Contents
Part 1 – Principal Member’s report
Part 2 – The role of the tribunals
- Merits review
- Matters reviewed by the MRT
- Matters reviewed by the RRT
- Applying for review
- The conduct of reviews
- Case management
- Information available to assist applicants
- Decisions
- Vision, purpose and values
- Performance framework
- Financial performance
- Overview of caseload
- Conduct of reviews
- Interpreters
- Outcomes of review
- Timeliness
- Judicial review
- Social justice and equity
- Complaints
- Migration agents
- Community and interagency liaison
- Major reviews
- Significant changes in the nature of functions or services
- Developments since the end of the year
- Case studies – Matters before the tribunals
Part 4 – Management and accountability
- Senior management
- Corporate and operational plans
- Ethical standards
- Risk management
- External scrutiny
- Whole-of-government reforms
- Freedom of information
- Human resources
- Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance
- Purchasing
- Asset management
- Consultancy services
- Purchaser/provider arrangements
- Discretionary grants
- Advertising and market research
- Correction of errors in previous annual report
Part 5 – Financial information
Appendix A – Additional caseload statistics
Appendix C – Additional staffing statistics
Appendix D – List of requirements
Glossary of terms and abbreviations
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
- Figures
- Figure 1 – MRT lodgements by case category
- Figure 2 – RRT lodgements by country
- Figure 3 – RRT lodgements by country for unauthorised maritime arrivals
- Figure 4 – RRT lodgements by country for all other applicants
- Figure 5 – Percentage of cases decided within time standards
- Figure 6 – Staff organisational chart as at 30 June 2013
- Figure 7 – MRT lodgements, decisions and cases on hand by quarter
- Figure 8 – MRT and RRT cases on hand as at 30 June 2013
- Figure 9 – RRT lodgements, decisions and cases on hand by quarter
- Figure 10 – MRT and RRT decisions
- Figure 11 – Number and age of cases on hand
- Tables
- Table 1 – The tribunals at a glance
- Table 2 – Independent Protection Assessment caseload
- Table 3 – Performance information and results
- Table 4 – Overview of the tribunals’ caseload
- Table 5 – Judicial review applications and outcomes
- Table 6 – Report against service standards
- Table 7 – Complaints finalised
- Table 8 – Issues raised in complaints to the tribunals
- Table 9 – Complaints to the Commonwealth Ombudsman
- Table 10 – Membership as at 30 June 2013
- Table 11 – Staff as at 30 June 2013
- Table 12 – Salary range pay points as at 30 June 2013
- Table 13 – Annual expenditure on consultancy contracts
- Table 14 – Expenditure on advertising services
- Table 15 – Agency resource statement 2012-13
- Table 16 – Expenses and resources for Outcome
- Table 17 – Lodgements
- Table 18 – Cases on hand at the end of the year
- Table 19 – Timeliness of reviews
- Table 20 – Outcomes of review
- Table 21 – Cases decided and set-aside rates
- Table 22 – Members and their appointment periods
- Table 23 – Ongoing and non-ongoing staff
- Table 24 – Members and staff by location as at 30 June 2013
- Table 25 – Members and staff by age as at 30 June 2013
- Table 26 – List of requirements