If you completed an AAT application and submitted it online or gave it to us on or before 13 October 2024, you do not need to do anything. We have automatically transferred your case to the new Tribunal. We will contact you if anything needs to change.

You can use the same details to log in and manage your case if you submitted your AAT application online.

All decisions made by the AAT until the commencement of the new Tribunal are considered to be valid and final, subject to any appeal to a court.

In general, if the AAT had reviewed your case and given you a decision, the new Tribunal will not consider your case again.

If you would like to appeal the AAT's decision, please refer to your decision notification letter to find out how to do this.

You can contact us if you have any questions about your AAT case or decision.

The AAT's 2023–24 annual report was tabled in Parliament on 31 October 2024.

You can access the full report and previous annual reports on the Australian Government's Transparency portal from the AAT annual reports page.

A summary of the 2023–24 annual report is available in 2023–24 AAT At a glance [PDF, 1.5MB].

The AAT prepared a range of statistical information, including about processing times for certain cases, the number of applications received, finalised, and on hand at year end.

See AAT statistics.

Visit Austlii: Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Australia to read decisions made by the AAT which were published with written reasons.

The AAT was required to publish a disclosure log on its website, listing relevant information released in response to FOI requests made under the FOI Act.  

See AAT Freedom of Information disclosure log. 

The tables below are statements of legal services expenditure for the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 2015-16 to the 2023-24 financial years, published in compliance with paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2017. 

In compliance with requirements for 2023-24, expenditure is reported on a GST exclusive basis.

See statements of legal services expenditure for the AAT. 

The AAT published all details of gifts or benefits received by the President, Registrar, members and staff.  

See the AAT's register of gifts and benefits. 

The AAT launched its Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan in 2022.

See details of the privacy impact assessments undertaken from 1 July 2018 until the AAT was abolished.

For the 2024 Financial Year

Senate Order on Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity Contracts Listing Relating to the Period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024

All procurement contracts can be found through the Senate Order button on AusTender. The report is titled ‘Senate Order on Confidentiality in Procurement Contracts by Agency’.

Pursuant to the Senate Order on non-corporate Commonwealth entity contracts the report sets out contracts entered into by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal which provide for a consideration to the value of $100,000 or more and which:

• had not been fully performed as of 30 June 2024, or
• which had been entered into during the 12 months prior to 30 June 2024.

Most of the contracts listed contain confidentiality provisions of a general nature that are designed to protect the confidential information of the parties that may be obtained or generated in carrying out the contract.

The reasons for including such clauses include:

• ordinary commercial prudence that requires protection of trade secrets, proprietary information and the like, and/or
• protection of other Commonwealth material and personal information.

The accountable authority of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal had assured that the listed contracts did not contain any inappropriate confidentiality provisions.

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal estimated the cost of complying with the Senate Order at $570. This was determined by calculating the time taken to collect, analyse and compile the information and applying CPI.