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.

Table A6.1 Speeches and presentations, 2016–17

TITLE/ROLE	EVENT/ORGANISATION	SPEAKER(S)	DATE
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

Table A6.2 Training and other engagement activities, 2016–17

TITLE/ROLE	EVENT/ORGANISATION	PARTICIPANT(S)/ PRESENTER(S)	DATE
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

Table A6.3 Publications, 2016–17

TITLE	AUTHOR	CITATION/PUBLISHER
‘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.

Table A6.4 Service on committees, 2016–17

ORGANISATION	PARTICIPANT	ROLE
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