About this report

This is a report on the operations of the Migration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal for the financial year 2008–09.

The Report is presented in 6 parts:

Part 1 is a report by the Principal Member. It includes a review of the Tribunals’ performance, a summary of significant developments and an outlook for the next year.

Part 2 is a report by the Registrar. It provides a summary of significant corporate and organisational developments.

Part 3 is an overview of the Tribunals’ roles and the way in which the Tribunals operate.

Part 4 contains a report on the performance of the Tribunals over the year. It includes assessments against performance indicators, an analysis of the work of the Tribunals over the year, and case statistics.

Part 5 contains information on governance, management and accountability.

Part 6 contains the audited financial statements for the year.

The Appendices set out a range of additional information.

Aids to access information

The contents page is located at page 5. A glossary of terms and abbreviations is located at page 144. An index is at page 154. An index of compliance with the Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act bodies issued by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in June 2009 is located at page 140.

Statistics

All statistics used in this report are of ‘cases’. Multiple applications for review are counted as a single case where the legislation provides that the applications for review can be combined, usually where members of a family unit have applied for the grant of visas at the same time.

 

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