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| 08:00 – 17:30 | Registration – Concourse | |||
| Room | SAET – Riverside Centre | Vines Room – National Wine Centre | Gallery Room – National Wine Centre | SACAT – 100 Pirie Street |
| 08:15 – 09:30 | Heads of Workers Compensation Tribunals Convenor: Justice Steven Dolphin Invitation Only |
Residential Tenancies Co-Convener: Deputy President Barbie Johns, Senior Member Marie Alvino Invitation Only |
Building and Property Subject Matter meeting Convenor: TBC Invitation Only |
Tribunal Registrars Meeting (08:15 – 10:30) Convener: Principal Registrar Anne Lindsay and Principal Registrar Wendy Wakefield Invitation Only |
| Location | Hickenbotham Hall – National Wine Centre | Vines Room – National Wine Centre | Gallery Room – National Wine Centre | Ferguson Room – National Wine Centre |
| 09:45 – 10:45 | Heads of Tribunals Meeting Convener: President Malcolm Schyvens Invitation Only |
Heads of Mental Health Jurisdictions Meeting Convener: Senior Member Neil Rainford and Member Alex Reilly Invitation Only |
Regulation of Health, Legal and Other Professionals Meeting Convener: Senior Member Mark Stevens and Senior Member Jacqui Rugless Invitation Only |
Guardianship and Administration Meeting Convener: Senior Member Cath Lester and Member Stacey Rowse Invitation Only |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning Tea – Concourse | |||
| Room | Hickenbotham Hall | |||
| Lead/Session Chair | Ted Woodward | |||
| 11:30-11:45 | Conference Welcome Hon Justice Judy Hughes |
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| 11:45-11:55 | Welcome to Country Cliffy Wilson of Kuma Kaaru |
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| 11:55 – 12:00 | Conference Opening Her Excellency the Hon Frances Adamson AC, Governor of South Australia |
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| 12:00 – 12:30 | Keynote Address Humanity in Tribunal process and decision-making Rachael Doyle SC |
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| 12:30 – 13:20 | Lunch – Concourse | |||
| Room | Hickenbotham Hall | Vines Room | ||
| Lead/Session Chair | Juliet Lucy | Malcolm Schyvens | ||
| 13:20-14:05 | How self-represented participants interpret proceedings Associate Professor David Butt, Linguist |
The application of the rules of evidence and procedural fairness in tribunals Bruce McTaggart KC |
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| 14:05 – 14:10 | 5-minute break | 5-minute break | ||
| Lead/Session Chair | Principal Registrar Anne Lindsay | |||
| 14:10 – 14:55 | Autism in the Tribunal Jodie Johannsen – Office for Autism SA |
Recusal in a fast-paced hearing room Deputy President Teresa Anderson |
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| 14:55 – 15:25 | Afternoon Tea – Concourse | |||
| Room | Hickenbotham Hall | Vines Room | ||
| Lead/Session Chair | Deputy President Peter Britten-Jones | |||
| 15:25 – 16:10 | Sovereign Citizens – the first empirical study Associate Professor Joe McIntyre |
How to conduct a hearing so you can give an Ex Tempore decision Hon Justice Judy Hughes |
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| 16:10 – 16:15 | 5-minute break | 5-minute break | ||
| Lead/Session Chair | Deputy President Barbara Johns | Chris Boys | ||
| 16:15 – 16:45 | How to assist interpreters to assist the Tribunal Speaker TBD |
Dealing with Asian Participants Jack Tam |
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| 16:45 – 17:00 | Conference Day One Close | |||
| 18:45 – 22:00 | Conference Dinner – Town Hall | |||
| 08:00 – 17:30 | Registration – Concourse | ||
| 08:00 -08:30 | COAT AGM | Hickenbotham Hall | ||
| Room | Hickenbotham Hall | ||
| Lead/Session Chair | Steven Dolphin | ||
| 08:30 – 08:45 | Day Two Opening Brett Carter |
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| 08:45 – 09:30 | Keynote Address Hon Justice Ingmar Taylor of the President of the NSW IR Court and Commission |
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| 09:30 – 09:55 | Morning Tea – Concourse | ||
| Room | Hickenbotham Hall | ||
| Lead/Session Chair | Anina Johnson | ||
| 09:55 – 10:55 | Wellbeing Panel – Stress & PTSD in the workplace, Martha Roach – Wellbeing, Justice Kerri Mellifont – Moral injury, Jonathon Lahey |
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| 10:55 – 11:00 | 5-minute break | ||
| Room | Hickenbotham Hall | Vines Room | Gallery Room |
| Lead/Session Chair | Deputy President Barbara Johns | ||
| 11:00 – 11:45 | Thinking creatively about case management – people and technology in Tribunals Principal Registrar Anne Lindsay and Simon Kelso |
Learnings from the Nunga Court Retired Magistrate Paul Bennett |
Tribunals and the doctrine of precedent – who binds who? Mike Wait SC, Solicitor-General for SA |
| 11:45 – 12:30 | Lunch – Concourse | ||
| Room | Hickenbotham Hall | ||
| Lead/Session Chair | Sarah Eyre | ||
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Building a Fire: Enhancing Access to Justice through Culture David Wenitong Janet Robertshawe |
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| 13:30 – 13:35 | 5-minute break | ||
| Room | Hickenbotham Hall | Vines Room | Gallery Room |
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| 13:35 – 14:20 | The centrality of judge-led proceedings in Singapore’s tribunal justice system Deputy Principal District Judge Jasbendar Kaur |
Excellence in high volume lists Anne Britton |
Disciplinary Hearings Henry Jackson |
| 14:20 – 14:45 | Afternoon Tea – Concourse | ||
| Room | Hickenbotham Hall | ||
| Lead/Session Chair | Shahyar Roushan | ||
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Plenary Panel : AI and the Future of Tribunal Decision-Making Shahyar Roushan Juliet Lucy Brett Carter Anne Bartlett-Bragg Claire Bennett |
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| 15:45 – 16:00 | Conference close Hon Justice Judy Hughes |
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The COAT is intended to facilitate liaison and discussion between the heads of tribunals. It will support the development of best practice models and model procedural rules, standards of behaviour and conduct for members and increased capacity for training and support for members.
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