2022/0240 |
12/12//2022 |
Policy, operational guidelines and other material directing and guiding the Tribunal’s General Division’s conducting of hearings and COVID-19
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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
Visa cancellation and refusal on character grounds |
Partial access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2022/0201 |
2/12/2022 |
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
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MRD Caseload Guidance for Members
Tables of information relating to remittals to the MRD and GD by consent and judgement
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Full access provided
Partial access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2022/0228 |
22/11/2022 |
Registry Procedures Manual
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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
Chapter 17: Warrants |
Partial access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2022/0221 |
18/11/2022 |
Data relating to withdrawals, hearing events and representation types of applicants in the NDIS
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Tables of information relating to number of cases with each representative type, numbers of withdrawn applications and hearing events for the period of 2018/19 |
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2022/0195 |
31/10/2022 |
Feedback and comments provided by AAT personnel in relation to statutory review of the AAT
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Feedback: Report on the Statutory Review of the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 |
Full access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2022/0203 |
28/10/2022 |
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
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AAT table of statutory appointments (as as 21 May 2022) |
Partial access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2022/0070 |
24/10/2022 |
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
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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 17 May 2020 until 17 May 2022 |
Partial access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2022/0160 |
10/10/2022 |
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
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Chapters 1-14 of Legal Services Manual |
Partial access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2022/0159 |
19/09/2022 |
Breakdown of specified representation types for applicants in NDIS cases for the 2021-2022 reporting period
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Tabled information relating to number of cases with each representative type |
Full access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2022/0166 |
05/09/2022 |
Authorisation of AAT staff to make decisions in relation to FOI requests |
Authorisation made by AAT Registrar on 1 July 2015 pursuant to paragraph 10A(1)(b), subsection 23(1) and paragraph 54B(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
Full access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2022/0069 |
30/08/2022 |
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
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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
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Partial access provided
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2022/0116 |
26/07/2022 |
- 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.
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- HR Policy – Managing Underperformance
- PD014 - Managing Misconduct
- HR Policy Summary – Managing Underperformance
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Partial access provided
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LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2022/0092 |
22/07/2022 |
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
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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)
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Partial access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2022/0056 |
14/06/2022 |
A member’s court remittal statistics (including specifically apprehended bias as the reason) from 2007
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Table of requested information in addition to decisions made and decisions appealed for each financial year since 2007.
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Full access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2022/0059 |
7/06/2022 |
Induction documents relating to the engagement of a Senior Member
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- Assignment of non-presidential members
- Remuneration Tribunal determination
- Remuneration schedule
- Conduct Guide for AAT members
- Member Induction Program (day 1 and day 2)
- Instrument of Appointment
- Letter of Appointment
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Full access provided to 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Partial access granted to 6 and 7
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2022/0065 |
3/06/2022 |
The number of withdrawal outcomes for MRD cases for the last two years
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Table of the number of withdrawal outcomes for MRD cases between 1 May 2020 – 1 May 2022
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Full access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2022/0075 |
30/05/2022 |
Set of guidelines or rules relating to the use of social media for AAT members
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- Protocol relating to participation in public activities
- Conduct Guide for AAT Members
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Full access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2022/0054 and 2022/0068 |
05/05/2022 and 23/05/2022 |
ADR guidelines for Members and Conference Registrars
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- 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
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Full access provided
Documents available on request atLPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2022/0053 |
20/05/2022 |
Tribunal’s policy on the charter of human rights for a disability
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- Strategic Statement on Accessibility
- Accessibility plan: Users with disability
- Accessibility plan: Remote and less mobile users
- Accessibility Review
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Full access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2022/0029 |
13/05/2022 |
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.
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Member case number information and finalisations completed for Migration and refugee cases.
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Partial access granted
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2022/0040 |
26/04/2022 |
Persons Giving Expert and Opinion Evidence guide and any material behind the creation of this guide including how the need arose for this guide |
- Guidelines on expert evidence – paper – 22 May 07
- Guidelines on Expert Evidence
- Guidelines relating to expert evidence – Paper – 20 June 08
- Opinion Evidence and Concurrent Evidence Guidelines – 5 Dec 08 – Attachments
- Opinion Evidence and Concurrent Evidence Guidelines – 5 Dec 08
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Partial access granted
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2021/0179 |
28/02/2022 |
Recent (2021version) of all legal commentary produced by the Migration and Refugee Division’s Legal Services team including: all chapters of the MRD Procedural Law Guide, all chapters of the IAA Procedural Law Guide; and all other Legal Commentary addressing substantive migration law issues (other than the Guide to Refugee Law) |
- All chapters of the Immigration Assessment Authority Procedural Law Guide.
IAA Procedural Law Guide
- 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 - Chapters 23-29
Part 5 - Chapters 30-32-34-36
- 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
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1. Full access provided
2. Full access provided
3. Partial access granted
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2021/0188 |
18/02/2022 |
- 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.
- 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.
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- Names of Members and whether full or part time appointments.
- <>Number of applications finalized during period and number finalised without issuing a hearing invitation.
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- Access granted in part.
- Access granted in part.
Document available on request at:
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2022/0007 |
18/02/2022 |
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
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- Total number of Migration and Refugee Division on-hand cases in the Adelaide Registry on 14 January 2022: 2,212;
- 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;
- Total number of on-hand cases in all registries of the AAT for the visa refusal of subclass 485 on 14 January 2022: 804.
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Full access provided |
2021/0216 |
18/02/2022 |
The monthly number of protection visa reviews lodged, reviewed and finalised at the Perth centre for the period 01/02/2020 to15/12/2021. Total number of protection visa applications on hand at the Perth centre for the period 01/02/2020 to 15/12/2021. |
- Table of monthly number of protection visa reviews lodged and finalised from 01/02/2020 to 15/12/2021
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- Static on hand protection visa case numbers for the Perth Registry on 01/02/2020: 2218 and on 15/12/2021: 2386
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Full access provided
- Document available on request at:
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2021/0203 |
11/02/2022 |
The number of represented/unrepresented applicants, across all divisions (as provided in the FY 2019-20 Annual Report) for the period FY 2015-16 to FY 2018-19, inclusive. |
4 tables of representative information |
Full access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2021/0164 |
03/12/2021 |
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.
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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
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Released in full
Documents available on request at:
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2021/0176 |
26/11/2021 |
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)."
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21 folios of correspondence relating to the Tribunal’s handling of FOI request 2021/0062. |
Partial access
Documents available on request at:
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2021/0180 |
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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”
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Four guidance documents relating to part one.
Two tables produced under s 17 of the FOI Act for parts 2 & 3.
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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).
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2021/0161 |
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All documents relating to Questions on Notice LCC-BE20-126 and LCC-BE20-127 that were created by, or sent to, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 15 December 2020 to 27 May 2021, inclusive except documents from a specified administrative officer. |
236 folios of correspondence relating to Question on Notice LCC-BE20-126 and LCC-BE20-127 |
Partial access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2021/0165 |
10/11/2021
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Various statistics relating to non-compliance in the NDIS division.
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Total number of non-compliance events listed for all cases (finalised and active cases) - National Disability Insurance Scheme - 2020-21. |
Released in full
Document available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2021/0156 |
14/10/2021
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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.
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176 folios of correspondence relating to Question on Notice no. 4000 and Question on Notice no. 4001 asked by Senator Kim Carr. |
Partial access
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2021/0063 |
28/09/2021 |
Various statistics relating to the MRD, G&OD and the IAA
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- 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
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Released in Full
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2021/0139 |
15/09/2021 |
Documents relating to the development of section 6.5 of the Guide to Workers’ Compensation Jurisdiction
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Documents relating to the development of section 6.5 of the Guide to Workers’ Compensation Jurisdiction
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Partial access
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2021/0124 |
13/09/2021 |
Various statistics on NDIS cases before the Tribunal and operational information relating to the NDIS |
Various statistics on NDIS cases before the Tribunal
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Statistics released in full.
Operational information refused under s 24A
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2021/0062 |
31/08/2021 |
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.
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1036 folios of correspondence relating to questions asked by Senator Kim Carr and taken on notice by the AAT following Budget Estimates 2020-21.
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Partial access
Document available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2021/0130 |
24/08/2021 |
- Total number of cases before the NDIS Division between 1 July 2021 to 31 June 2021
- The total number of active NDIA cases before the AAT where at least one case conference occurred between 01 July 2020 - 31 June 2021
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Total number of cases before the NDIS Division between 1 July 2021 to 31 June 2021.
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Part 1 released in full
Part 2 refused under s 24A
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2021/0127 |
23/08/2021 |
Statistics on the number of decisions made by a former Tribunal Member
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- 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
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Released in full
Document available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2021/0101 |
06/07/2021 |
Request for the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA) expenditure by line item for the last five years.
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Immigration Assessment Authority’s expenditure by line item for the financial years 1 July 2016 until 31 May 2021. |
Full access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2021/0061 |
02/06/2021 |
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.
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261 folios of correspondence relating to questions asked by Senator Kim Carr and taken on notice by the AAT following Additional Estimates 2019-20.
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Partial access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2021/0046 |
02/06/2021 |
Access to various statistics relating to applications for review of Comcare decisions and documents relating to the production of the AAT Guide Workers’ Compensation Jurisdiction.
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- 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)
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Partial access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2021/0036 |
29/03/2021 |
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.
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Record of completion dates for finalised reports complying with the PGPA Rule 2014, for the years 2016 to 2019 inclusively.
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Full access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2020/0088 |
28/08/2020 |
Any guidance materials used by Registry Staff in the Migration and Refugee Division (MRD) to determine whether or not late applications are valid.
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Various MRD guidance materials regarding the validity of applications.
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Partial access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2020/0085 |
28/08/2020 |
A document that contains a list of all the position/job titles of every non-APS contractor working within your department.
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List of contractors working at the AAT as at 17 August 2020.
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Partial access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2020/0068 |
17/08/2020 |
Contracts between the AAT and Launch Recruitment Pty Ltd |
Launch Recruitment Pty Ltd – Terms of Agreement (redacted)
Labour hire Purchase Orders (redacted) |
Partial access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2020/0083 |
28/07/2020 |
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.
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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 (as at 3 August 2020).
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Partial access
Certain information redacted pursuant to sections 37 and 47F of the FOI Act.
>Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2020/0071 |
28/07/2020 |
Data concerning the number of applicants who had legal representation in the NDIS division for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 January 2020.
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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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Partial access
Parts A & B released in full.
Parts C & D refused under s 24A of the FOI Act.
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2020/0070 |
28/07/2020 |
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.
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Applications lodged to the Veterans’ Appeals Division of the AAT for specified periods, as at 23 July 2020.
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Full access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2020/0046 |
17/07/2020 |
Access to statistics and data on the decision-making patterns of individual decision makers from the AAT's Refugee Division from 1 January 2015 to 18 May 2020. |
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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Partial access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2020/0040 |
10/07/2020 |
The total number of Ministerial Intervention referrals per financial year under s 351 and s 417 of the Migration Act 1958 made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. |
Number of referrals made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for consideration to be given to Ministerial intervention under section 351 or 417 of the Migration Act 1958 |
Full access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2020/0038 |
03/06/2020 |
FOI Handbook |
FOI Handbook – updated 8 January 2020 (redacted) |
Partial access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2019/0125 |
07/02/2020 |
Access to statistics and data on the decision-making patterns of individual decision makers from the AAT's Refugee Division from 1 January 2015 to 5 December 2019. |
>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 5 December 2019 |
Full access
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au
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2019/55 |
19/09/2019 |
All legal commentary produced by the Migration and Refugee Division's Legal Services team including: - all chapters of the MRD Procedural Law Guide - all chapters of the IAA Procedural Law Guide; and - all other Legal Commentary addressing substantive migration law issues (other than the Guide to Refugee Law). |
MRD Procedural Law Guide
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
MRD Commentary
Bridging visas
Business visas
Cancellations
Family visas
Non-MRD
Other (MRD)
Partner visas
Skilled visas
Student visas
Visitor visas
IAA Prodecural Law Guide
IAA Procedural Law Guide |
Full access |
2019/0036 |
31/05/2019 |
A copy of the following:
- Country Report: PAK34771
- Country Report CX157167: Pakistan; Punishment/Consequences for Deserting the Pakistan Army, 11 July, 2006
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- Country Report: PAK34771
- Country Report CX157167: Pakistan; Punishment/Consequences for Deserting the Pakistan Army, 11 July, 2006
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Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2019/0029 |
07/05/2019 |
A request for access to a copy of the guidelines on vulnerable persons issued by the Migration and Refugee Division as in force in April 2017 |
Migration and Refugee Division - Guidelines on Vulnerable Persons – July 2017. |
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2019/0017 |
29/04/2019 |
- 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
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Outcomes of Comcare reviews - Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - 2011-12 to 2017-18 and 2018-19 to 31 March 2019 |
2019/0004 |
21/02/2019 |
Statistics relating to Standard Business applications |
Statistics relating to Standard Business applications |
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2018/0056 |
20/12/2018 |
Procedural guidelines and training material for members to use when drafting AAT decisions. |
Procedural guidelines and training material for members to use when drafting AAT decisions. |
Documents available upon request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2018/0054 |
19/12/2018 |
Statistics on the number of RSMS/ENS Employer Nomination refusals and RSMS/EMS visa applications for the visa subclasses 187 and 186 that were filed in 40 different Queensland postcodes annually from 2012. Scope of the request was subsequently revised to:
- The number of RSMS/ENS Employer Nomination refusals where the applicant is based in Queensland.
- The number of RSMS/ENS visa applications for the visa subclasses 187 and 186 respectively, where the applicant is based in Queensland.
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RSMS/ENS visa applications for the period 2012-2018 |
Part 1 refused under section 17(2) of the FOI Act. Part 2 released in full. |
2018/0040 |
05/12/2018 |
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
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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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Partial access provided
Documents available on request at
LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2017-18 88 |
26/07/2018 |
Documents relating to the accessibility of the AAT for participants with a disability. |
- 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.
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Partial access was provided with some information removed under section 47E(d)
Two documents were refused under section 47C of the FOI Act.
Documents available on request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2018/0007 |
24/07/2018 |
Statistics on the review outcomes for unauthorized maritime arrivals by country from 2015 to present on 6 July 2018. |
Refugee UMA caseload outcomes by country of reference, 2015-16 to 2017-18 |
Full access |
2017/18 72 |
03/05/2018 |
Access to the document titled '2016-17 appeals allowed.pdf' and/or any document containing the names of members who presided over the matters listed in '2016-17 appeals allowed.pdf' that also explains which member presided over which matter. |
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Partial access was provided with information redacted under section 38 of the FOI Act. |
2017/18 66 |
04/04/2018 |
Dates of AAT decisions that overturned bridging visa cancellations made under s116 of the Migration Act 1958 or the Code in the period from 27 April 2014 to 30 August 2016. |
Tribunal decisions made between 27 April 2014 and 30 August 2016, setting aside (S/A) DIBP decisions to cancel bridging visas |
Full access |
2017/18 62 |
03/04/2018 |
Request for access to 14 AAT/Migration and Refugee Tribunal decisions to set aside bridging visa cancellations, where the bridging visa was cancelled under s 116(1)(g) of the Migration Act 1958 (Migration Act) and r 2.43(1)(p) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Migration Regulations). |
12 AAT/MRT-RRT decisions to set aside bridging visa cancellations, where the bridging visa was cancelled under s 116(1)(g) of the Migration Act 1958 and r 2.43(1)(p) of the Migration Regulations 1994. |
Partial access was provided with personal information redacted under section 46(b) and 47F of the FOI Act.
2 decision records were refused under section 46(b) of the FOI Act.
Documents available upon request at LPExtFeedback@aat.gov.au |
2017/18 55 |
19/03/2018 |
A copy of Refugee Review Tribunal, Country Advice – Pakistan, No. PAK40523, dated 25 June 2012 |
Refugee Review Tribunal, Country Advice – Pakistan, No. PAK40523, dated 25 June 2012 |
Partial access was provided with personal information redacted under section 47F of the FOI Act. |
2017/18 48 |
15/02/2018 |
Part 1: Access to AAT procedures in relation to summons submitted by unrepresented and represented litigants;
Part 2: Any documents which would assist in understanding the origins of the policy, the legislation upon which the policy is based, and whether the procedure has been judicially tested. |
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Full access provided with the exception of irrelevant information deleted or redacted under section 22 of the FOI Act.
No documents were found in relation to part 2 of the request. Access was therefore refused under section 24A of the FOI Act. |
2017/18 46 |
06/02/2018 |
All documents which contain information regarding which powers the Minister for Immigration has delegated to the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA) and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) as well as the positions within the IAA and the AAT that have ability to exercise those powers. |
Instrument of Delegation 2015 |
Full access provided with the exception of some information which was deleted or redacted under section 22 of the FOI Act. |
2017/18 42 |
22/01/2018 |
Access to all data, information or statistics for the past 6 months about the total number of NDIS applications which have been made to the AAT, the States in which the applications were lodged, and the proportion of applications that were lodged by a disability advocacy organisation. |
Applications to the AAT for review of decisions made under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 – 21 June 2017 to 21 December 2017 |
Full access |
2017/18 38 |
6/12/2017 |
IAA Procedural Law Guide, chapters 1.5; 1.7; 1.8; 2; 3.2; 4 |
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Full access provided with the exception of irrelevant information deleted under section 22 of the FOI Act. |
2017/18 39 |
30/11/2017 |
Statistics on the number of cases lodged against Comcare in the AAT by year, for the last ten years |
Cases lodged against Comcare in the AAT for the last ten years |
Full access |
2017/18 25 |
20/10/17 |
Average and median processing times for reviews of Subclass 187 refusals in the MRD, for the 2016/17 financial year. |
Average and median processing times for reviews of Subclass 187 refusals. |
Full access |
2017/18 05 |
14/08/2017 |
Comments for the Australian Refugee Review Tribunal by C.A Thayer and RRT Research Response VNM31954 |
RRT Research Response VNM31954 |
Full access |
2016/140 |
11/07/16 |
Copies of supporting materials, guidance or directions for Tribunal Members of the MRD, whether published or not, relevant to decisions to dismiss an application under s362B(1A)(b) of the Migration Act 1958, and to reinstate an application dismissed under s362B(1A)(b). Copies of any correspondence made internally or between AAT employees and government or judicial bodies regarding the above. |
Selections from Legislation Bulletin 02/2015 and Procedural Law Guide
Notification from MRT-RRT Principal Member to Members of the change to legislation
MRD Fact Sheet - Attending a hearing
MR20 Fact sheet – Information about dismissal of applications |
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2015/1 |
07/08/15 |
Audio recordings and documents relating to the Migration Review Tribunal (MRT) matters of 1403464 and 1217571 |
Documents relating to the Migration Review Tribunal (MRT) matter of 1403464 |
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2014/11 |
29/10/14 |
Documents relating to 2014/2804 - Re Dank and Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel |
Documents lodged with the AAT or generated by the AAT for the purposes of the case. |
Of the 17 documents within the scope of the request, 2 were transferred to another agency, 12 were released in full, and 3 were released with redactions on the basis of s 47F of the Freedom of Information Act 1982. |
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19/09/14 |
Application for review of a decision lodged with the AAT in 2013/1823 – Re Mineralogy Pty Ltd and Secretary, Department of Infrastructure and Transport |
Application for Review of Decision form lodged with the AAT Attachment to the application for review: email from the Department of Infrastructure and Transport to Mineralogy Pty Ltd |
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2014/10 |
02/09/14 |
Copy of:
- 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
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An email from Mr P Sweeney to the Assistant Treasurer dated 8 March 2014 (PDF, 208 KB)Correspondence from the Office of the Assistant Treasurer to Mr Sweeney dated 8 April 2014 responding to a Freedom of Information request (PDF, 1.14 MB) |
2014/09 |
02/09/14 |
Copy of a Deed of Variation dated 26 August 1986 relating to a superannuation fund. |
Deed dated 26 August 1986 relating to the superannuation fund (PDF, 1.9 MB) |
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2014/08 |
30/06/14 |
Copy of a Deed of Variation dated 20 November 1974 relating to “The Provident Fund”. |
Deed of Variation dated 20 November 1974 relating to “The Provident Fund” (PDF, 733 KB) |
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2014/07 |
20/08/14 |
Application for review of a decision lodged with the AAT in 2013/1823 – Re Mineralogy Pty Ltd and Secretary, Department of Infrastructure and Transport |
Two documents attached to the application for review lodged with the AAT.
- 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)
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2014/01 |
10/02/14 |
Copy of a consolidated Deed of Variation dated 6 May 1958 relating to “The Provident Fund”. |
Deed of Variation dated 6 May 1958 relating to "The Provident Fund" (PDF, 3.08 MB) |
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