The information and contact details on this page are only for journalists, reporters and researchers from professional media organisations.

If you have a question about your own case or a case you are a party to, please visit our Contact us page to find out how you should contact the Tribunal.

Below, we have included a range of resources to help you accurately report about the Tribunal and the decisions we make, including:

• information about how the Tribunal operates
• guidance on how to access decisions or apply for access to documents we may hold
• details about attending a hearing.

We publish our media releases and news on the News and updates page.

For media releases and announcements by the Attorney-General about the Tribunal, visit the Attorney-General’s ministerial website.

You can also follow us on X to get the latest news from the Tribunal.

If you are a journalist or reporter and you who would like to attend a particular hearing, contact us at media@art.gov.au as early as possible the business day before the scheduled hearing.

Please read the information we provide for members of the public attending Tribunal hearings before you ask us if you can attend a hearing.

The following case events are not generally open to the public:

• conferences
• some hearings within our social security jurisdictional area
• protection (refugee) hearings
• hearings within our intelligence and security jurisdictional area.

Other than these, most hearings can be viewed, either in person at a registry, or virtually, by members of the public, unless the presiding Member decides to close the hearing.

If a public hearing is being held virtually, you can email our media team to ask for a link to the hearing. Please send your email as early as possible on the business day before the scheduled hearing.

Your email should include:

• the date, case number, applicant name of the hearing you want to attend
• your name
• role or position title
• the organisation you work for
• your reply email address and telephone number.

Contact the Tribunal’s media team by:

• Phone +61 2 9276 5461
• Email media@art.gov.au

We are based in Sydney and will generally respond according to your deadline during normal business hours.

If you have an urgent, after-hours media enquiry, call +61 436 409 495 and leave a voicemail message. Please do not text as our on-call mobile may be diverted to another phone.

There are some things we may not be able to help you with

While we will do our very best to help you, there are some questions that we may not be able to answer or topics we may not be able to give you much information about. These include:

• where the law prohibits us from sharing information about something
• if there is a confidentiality order on a case
• when your question is about a particular case
• when you ask us for our opinion on something or someone
• when you ask us questions about individual applicants, parties, members or staff
• requests for comments about policies, procedures or legislation.
   

Below are links to information media find useful when reporting about us:

• Published decisions
• eCase search for publicly available information about cases
• Daily list of hearings and other case events
• Statistics
• List of appointed members under the 'Structure' heading
• How to request access to information and documents we may hold
• Freedom of Information process and disclosure log
• Speeches and papers
• Practice directions, guides and guidelines
• General description of the review process.