
Writing Reasons for Judgment or Decision
Administrative Courts of Thailand
Bangkok, 3 May 2007
The State of Administrative Justice in Australia
Canadian Council of Administrative Tribunals Fourth International Conference, World Report #1
Vancouver, 7 May 2007
Administrative Law and the Churches
Church Law Forum, Wesley Mission
Sydney, 17 May 2007
Future Directions: How Can We Make Administrative Law More Relevant?
2007 Administrative Law Forum, Australian Institute of Administrative Law
Canberra, 15 June 2007
Heather Baldwin, District Registrar
How a matter proceeds through the AAT
Bar Association of Queensland
Brisbane, 11 October 2006
Practice and Procedure of the AAT
Queensland Young Lawyers
Brisbane, 31 October 2006
Practice and Procedure of the AAT
North Queensland Law Association Conference 2007
Cairns, 1 June 2007
Narelle Bell, Senior Member
Decision-writing seminar (with Professor Jim Raymond)
New South Wales Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals
Sydney, September 2006
Decision-writing seminar (with Professor Jim Raymond, Jane Westaway and Margot Schwabb)
Judges of the National and Supreme Courts of Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby, 1–2 May 2007
Decision-writing seminar (with Professor Jim Raymond, Jane Westaway and Margot Schwabb)
Magistrates of the District Courts of Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby, 3–4 May 2007
Decision-writing seminar
Full-Time Members of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal
Sydney, 18 May 2007
James Constance, Senior Member
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal — Some Tips and Traps
Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory Seminar
Canberra, 7 February 2007
An Introduction to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Tribunal Advocacy Course, Department of Veterans' Affairs
Canberra, 4 June 2007
Recent Developments in Compensation Law under the Safety, Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1988 (Cth)
Australian Lawyers Alliance ACT Branch Conference
Canberra, 22 June 2007
Rodney Dunne, Senior Member
Running a Tax Dispute at the AAT
2007 South Australian State Convention of the Taxation Institute of Australia
Barossa Valley, 4 May 2007
Graham Friedman, Senior Member
Overview of the AAT
Social Security Appeals Tribunal
Melbourne, 23 March 2007
Justice Andrew Greenwood, Presidential member
Overview of the AAT
Bar Association of Queensland
Brisbane, 11 October 2006
Michael Griffin, Member
Legal issues for psychologists in commissions of inquiry
2007 Australian Defence Force Mental Health Conference
Sydney, 8 March 2007
Philip Hack SC, Deputy President
Advocacy in the AAT
Bar Association of Queensland
Brisbane, 11 October 2006
Development and role of the AAT
Government Lawyers Conference
Brisbane, 19 April 2007
Differences between judicial review and merits review
North Queensland Law Association Conference 2007
Cairns, 1 June 2007
Doug Humphreys, Registrar
COAT: The National Perspective and Other Chapters
New South Wales Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals Conference
Sydney, 11 May 2007
Dr Kenneth Levy, Senior Member
Towards Greater Effectiveness in Offender Rehabilitation
Menzies Research Centre
Sydney, 9 September 2006
High Quality Corporate Reporting
Indonesian Institute of Accountants
Jakarta, 21 November 2006
Deane Jarvis, Deputy President
Procedural fairness as it applies in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Law Society of South Australia
Adelaide, 16 March 2007
Bruce Pascoe, Senior Member
An Insight into the AAT from the Inside
Taxation Institute of Australia
Melbourne, 22 March 2007
Regina Perton, Member
Therapeutic jurisprudence in the tribunal context
Victorian Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Melbourne, 26 October 2006
Overview of the AAT
Social Security Appeals Tribunal
Melbourne, 23 March 2007
Bernadette Rogers, Conference Registrar
ADR processes in the AAT
Bar Association of Queensland
Brisbane, 11 October 2006
Simon Webb, Member
Mock Hearing
Tribunal Advocacy Course, Department of Veterans' Affairs
Canberra, 8 June 2007