| FOI reference number | Date of access | FOI request | Information published in the disclosure log | Other information |
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| 2024/0189 | 10/09/2024 | Emails in the electronic mailbox of the FOI decision maker in 2024/0168 related to that request and any consultation undertaken for that request | Emails relating the processing of the FOI request (ref 2024/0168) and internal emails sourcing documents | Partial access provided Document available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0206 | 30/08/2024 | AAT Members that have requested the MRD Legal section to check a draft of any of their decisions between 1 January 2018 to 10 October 2022 | Document produced from data held by the Tribunal’s legal case management system. | Full access provided. Document available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2024/0164 | 28/08/2024 | FOI and Privacy training materials and templates |
| Full access provided to templates Partial access provided to training materials Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au. |
| 2024/0154 | 08/08/2024 | Request for access to AAT’s Normal Administrative Practice policy (or policies) for the purposes of the Archive Act which have been in effect since 2019 |
| Full access provided to documents Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au. |
| 2024/0144 | 08/08/2024 | Documents relating to competency to give evidence, minors and vulnerable people before the Tribunal and joint hearings |
| Full access provided to documents 1, 2 and 3 Partial access granted to documents 4 to 7 Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au. |
| 2024/0155 | 07/08/2024 | Relationship between the Tribunal, Attorney-General’s Department and the Department of Home Affairs | Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Tribunal and the Department of Home Affairs | Partial access provided to the document Document is available on request at FOI@art.gov.au. |
| 2024/0137 | 1/08/2024 | Documents relating to the changes to the Migration Act upon the establishment of the Administrative Review Tribunal |
| Full access provided to documents 1-3 Partial access provided to documents 4-5 Document available on request at FOI@art.gov.au. |
| 2024/0116 | 18/07/2024 | Statistics on total number of cases decided, by Deputy President Peter Britten-Jones, that were appealed to the Federal Court, whether the appeals were successful or unsuccessful, and decisions remitted by the Federal Court reconsidered by Deputy President Peter Britten-Jones since his appointment until 3 June 2024 | Statistics on total number of cases decided, by Deputy President Peter Britten-Jones, that were appealed to the Federal Court, whether the appeals were successful or unsuccessful since his appointment until 3 June 2024 | Full access provided to report with statistics on total number of cases decided, by Deputy President Peter Britten-Jones, that were appealed to the Federal Court, whether the appeals were successful or unsuccessful since his appointment until 3 June. Refused access statistics on number of decisions remitted by the Federal Court reconsidered by Deputy President Peter Britten-Jones since his appointment until 3 June 2024. Document available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2024/0108 | 04/07/2024 | Individual remittal and affirm rates for all AAT members in Victoria (current or former) in relation to applicants from Swat Valley, Pakistan seeking review of decisions to refuse to grant them a protection visa, since 1 January 2016 | Individual remittal and affirm rates for Tribunal members in Victoria (both current and former) in relation to applicants from Pakistan seeking review of decisions to refuse to grant protection visa from 1 January 2016 to 31 May 2024 | Full access provided to document Document available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2024/0074 | 2/5/2024 |
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| Information published subject to section 11C(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 Documents available by request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2024/0043 | 29/4/2024 | A copy of the AAT training guidelines for Members and other staff on visa refusals’ under s36(1C) of the Migration Act, and the processing guidelines for Protection Visa matters within the AAT |
| Full access to 3 documents Partial access to 8 documents Refused access to 4 documents Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2024/0046 | 2/4/2024 |
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| Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2024/0006 | 25/3/2024 |
| 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2024/0019 | 16/2/2024 | ‘…between 01/01/2019 and 31/12/2023 those documents setting out the arrangements made for --
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| Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2024/0012 | 14/02/2024 | Any written policies, procedures or guidelines concerning disclosure and management of potential conflicts of interest by senior members of the AAT around February 2012 | Extract of Members’ Handbook 2010 version that is relevant to the request | Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0278 | 17/1/2024 | A request for the number of applicants legally represented or represented by a registered migration agent for cases decided in the MRD and the IAA from 2021 – 2023 |
| Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0220 | 7/12/2023 | Documents held by the AAT relating to the development, drafting, purpose, inclusion, and any consultation in relation to clause 2.5.4 of Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2005/11 Judicial and Related Offices – Remuneration and Allowances |
| Partial access provided. Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0240 | 21/11/2023 | Internal procedures and guidance materials that relate to applications lodged ‘out of time’ in the Migration and Refugee Division |
| Full access to 3 documents Partial access to 1 document Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0038 | 14/11/2023 | 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 |
| Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0173 | 10/11/2023 | Statistics relating to outcome for review of decisions under Part 5 of the Migration Act 1958 dealt with in MRD – By members - For applications finalised from 1 January 2018 to 18 August 2023 | Statistics relating to outcome for review of decisions under Part 5 of the Migration Act 1958 dealt with in MRD – By members - For applications finalised from 1 January 2018 to 18 August 2023 | Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0230 | 8/11/2023 | AAT estimates briefing pack for the October 2022 and November 2022 Budget Estimates | 61 documents released in full 8 documents released in part | Documents available on request at FOI@aat.gov.au |
| 2023/0227 | 30/10/2023 | Annexure C of the Other Party's Further Updated Statement of Facts, Issues and Contentions (OPSFIC ) in the matter of HYYL and Privacy Commissioner [2023] AATA 2961 | Annexure C of the Other Party's Further Updated Statement of Facts, Issues and Contentions (OPSFIC ) in the matter of HYYL and Privacy Commissioner [2023] AATA 2961 | Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0167 | 21/9/2023 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0172 | 11/9/2023 | At what point in time (day/month/year) did the email address registry@mrt-rrt.gov.au 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 registry@mrt-rrt.gov.au 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0177 | 24/8/2023 | 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 |
| Full release of documents 1 and 2 Partial release of document 3 |
| 2023/0156 | 9/8/2023 |
| Fraud Control Plan 2022 Recognising and Reporting Fraud | Item 1: Partial access provided Items 2-5: Access refused |
| 2023/0142 | 1/8/2023 | Number of matters before the AAT in which Screen Australia is a Respondent:
| Number of matters before the AAT in which Screen Australia is a Respondent:
| Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0138 | 31/7/2023 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0146 | 21/7/2023 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0116 | 16/6/2023 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0104 | 19/6/2023 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0091 | 22/05/2023 | 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 Legal advice received by the AAT | 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 Two emails from the Division Head of the MRD to Members relating to the draft decision review service provided by MRD Legal Services | Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0030 | 20/02/2023 | Documents regarding appointment and Oath of Office taken by a Senior Member | Oath of Office taken by a Senior Member | Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2023/0024 | 20/02/2023 | AAT User Feedback Survey reports for 2016-2022 MRD User Feedback Survey reports for 2016-2022 | AAT User Feedback Survey reports for:
MRD User Feedback Survey reports for:
| Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0254 | 17/02/2023 | 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:
Legal Commentary:
| Partial access provided |
| 2022/0264 | 30/01/2023 | 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 Tabled information containing information relating to draft decisions reviewed by MRD Legal Services | Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0258 | 16/01//2023 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | 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 FOI@art.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 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0228 | 22/11/2022 | 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 Chapter 17: Warrants | Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0221 | 18/11/2022 | Data relating to withdrawals, hearing events and representation types of applicants in the NDIS | 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 | Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0195 | 31/10/2022 | Feedback and comments provided by AAT personnel in relation to statutory review of the AAT | Feedback: Report on the Statutory Review of the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 | Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | AAT table of statutory appointments (as as 21 May 2022) | Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.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 | 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 FOI@art.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 | Chapters 1-14 of Legal Services Manual | Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0159 | 19/09/2022 | Breakdown of specified representation types for applicants in NDIS cases for the 2021-2022 reporting period | Tabled information relating to number of cases with each representative type | Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | Practice Directions and President’s Directions:
Guidelines:
Training material:
National Protection Quarterly Meeting handouts:
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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0116 | 26/07/2022 |
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| Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.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 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0056 | 14/06/2022 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0059 | 7/06/2022 | Induction documents relating to the engagement of a Senior Member |
| Full access provided to 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Partial access granted to 6 and 7 Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0065 | 3/06/2022 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0075 | 30/05/2022 | Set of guidelines or rules relating to the use of social media for AAT members |
| Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0054 and 2022/0068 | 05/05/2022 and 23/05/2022 | ADR guidelines for Members and Conference Registrars |
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| 2022/0053 | 20/05/2022 | Tribunal’s policy on the charter of human rights for a disability |
| Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0029 | 13/05/2022 | The number of each member's load of cases completed every year 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 |
| Partial access granted Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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) |
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Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0188 | 18/02/2022 |
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Document available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2022/0007 | 18/02/2022 |
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| Full access provided Document available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 |
| Full access provided Document available on request at FOI@art.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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0193 | 7/1/2022 | 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. The average number of cases finalised by all non-judicial, full time Deputy Presidents (excluding Pascoe and Rayment) for the year ending 30 June 2021, including the Divisions those matters belonged. |
| Partial access provided Document available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0202 | 21/12/2021 | Report of the Review of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal 29 November 1991 | Report of the Review of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal 29 November 1991 | Full access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0172 | 09/12/2021 | Referring to a memo dated 16 September 2013 from the AAT President to Members and Registrars:
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| Partial access provided. Documents available on request at FOI@art.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 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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:
| 21 folios of correspondence relating to the Tribunal’s handling of FOI request 2021/0062 | Partial access Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0180 | 18/11/2021 |
| 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). Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0161 | 17/11/2021 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0165 | 10/11/2021 | Various statistics relating to non-compliance in the NDIS division | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0156 | 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 | 176 folios of correspondence relating to Question on Notice no. 4000 and Question on Notice no. 4001 asked by Senator Kim Carr | Partial access |
| 2021/0063 | 28/09/2021 | Various statistics relating to the MRD, G&OD and the IAA |
| Released in full Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0139 | 15/09/2021 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | Statistics released in full Operational information refused under s 24A |
| 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. | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0130 | 24/08/2021 |
| 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 |
| 2021/0127 | 23/08/2021 | Statistics on the number of decisions made by a former Tribunal Member |
| Released in full Document available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0101 | 06/07/2021 | Request for the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA) expenditure by line item for the last five years. | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | 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 FOI@aat.gov.au |
| 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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| Partial access Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2021/0026 | 17/03/2021 | “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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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. | Various MRD guidance materials regarding the validity of applications. | Partial access Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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. | List of contractors working at the AAT as at 17 August 2020. | Partial access Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2020/0082 | 21/08/2020 | “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.” |
| Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 FOI@art.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 | 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) | Partial access Certain information redacted pursuant to sections 37 and 47F of the FOI Act Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | 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 | Partial access Parts A & B released in full Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2020/0070 | 28/07/2020 | The number of applications lodged in the Veterans’ Appeals Division for the following periods:
| Applications lodged to the Veterans’ Appeals Division of the AAT for specified periods, as at 23 July 2020 | Full access Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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. | Partial access Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2020/0038 | 03/06/2020 | FOI Handbook | FOI Handbook – updated 8 January 2020 (redacted) | Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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
MRD Commentary
IAA Procedural Law Guide | Full access Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2019/0036 | 31/05/2019 | A copy of the following:
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| Documents available on request at FOI@art.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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2019/0017 | 29/04/2019 |
| Outcomes of Comcare reviews - Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - 2011-12 to 2017-18 and 2018-19 to 31 March 2019 | FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2019/0004 | 21/02/2019 | Statistics relating to Standard Business applications | Statistics relating to Standard Business applications | FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 on request at FOI@art.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:
| 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 Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | 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 | Partial access provided Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2017/1888 | 26/07/2018 | Documents relating to the accessibility of the AAT for participants with a disability |
| 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 FOI@art.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 Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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. |
| Partial access was provided with information redacted under section 38 of the FOI Act FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 Documents available on request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 FOI@art.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 FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 |
| 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 Documents available upon request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 Documents available upon request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 Documents available upon request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 2017/18 38 | 6/12/2017 | IAA Procedural Law Guide, chapters 1.5; 1.7; 1.8; 2; 3.2; 4 |
| Full access provided with the exception of irrelevant information deleted under section 22 of the FOI Act Documents available upon request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 Documents available upon request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 Documents available upon request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 Documents available upon request at FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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. FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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 | FOI@art.gov.au | |
| 2014/10 | 02/09/14 | Copy of:
| 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) | FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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) | FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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) | FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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.
| FOI@art.gov.au |
| 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) | FOI@art.gov.au |