FOI disclosure log

• What is a Fast-Track Hearing fact sheet;
• What happens at a hearing fact sheet; and
• Any policy updates or replacement policies since 2016.

• General Practice Direction dated 28 February 2019.
• Practice Direction -Review of National Disability Insurance Scheme Decisions dated 30 June 2015.
• Link to “Steps in a Review” for NDIS reviews: National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) | Administrative Appeals Tribunal (aat.gov.au).

Full access provided.

Documents available on the AAT website or by request at

[email protected]

• All accessibility and strategic plans relating to participants located in regional, rural, remote and very remote Australia; 
• Statistical and demographic data from 2013 to current relating to SSCSD participants located in regional, rural, remote, and very remote Australia, including, but not limited to postcode, indigenous status, gender, age, matter type, and hearing type (in-person vs remote); 
• All guidelines and procedure manuals for receiving an application in the SSCSD; 
• All guidelines and procedure manuals for the conduct of hearings in the SSCSD; 
• All guidelines and procedure manuals relating to Vulnerable Persons applicable to the SSCSD; 
• All guidelines and procedure manuals relating to remote hearings (including telephone, video and Microsoft Teams) in the SSCSD; and 
• All pre-hearing checklists for contact with unrepresented and/or remote parties applicable to the SSCSD.

Guidelines and Procedure manuals and plans relating to accessibility, welfare checks, conduct of reviews including hearings, witnesses, adjournment, submissions. 

List of postcodes, jurisdiction and payment types from 2019 onwards for SSCSD participants.

Full access provided to 21 documents.

Partial access provided to 20 documents

Refused access to: Statistical and demographic data from 2013 to current relating to SSCSD participants located in regional, rural, remote, and very remote Australia, including, but not limited to postcode, indigenous status, gender, age, matter type, and hearing type (in-person vs remote).

Access provided to list of postcodes, jurisdiction and payment types from 2019 onwards for SSCSD participants. 

Documents available on request at [email protected]

‘…between 01/01/2019 and 31/12/2023 those documents setting out the arrangements made for --

1. payments by way of daily rates as wages or salary or entitlements to be made to Senior Members and Members in each of the Divisions of the Tribunal in respect of each sitting day;
2. determining how the amount to be paid as wages or salary or entitlements to Senior Members and Members was made in each of the Divisions of the Tribunal in respect of each sitting day;
3. aggregating the sum or sums paid or to be paid as wages or salary or entitlements to Senior Members and Members in each of the Divisions of the Tribunal in respect of each sitting day in the event that the Senior Member or Member sat for less than 7 hours of the day;
4. Senior Members and Members in the Social Security and Child Support Division to be paid for sitting times on a sitting day.’

• Guidelines on Members' Terms and Conditions - 2016_Redacted
• Part Time Member Payment Guidelines General and Other Divisions
• Remuneration Tribunal (Judicial and Related Offices Remuneration and Allowances) Determination (No. 2) 2023
• SSCSD Member Handbook 25 January 2024 V4
• User-guide: part-time member pay system.

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

Full access provided.

Documents available on request at: [email protected]

• Representation of parties in applications finalised in the MRD from 2021-2023, by Registered Migration Agent and Legal Representative;
• Representation of parties in applications finalised in the IAA from 2021-2023.

1. Document set one: Email correspondence and other documents obtained from the Chief Legal Officer
2. Document set two: Email correspondence and other documents obtained from the Strategic Adviser to the Chief Operating Officer
3. Document set three: Email correspondence and other documents obtained from the Tribunal’s Human Resources team.

Partial access provided.

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

• No Jurisdiction Resource Guide
• MRD eligibility calculator (screenshot)
• National Registry Procedures – Raising Applications
• National Registry Procedures – Jurisdiction
• Documents publicly available, including MRD Procedural Law Guide chapters (available under FOI ref: 2022/0254), various Fact Sheets and Practice Directions (available at www.aat.gov.au)

Full access to 3 documents.

Partial access to 1 document.

Documents available on request at:

[email protected]

1. Resignation letters received from the members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Tribunal) who resigned on 8 May 2022;

…

3.Appointment letters received from the members of the Tribunal who were appointed on 9 May 2022;

• Resignation letters of 19 members who resigned from their roles effective 8 May 2022 for the purposes of reappointment. 
• The instrument of appointments signed by the Governor-General dated 17 March 2022 and 31 March 2022 showing members whose appointment commenced on 9 May 2022

Partial access provided.

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

Full access provided.

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

61 documents released in full.

8 documents released in part.

Documents available on request at [email protected]

Full access provided.

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

Pay slips of specified member

Documents showing all expenses paid to former DP Forgie

Emails relating to member pay claims

Documents relating to the drafting of the AAT Guidelines on pay for part time members

Budget allocated to part time AAT members

For 2017; 2018; 2019;2020;and 2021

Documents showing expenses paid to former DP Forgie except personal information

Documents relating to the drafting of the AAT Guidelines on pay for part time members

Budget allocated to part time AAT members

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

At what point in time (day/month/year) did the email address [email protected] become inactive?

At what point in time (day/month/year) did it cease to be possible to lodge review applications through Tribunal Online (TRON)?

What was/were the Tribunal’s complete physical address/es in the Norfolk Island from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021?

What was/were the Tribunal’s complete physical address/es in the Northern Territory from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021?

Date when the email address  [email protected] became inactive

Date when applications could no longer be lodged via Tribunal Online

Address of Norfolk Island Registry

Information relating to the AAT’s address in Northern Territory

Full release

Documents available on request at

Internal documents, instructions or guides that refer to SME / ARO in the Social Security and Child Support Division (SSCSD)

“Legal notes” issued to Members or staff referencing “refusal” grounds for hearing requests in the SSCSD

Internal procedure documents showing who completes the "review of officer of agency" field and "agency decision date” field in the SSCSD case management system

1. Case Management Guide: Dismissal – Centrelink
    
2. Case Management Guide: Dismissal of matters prior to hearing – Centrelink
    
3. Case Management Guide: Task card – Recording Centrelink’s Initial Response to AAT Statement Request

Full release of documents 1 and 2

Partial release of document 3

1. The AAT's Fraud Prevention and Control Plan (in particular as it relates to Child Support Fraud)
2. Criteria used for determining when to make an investigation and pursue prosecution or sanction against a parent that makes false and misleading statements in Child Support cases
3. Criteria used for determining when to ignore or cover-up false or misleading statements made in Child Support cases
4. Criteria used for determining whether false or misleading statements are 'significant', 'serious', 'material', 'minor', 'immaterial' or a matter of conjecture or 'misunderstanding'
5. Statistics relating to numbers of cases where false or misleading claims were made, whether the AAT investigated, prosecuted or issued cautions

Fraud Control Plan 2022

Recognising and Reporting Fraud

Item 1: Partial access provided

Items 2-5: Access refused

Number of matters before the AAT in which Screen Australia is a Respondent:

1. historically since 2008
2. since January 2020 to date
3. currently

Number of matters before the AAT in which Screen Australia is a Respondent:

1. historically since 2008
2. since January 2020 to date
3. currently

Full access provided 

Documents available on request at

Data relating to the cases finalised by Senior Member Raif and total members

Data relating to the cases finalised by Senior Member Raif and total members

Full access provided 

Documents available on request at

MRD Guidelines on Vulnerable Persons in force at 29 June 2016; and 10 January 2018.

MRD Guidelines on Vulnerable Persons dated July 2015.

MRD Guidelines on Vulnerable Persons dated July 2017.

Full access provided

Documents available on request at

Number of migration matters decided on the papers remitted to the Department of Home Affairs since 2014.

The visa subclasses represented for each year.

The percentage of total decisions made by the MRD that were remitted on the papers and how many applicants had legal representation. 

Data relating to MRD cases remitted without a hearing by financial year, including as a percentage of all MRD decisions.

Data relating to decisions remitted on the papers categorised by visa subclass.

Partial access provided 

Documents available on request at

Data relating to the cases finalised by Senior Member Raif and total members

Full access provided 

Documents available on request at

Documents relating to using the word “reviewed” on the AAT FOI Disclosure Log in FOI request 2022/0264

All versions of Chapter 2 of the MRD Legal Services Manual

Correspondence from the President or Division Head to MRD members about how they should use MRD Legal Services

Disclosure Log memos relating to FOI request 2022/0264

One email from Director of MRD Legal Services about the draft decision review service

Four archived versions of the MRD Legal Services manual

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

Documents regarding appointment and Oath of Office taken by a Senior Member

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

AAT User Feedback Survey reports for 2016-2022

MRD User Feedback Survey reports for 2016-2022

AAT User Feedback Survey reports for:

• 2016
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022

MRD User Feedback Survey reports for:

• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022

Full access provided 

Documents available on request at

All chapters of the MRD Procedural Law Guide (most recent edition).

All other Legal Commentary addressing substantive migration law issues (other than the Refugee Law guide) (most recent edition).

MRD Procedural Law Guide:

• Part 1: Pre-Hearing
• Part 2: Conduct of Review
• Part 3: The Hearing
• Part 4: Post Hearing and the Decision
• Part 5: Miscellaneous

Legal Commentary:

• Bridging visas
• Business
• Cancellation
• Family
• Character (non-MRD)
• Partner
• Procedural
• Skilled
• Student
• Visitor
• Other (MRD)

Consultation documents undertaken in FOI request reference 2022/0206

Number of draft decisions reviewed by MRD Legal Services in the years 2018-2022 and how many of these were found to be favourable to applicants

Outgoing emails (2) relating to consultation undertaken for FOI request 2022/0206, subject to redaction of last names of two officers.

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

AAT Complaint Handling Guidelines

Number of cases in the FOI division finalised by Member Anna Burke

Case notes of AAT cases

AAT Complaint Handling Guideline 

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

Policy, operational guidelines and other material directing and guiding the Tribunal’s General Division’s conducting of hearings and COVID-19

Registry Procedures Manual (RPM) - Chapters 1A & 8

G&OD Video hearings and ADR events using Microsoft Teams

In-person hearings with remote participants

Digital Member's File Application

Public access to hearings by phone or video.

General Division Character Practice Area Procedures

File referral form - GD character and related visa decisions

G&OD Virtual hearings using MS Teams

Fact Sheet - Expedited Review of Decisions under Section 501 or 501CA

Migration Act VISAEX Application - Indicative Timeline

Technology Checklist

COVID-19 Special Measures Practice Directions – FOI, General and Veterans Appeals Divisions

GD character and related visa decisions

User guide to video hearings using Microsoft Teams

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

Guidelines relating to MRD member hearing scheduling and decision making

Data relating to outcomes of judicial review in the MRD and GD and reasons for remittal

MRD Caseload Guidance for Members

Tables of information relating to remittals to the MRD and GD by consent and judgement

Full access provided

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

Registry Procedures Manual

Chapter 1: General administration

Chapter 1A: Administrative Procedures for Associates

Chapter 1B: Fees

Chapter 2: Receiving, Registering and Checking an Application

Chapter 2A: Decision types and subtypes

Chapter 3: Acknowledging receipt, Listing T documents and Outreach

Chapter 4: Interlocutory Applications

Chapter 5: conferencing Directions and Non-compliance

Chapter 6: Other ADR processes

Chapter 7: Summons

Chapter 8: Hearing Related Procedures

Chapter 9: Finalising Applications and Issuing Decisions

Chapter 10: Other AAT Applications

Chapter 11: Managing Applications in the NDIS Division

Chapter 12: Security Managing Applications in the Security Division

Chapter 14: Federal Court Appeals

Chapter 15: Records and Information Management Procedure

Chapter 16: Confidentiality and privacy and access to information in AAT cases

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

Data relating to withdrawals, hearing events and representation types of applicants in the NDIS

Full access provided

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

Feedback and comments provided by AAT personnel in relation to statutory review of the AAT

Full access provided

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

List of all AAT members in their roles on 21 May 2022 including the divisions appointed to, names, their tenure and whether they were part time or full time

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

Access to statistics and data on the decision-making patterns of individual decision makers from the AAT's Refugee Division from 17 May 2020 until 17 May 2022

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

Any document/s by which legal officers in the MRD section of the Tribunal have been conferred by the President with the function or power of providing legal advice to Members of the Tribunal about draft decision records in relation to Migration reviews

A full copy of the current Migration and Refugee Division Legal Services Section Manual

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

Breakdown of specified representation types for applicants in NDIS cases for the 2021-2022 reporting period

Full access provided

Documents available on request at

Full access provided

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

All documents relating to any directives, policies, guidelines, training material or communications provided by the AAT to Members regarding protection visa review

Documents relating to any key performance indicators that the AAT has set for members conducting protection visa reviews

Practice Directions and President’s Directions:

• COVID-19 Special Measures Practice Direction
• Practice Direction Migration and Refugee Matters
• Presidents Direction Conducting Migration and Refugee Reviews

Guidelines:

• Guidelines on Assessment of Credibility
• Guidelines on Gender and Guidelines on Vulnerable persons

Training material:

• All areas and relocation notes – August 2021
• BM Scenarios (relating to modification of behaviour)
• CP Revision Slides (relating to complementary protection training)
• DFV & Complementary protection (relating to domestic and family violence)
• Extract from Migration Act
• For reasons of 2 – FINAL (relating to domestic and family violence cases)
• Litigation and Ashmore slides – handout (relating to overview of judicial review and Ashmore Reef cases)
• LOGA (Law of General Application) scenarios
• Member Induction – Introduction to Protection – August 2021 – Day 1 and 2
• Member Introductory Remarks at Hearings
• Member protection and induction training – July 2021 – handout
• Member protection and induction training – May 2022 part 1 4
• Member protection and induction training – May 2022 part 2
• Member protection training – LOGA & BM
• Member protection training – Relocations & Third Country
• Member PV training – August 2021 – Program
• Member PV training – May 2022 – Program final
• MRD legal framework handout
• Overview Final (relating to domestic and family violence training)
• Procedural final (relating to domestic and family violence)
• Protection visa legislation as at 16 December 2014
• Protection final (relating to domestic and family violence)
• PV training module scenarios
• PV Common Remittal Reasons January 2021-January 2022 and January-October 2021
• Resource List handout
• Suggested structural format for PV decisions and hearings

National Protection Quarterly Meeting handouts:

• 11/11/21
• 19/5/22
• 19/8/21
• 20/5/21
• 24/2/22

MRD Caseload Guidance for Members

MRD case weighting model table

MRD caseload complexity by case category table

MRD caseload complexity by country spreadsheet

Letter to the former Attorney-General from the former President in response to a request for member performance data from the former Minister for Immigration

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

• documents that outline the Tribunal’s policy and / or procedures concerning defective administration by Tribunal employees.
• documents that outline the Tribunal’s policy and / or procedures concerning the Tribunal relisting matters due to error.
• documents that outline the Tribunal’s policy and / or procedures concerning the Tribunal’s internal review process.

• HR Policy – Managing Underperformance
• PD014 - Managing Misconduct
• HR Policy Summary – Managing Underperformance

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

Any correspondence sent by the President (or any other senior figure in the AAT) to serving Tribunal members in relation to the implementation of the recommendations of the Callinan Report

Any correspondence sent by serving Tribunal members to the President (or any other senior figure in the AAT) in relation to the implementation of the recommendations of the Callinan Report.

Any meeting minutes of senior Tribunal figures in relation to the implementation of the Callinan Report.

The practicing certificate and position description of a specific Senior Legal Officer

Any document governing the nature of the relationship between Member and the Senior Legal Officer

Any document which reveals whether the “memorandum of legal advice” is saved on any AAT document management system

Any document tending to show which staff members of the AAT have access to that document

Document showing what consideration was given to the waiver of privilege for a previous FOI request

Emails relating to the implementation of the Callinan recommendations

Minutes of the Senior Member Meeting held on 3 September 2019

Chapter 3 of the Legal Services Manual

Screenshot of staff who have access to the Legal Management System (names redacted)

Partial access provided

Documents available on request at

A member’s court remittal statistics (including specifically apprehended bias as the reason) from 2007

Table of requested information in addition to decisions made and decisions appealed for each financial year since 2007. 

Full access provided

Documents available on request at
[email protected]

Induction documents relating to the engagement of a Senior Member 

1. Assignment of non-presidential members
2. Remuneration Tribunal determination
3. Remuneration schedule
4. Conduct Guide for AAT members
5. Member Induction Program (day 1 and day 2)
6. Instrument of Appointment
7. Letter of Appointment  

Full access provided to 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Partial access granted to 6 and 7

Documents available on request at
[email protected]

The number of withdrawal outcomes for MRD cases for the last two years   

Table of the number of withdrawal outcomes for MRD cases between 1 May 2020 – 1 May 2022

Full access provided

Documents available on request at
[email protected]

Set of guidelines or rules relating to the use of social media for AAT members

1. Protocol relating to participation in public activities
2. Conduct Guide for AAT Members

Full access provided

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

ADR guidelines for Members and Conference Registrars 

• Guidelines for Members and Conference Registrars of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal under the NMAS February 2016
• AAT CRs Professional Development Handbook September 2011
• ADR Guidelines June 2006

Full access provided

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

Tribunal’s policy on the charter of human rights for a disability 

1. Strategic Statement on Accessibility
2. Accessibility plan: Users with disability
3. Accessibility plan: Remote and less mobile users
4. Accessibility Review

Full access provided

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

The number of each member's load of cases completed every year for Migration and refugee cases.
The number of each member's cases appealed to FC C , FC A, or High Court for Migration and refugee cases.
The number and ratio of each member's case that has been set aside by FC C , FC A or High Court for Migration and refugee cases.

Member case number information and finalisations completed for Migration and refugee cases.

Partial access granted

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

1. Guidelines on expert evidence – paper – 22 May 07
2. Guidelines on Expert Evidence
3. Guidelines relating to expert evidence – Paper – 20 June 08
4. Opinion Evidence and Concurrent Evidence Guidelines – 5 Dec 08 – Attachments
5. Opinion Evidence and Concurrent Evidence Guidelines – 5 Dec 08

Partial access granted

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

1. All chapters of the Immigration Assessment Authority Procedural Law Guide.
   IAA Procedural Law Guide
    
2. All chapters of the MRD Procedural Law Guide.
   Part 1 - Chapters 1-6
   Part 2 - Chapters 7-11
   Part 3 - Chapters 12-22
   Part 4 - Chapgers 23-29
   Part 5 - Chapgers 30-32-34-36
    
3. All other Legal Commentary addressing substantive migration law issues
   Bridging visas
   Business visas
   Cancellations
   family visas
   Other (MRD)
   Partner visas
   Protection visas
   Skilled visas
   Student visas
   Visitor visas

1. Full access provided
2. Full access provided
3. Partial access granted

Documents available on request at

[email protected]

1. The names of Members referred to in the applicant’s earlier request; whether they are full-time or part-time and, if part-time, what ratio of hours they are engaged.
2. The number of applications before the AAT from 1st January 2020 to 31 March 2021 that were finalised and the number finalised "on the papers" per member.

1. Names of Members and whether full or part time appointments.
2. Number of applications finalized during period and number finalised without issuing a hearing invitation.

1. Access granted in part.
2. Access granted in part.

Document available on request at:

[email protected]

1. Total number of on-hand cases in the AAT Adelaide Registry
2. Total number of on-hand cases in the AAT Adelaide Registry for the visa refusal of subclass 485
3. Total number of on-hand cases in the AAT for the visa refusal of subclass 485

1. Total number of Migration and Refugee Division on-hand cases in the Adelaide Registry on 14 January 2022: 2,212;
    
2. Total number of Migration and Refugee Division on-hand cases in the AAT Adelaide Registry for the visa refusal of subclass 485 on 14 January 2022: 59;
    
3. Total number of on-hand cases in all registries of the AAT for the visa refusal of subclass 485 on 14 January 2022: 804.

1. Table of monthly number of protection visa reviews lodged and finalised from 01/02/2020 to 15/12/2021 .
2. Static on hand protection visa case numbers for the Perth Registry on 01/02/2020: 2218 and on 15/12/2021: 2386

Full access provided

Document available on request at

Full access provided

Documents available on request at

Salary and allowance details for Deputy President John Pascoe and Deputy President Brian Rayment.

Various requests for caseload data relating to DP Pascoe and DP Rayment.

• Table: Deputy President John Pascoe
• Table: Deputy President Brian Rayment
• Question and Answer LCC-BE21-153

Partial access provided

Document available on request at 

[email protected]

Full access provided 

Documents available on request at

Referring to a memo dated 16 September 2013 from the AAT President to Members and Registrars:

1. Please provide copies of all submissions of the views from all of the members and key stakeholders that the President has referred to in this Memo.
2. Please provide a document which contains, outlines, lists or describes the 'developments since the first edition', which the President has referred to on page 3 of the Memo and were taken into consideration when updating sections of the Guide to Workers' Compensation Jurisdiction as referred to in this part of the Memo.

1. Submissions from Australian Government Solicitor
2. Submissions from Clarke Legal regarding implied undertaking
3. Submissions from Clarke Legal
4. Submissions from Law Council of Australia dated 27 February 2013
5. Submissions from Law Council of Australia dated 29 April 2013
6. Submissions from Senior Member of the AAT
7. Submissions from Comcare
8. Submissions from Department of Veterans’ Affairs
9. Submissions from Telstra
10. Update on Proposed Changes to Case Management in the Workers’ Compensation Jurisdiction dated 28 August 2013
11. Memo to staff – Changes to practice and procedure in the workers’ compensation jurisdiction dated 16 September 2013 
12. Memo to members, Conference Registrars and District Registrars – Changes to practice and procedure in the workers’ compensation jurisdiction and new practice directions
13. Memo to President – Submissions in response to consultation regarding proposed changes in the workers’ compensation jurisdiction dated June 2013

Partial access provided.

Documents available on request at: 

[email protected]

MRD case finalisation statistics for each financial year since 2016 split by representation status.

The number of MRD cases on hand for the same period, split by representation status.
 

The number of MRD cases finalised (divided by finalised categories) for the 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years, split by represented and non-represented.

The number of MRD cases on hand at the end of the 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years, split by represented and non-represented

Released in full

Documents available on request at: 

[email protected]

A request for access to: “…all documents containing correspondence sent or received by the Registrar of the Tribunal that relate to the Tribunal's handling of Freedom of Information Request No.2021/0062, excluding:

• any documents that the Tribunal provided to me on 31 August 2021;
• duplicate documents; and
• any documents that are already publicly available (e.g. questions on notice or answers to questions on notice)."

Partial access

Documents available on request at:

[email protected]

18/11/2021

1. Various AAT instructions, directions, suggestions, guidance, advice, templates, or policies relating to the AAT’s application of section 47C of the FOI Act.
2. The number of times a particular FOI Officer has refused or partially refused a request under s 47C
3. The number of times that same FOI Officer has had a decision to refuse access under s 47C changed, overturned, or not followed as a result of an application for internal review.
4. Documents which explain or elaborate upon what a particular FOI Officer, or any other Tribunal staff member, mean by the expressions “the finality of decision making” and “the public interest in the finality of decision making”

Four guidance documents relating to part one.

Two tables produced under s 17 of the FOI Act for parts 2 & 3.

Part one – documents released in full with irrelevant material removed under s 22 of the FOI Act.

Parts 2 & 3 – released in full.

Part 4 – refused – documents do not exist (s 24A of the FOI Act).

17/11/2021

Partial access

10/11/2021

Various statistics relating to non-compliance in the NDIS division.

Released in full

Document available on request at [email protected]

14/10/2021

Access to all documents relating to Question on Notice No. 4000 and Question on Notice No. 4001, both of which were placed on the Senate Notice Paper by Senator Kim Carr on 13 August 2021.

Partial access

Various statistics relating to the MRD, G&OD and the IAA

• Statistics on member  appointments under s.7(2)(a), (b) or (c) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
• Number of cases constituted/allocated in the MRD and G&OD
• Number of cases finalised in the MRD and G&OD
• Publication statistics
• Statistics relating to employment in the IAA

Released in Full

Documents relating to the development of section 6.5 of the Guide to Workers’ Compensation Jurisdiction

Documents relating to the development of section 6.5 of the Guide to Workers’ Compensation Jurisdiction

Partial access

Various statistics on NDIS cases before the Tribunal

Statistics released in full.

Operational information refused under s 24A

Access to all documents containing correspondence or communications – or containing a record of correspondence or communications – between the Tribunal and the Attorney-General, the Attorney-General’s office or the Attorney-General’s Department in relation to questions asked by Senator Kim Carr and taken on notice by the Tribunal following Budget Estimates 2020-21.

1036 folios of correspondence relating to questions asked by Senator Kim Carr and taken on notice by the AAT following Budget Estimates 2020-21.

Partial access

Document available on request at [email protected]

1. Total number of cases before the NDIS Division between 1 July 2021 to 31 June 2021
2. The total number of active NDIA cases before the AAT where at least one case conference occurred between 01 July 2020 - 31 June 2021

Total number of cases before the NDIS Division between 1 July 2021 to 31 June 2021.

Part 1 released in full

Part 2 refused under s 24A

Statistics on the number of decisions made by a former Tribunal Member

• Report of all decisions made by a former Tribunal Member, sourced from our current case management system
• Report of protection visa decisions made by a former Tribunal Member, sourced from our current case management system for the period from 1 April 2006 to 30 June 2017

Released in full

Document available on request at [email protected]

Request for the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA) expenditure by line item for the last five years. 

Full access

Documents available on request at [email protected]

Access to all documents containing correspondence or communications – or containing a record of correspondence or communications – between the Tribunal and the Attorney-General, the Attorney-General’s office or the Attorney-General’s Department in relation to questions asked by Senator Kim Carr and taken on notice by the Tribunal following Additional Estimates 2019-20.

261 folios of correspondence relating to questions asked by Senator Kim Carr and taken on notice by the AAT following Additional Estimates 2019-20.

Partial access

Documents available on request at [email protected]

• For the period 1 July 2015 until 31 March 2021, the number of times the AAT dismissed an application under section 42A(5) of the AAT Act where the Respondent is Comcare; and
• A list of these cases where information is publicly available on Austlii (with the Austlii citation).
• Guide to the Workers’ Compensation Jurisdiction – 1st Edition (March 2007)
• Guide to the Workers’ Compensation Jurisdiction – 2nd Edition (September 2013)

Partial access

Documents available on request at [email protected]

For each calendar year from 2016 to 2019 inclusively, the completion date of the first finalised:
a) fraud-risk assessment for purposes of s10(a) of the Rule, and
b) fraud/compliance audit implemented for purposes of s10(b/d) of the Rule.

Record of completion dates for finalised reports complying with the PGPA Rule 2014, for the years 2016 to 2019 inclusively.

Full access

Documents available on request at [email protected]

“Access to all documents released to FOI applicants since 20/9/2019,  I limit the scope to documents the release of which should have been subject to an entry in the Disclosure Log.”

All documents that were subject to publication on the disclosure log from 20 September 2019, up to the date of the FOI request. 

Full access

Documents available on request at [email protected]

Any guidance materials used by Registry Staff in the Migration and Refugee Division (MRD) to determine whether or not late applications are valid.

Various MRD guidance materials regarding the validity of applications.

Partial access

Documents available on request at [email protected]

A document that contains a list of all the position/job titles of every non-APS contractor working within your department.

List of contractors working at the AAT as at 17 August 2020.

Partial access

Documents available on request at [email protected]

“I seek a copy of the AAT's policy & procedures regarding the use of labour hire firms.

Please narrow this request to only include documents that meet this description that are, or have been available on the AAT's intranet, for use by the AAT's managerial staff when procuring labour hire services.”

1. Labour Hire and Procurement Rules 
2. Engaging and managing non-APS employees guide dated March 2020 (5 pages total)
3. Process – Engaging non-APS employees (flow chart)
4. Labour hire procedural guide – AAT 

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Launch Recruitment Pty Ltd – Terms of Agreement (redacted)

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Statistics relating to applications for review of decisions by the Department of Home Affairs to refuse an application for a Protection visa made by citizens of Saudi Arabia.

Statistics relating to applications for review of decisions by the Department of Home Affairs to refuse an application for a protection visa made by citizens of Saudi Arabia (as at 3 August 2020).

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Certain information redacted pursuant to sections 37 and 47F of the FOI Act.

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Data concerning the number of applicants who had legal representation in the NDIS division for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 January 2020.

Statistics relating to applications for review of decisions under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 that were finalised from 1 January 2019 to 31 January 2020.

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Parts A & B released in full.
Parts C & D refused under s 24A of the FOI Act.

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The number of applications lodged in the Veterans’ Appeals Division for the following periods: 

• 1 July 2018 to 31 December 2018,
• 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019,
• 1 July 2019 to 31 December 2019, and 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2020.

Applications lodged to the Veterans’ Appeals Division of the AAT for specified periods, as at 23 July 2020.

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Statistics relating to applications for review of decisions about protection visas under Part 7 of the Migration Act 1958 dealt with in the Migration and Refugee Division - By members - For applications finalised from 1 January 2015 to 18 May 2020.

Reports on the date each decision maker was appointed between 1 July 2015 to 18 May 2020.

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• Part 1 – Chapters 1-6
• Part 2 – Chapters 7-11
• Part 3 – Chapters 12-22
• Part 4 – Chapters 23-29
• Part 5 – Chapters 30-32, 34-36

• Bridging visas
• Business visas
• Cancellations
• Family visas
• Non-MRD
• Other (MRD)
• Partner visas
• Skilled visas
• Student visas
• Visitor visas

A copy of the following:

• Country Report: PAK34771
• Country Report CX157167: Pakistan; Punishment/Consequences for Deserting the Pakistan Army, 11 July, 2006

• Country Report: PAK34771
• Country Report CX157167: Pakistan; Punishment/Consequences for Deserting the Pakistan Army, 11 July, 2006

• A copy of statistics in relation to how many decisions under the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 have been made by the AAT since 1 July 2011.
• Statistics relating to the outcomes of those decisions

1. The number of RSMS/ENS Employer Nomination refusals where the applicant is based in Queensland.
2. The number of RSMS/ENS visa applications for the visa subclasses 187 and 186 respectively, where the applicant is based in Queensland.

The AAT’s statistical records of waiting times for Decisions and Reasons for the financial years 2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2007-08 & 2006-07

Correspondence of AAT Senior Executive staff about the time taken for Reasons for Decisions to be handed down by the AAT for Comcare applications

AAT reviews of decisions made under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988: Mean weeks from last substantive hearing or receipt of submissions, to decision

Email correspondence dated from 19 January 2018 until 2 March 2018

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• General and Other Divisions – New Registry Procedural Manual – Chapter 1: General administration: 1.3 How to assist parties in dealing with the AAT;
• General and Other Divisions – New Registry Procedural Manual – Chapter 2: Receiving, registering and checking an application: 2.2 Identifying an application for review;
• General and Other Divisions – New Registry Procedural Manual – Chapter 8: Hearing related procedures – 8.4 The day of the hearing;
• NDIS Disability Types for TRACS (a tribunal case management system);
• AAT Guidelines for the Conduct of Hearings in the NDIS Division;
• AAT Practice Direction – Review of National Disability Insurance Scheme Decisions;
• AAT Accessibility Strategic Statement 2017-2020 enclosing AAT Strategic Plan 2015-2020;
• AAT Website – ‘Accessibility’;
• AAT Intranet – ‘Corporate – Accessibility’
• AAT Service Charter;
• Migration and Refugee Division: Guidelines on Vulnerable Persons;
• Pre-hearing checklist for contact with unrepresented parties;
• NDIS Principles.
• General and Other Divisions – New Registry Procedural Manual – Chapter 3: Acknowledging receipt, listing T documents and outreach - 3.1 In this chapter; 3.2 Acknowledge receipt;
• General and Other Divisions – New Registry Procedural Manual – Chapter 11: Managing applications in the National Disability Insurance Scheme Division.

• FOI decision excerpt
• 2016-17 Appeals allowed

• Notice to the party requesting the summons to produce documents;·
• Notice to a person summoned to produce documents;·
• Chapter 6: Summons Procedures

• Purpose and functions of the IAA
• Conduct of review
• Decisions and Publication
• Notification by the IAA

• an email from Mr P Sweeney to the Assistant Treasurer dated 8 March 2014
• correspondence from the Office of the Assistant Treasurer to Mr Sweeney dated 8 April 2014 responding to a Freedom of Information request

• Notice of Declaration of Security Regulated Port – Port of Cape Preston made under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 dated 31 January 2013
• Port of Cape Preston Operating Requirements issued under the Shipping and Pilotage Act 1967 (WA) and the Shipping and Pilotage (Ports and Harbours) Regulations 1966 (WA)