Annual Report 2007-08
Appendix 8: Speeches, papers and other activities
This appendix provides information on speeches and papers given by Tribunal members and staff during 2007-08. It also provides information on training and education activities involving Tribunal members and staff.
Justice Garry Downes, President
The Council of Australasian Tribunals: The National Perspective
General Meeting of the South Australian Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals
Adelaide, 14 August 2007
Partenariat Public Privé / Public Private Partnerships [French]
51st Union Internationale des Avocats Congress
Paris, 3 November 2007
Good Decision-Making
Australian Public Service Commission Forum of Commonwealth Agencies Conference (Government Business Conference)
Sydney, 7 March 2008
Legal Professional Privilege: Re Farnaby and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission [2007] AATA 1792
AAT Members Professional Development Session
Sydney, 27 March 2008
Alternative Dispute Resolution at the AAT
AAT Forum, New South Wales Law Week 2008
Sydney, 1–2 April 2008
Commentator on Keynote Address delivered by M P Frydman, President, Administrative Court of Appeal of Versailles on Administrative Justice in France
Issues for Merits Review Tribunals
Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration/Council of Australasian Tribunals Tribunals Conference
Gold Coast, 5–6 June 2008
Senior Member Narelle Bell
Decision-writing seminar (with Professor James Raymond)
New South Wales Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals
Sydney, September 2007
Decision-writing seminar (with Professor James Raymond)
Public Prosecutors and Public Defenders of Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby, August 2007
Decision-writing seminar (with Professor James Raymond)
Supreme Court of Singapore
Singapore, November 2007
Decision-writing seminar (with Professor James Raymond)
High Court and Sessions Court of Sabah and Sarawak
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, November 2007
Court craft seminar
Magistrates' Court, Sessions Court, High Court and Bar of Sarawak
Kuching, Malaysia, May 2008
District Registrar Catherine Cashen
Presentation with Commonwealth Ombudsman (Adelaide)
Social workers and community leaders' network
Adelaide, 19 March 2008
Megan Cassidy, Assistant Registrar
Learning from Each Other - A Co-Mentoring Program for Conference Registrars
Australian Court Educators' Conference
Sydney, 2 May 2008
Senior Member James Constance
Administrative Law Update
Public Sector In-House Counsel Forum
Canberra, 24-26 September 2007
Tribunal Advocacy Course, Department of Veterans' Affairs
Canberra, 23 June 2008
Senior Member Geri Ettinger
Alternative Dispute Resolution at the AAT
AAT Forum, New South Wales Law Week 2008
Sydney, 1–2 April 2008
Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Australian Taxation Office Litigation Forum
Melbourne, 8–9 May 2008
Deputy President Stephanie Forgie
The Role of Policy in Decision-Making
AGS Social Security Law Forum
Canberra, 2 November 2007
A Tribunal Member's Perspective on Advocacy in the AAT
Advocacy workshop for Centrelink Advocates including moots
Canberra, 27–28 March 2008
Decision-Makers and Review Bodies: Sharing a Common Path
AGS Workers' Compensation Forum
Canberra, 16 May 2008
Senior Member Graham Friedman
Presentation
Law Institute of Victoria Government Lawyers Conference
Melbourne, 6 July 2007
Member Stephen Frost
Alternative Dispute Resolution at the AAT [Presenter notes]
AAT Forum, New South Wales Law Week 2008
Sydney, 1–2 April 2008
Deputy President Philip Hack SC
The Importance of Flexibility
"Select perspectives on Practice and Procedure in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal - The View from the Bench", LexisNexis Professional Development Seminar
Brisbane, 19 July 2007
An Appeal to the AAT
Taxation Institute of Australia - Breakfast Club
Brisbane, 6 September 2007
Athena Harris-Ingall, Learning and Development Officer
The Law and Its Role in Practice
Australian Catholic University Master of Nursing Students
22 April 2008
Doug Humphreys, Registrar
Designing and Implementing a Professional Development Program for Administrative Appeals Tribunal Members
Australian Court Educators' Conference
Sydney, 2 May 2008
Senior Member Robin Hunt
Migration Law and Administrative Review in the AAT
Conference of legal practitioners and migration agents
October 2007
District Registrar Barry Johnson
Information Sessions on the AAT
Law Week
Perth, 6–9 May 2008
Professor Graham Johnston
View from the Bench
Science and the Expert Witness Seminar, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) and Expert Opinion Services University of New South Wales
Sydney, November 2007
Member Regina Perton
Administrative Review of Centrelink Decisions
Victoria Legal Aid Conference on Social Security Law and Practice
Melbourne, 16 November 2007
Conference Registrar Mary Rebehy
Alternative Dispute Resolution at the AAT
AAT Forum, New South Wales Law Week 2008
Sydney, 1–2 April 2008
Member Simon Webb
Tribunal Advocacy Course, Department of Veterans' Affairs
Canberra, 27 June 2008