Appendix 8: Speeches, papers and other activities

This appendix provides information on speeches and papers given by Tribunal members and staff during 2006–07. It also provides information on training and education activities involving Tribunal members and staff.

Justice Garry Downes, President

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal: Building on 30 Years of Independent Merits Review

2006 Veterans' Law Conference

Surfers Paradise, 27 July 2006

The Security Appeals Division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal — Functions, Powers and Procedures

National Security Law Course, University of Sydney

Sydney, 13 September 2006

Australia and Thailand Comparative Administrative Law

Visit to Australia by Judges and Officials of the Administrative Courts of Thailand

Sydney, 5 February 2007

Decision-Writing

Superannuation Complaints Tribunal Members Conference

Melbourne, 1 March 2007

The Role of Courts and Tribunals

University of Sydney Foundations of Law Lecture

Sydney, 19 March 2007

Writing Reasons for Judgment or Decision

Administrative Courts of Thailand

Bangkok, 3 May 2007

The State of Administrative Justice in Australia

Canadian Council of Administrative Tribunals Fourth International Conference, World Report #1

Vancouver, 7 May 2007

Administrative Law and the Churches

Church Law Forum, Wesley Mission

Sydney, 17 May 2007

Future Directions: How Can We Make Administrative Law More Relevant?

2007 Administrative Law Forum, Australian Institute of Administrative Law

Canberra, 15 June 2007

Heather Baldwin, District Registrar

How a matter proceeds through the AAT

Bar Association of Queensland

Brisbane, 11 October 2006

Practice and Procedure of the AAT

Queensland Young Lawyers

Brisbane, 31 October 2006

Practice and Procedure of the AAT

North Queensland Law Association Conference 2007

Cairns, 1 June 2007

Narelle Bell, Senior Member

Decision-writing seminar (with Professor Jim Raymond)

New South Wales Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals

Sydney, September 2006

Decision-writing seminar(with Professor Jim Raymond, Jane Westaway and Margot Schwabb)

Judges of the National and Supreme Courts of Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby, 1–2 May 2007

Decision-writing seminar (with Professor Jim Raymond, Jane Westaway and Margot Schwabb)

Magistrates of the District Courts of Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby, 3–4 May 2007

Decision-writing seminar

Full-Time Members of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal

Sydney, 18 May 2007

James Constance, Senior Member

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal — Some Tips and Traps

Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory Seminar

Canberra, 7 February 2007

An Introduction to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Tribunal Advocacy Course, Department of Veterans' Affairs

Canberra, 4 June 2007

Recent Developments in Compensation Law under the Safety, Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1988 (Cth)

Australian Lawyers Alliance ACT Branch Conference

Canberra, 22 June 2007

Rodney Dunne, Senior Member

Running a Tax Dispute at the AAT

2007 SouthAustralianState Convention of the Taxation Institute of Australia

BarossaValley, 4 May 2007

Graham Friedman, Senior Member

Overview of the AAT

Social Security Appeals Tribunal

Melbourne, 23 March 2007

Justice Andrew Greenwood, Presidential member

Overview of the AAT

Bar Association of Queensland

Brisbane, 11 October 2006

Michael Griffin, Member

Legal issues for psychologists in commissions of inquiry

2007 Australian Defence Force Mental Health Conference

Sydney, 8 March 2007

Philip Hack SC, Deputy President

Advocacy in the AAT

Bar Association of Queensland

Brisbane, 11 October 2006

Development and role of the AAT

Government Lawyers Conference

Brisbane, 19 April 2007

Differences between judicial review and merits review

North Queensland Law Association Conference 2007

Cairns, 1 June 2007

Doug Humphreys, Registrar

COAT: The National Perspective and Other Chapters

New South Wales Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals Conference

Sydney, 11 May 2007

Dr Kenneth Levy, Senior Member

Towards Greater Effectiveness in Offender Rehabilitation

Menzies Research Centre

Sydney, 9 September 2006

High Quality Corporate Reporting

Indonesian Institute of Accountants

Jakarta, 21 November 2006

Deane Jarvis, Deputy President

Procedural fairness as it applies in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Law Society of South Australia

Adelaide, 16 March 2007

Bruce Pascoe, Senior Member

An Insight into the AAT from the Inside

Taxation Institute of Australia

Melbourne, 22 March 2007

Regina Perton, Member

Therapeutic jurisprudence in the tribunal context

Victorian Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Melbourne, 26 October 2006

Overview of the AAT

Social Security Appeals Tribunal

Melbourne, 23 March 2007

Bernadette Rogers, Conference Registrar

ADR processes in the AAT

Bar Association of Queensland

Brisbane, 11 October 2006

Simon Webb, Member

Mock Hearing

Tribunal Advocacy Course, Department of Veterans' Affairs

Canberra, 8 June 2007