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Speakers Sarah Eyre, Chairperson, Human Rights Review Tribunal, New Zealand Rachel Palu, Chairperson, New Zealand Social Security Appeal Authority Michelle Gardner, Member, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VACT) Melissa Harrison, Executive Director, Koori Programs and Initiatives, the Victorian Civil...

Session Chair Fiona Chamberlain, Chief Executive Officer, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) Speakers Craig Howard, Executive Director, Strategic and Operational Transformation, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) Warwick Mitchell, Executive Director, Operations and Support Services, the Victorian Civil...

Speakers Judge Andrew Palmer, County Court, Victoria The Hon. Geoffrey Nettle, Former Justice of the High Court of Australia Trish McConnell, Chair, Private Security Personnel Licencing Authority, New Zealand Abstract This interactive session will examine the practical implications of the...

Speakers Malcolm Schyvens, President, Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT) and Chair, Council of Australasian Tribunals (COAT) Nicole Burns, Senior Member, Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) Christine Fougere, Member, Mental Health Review Tribunal (NSW) Matthew Carroll, President, Mental Health Tribunal (Vic)...

Speakers Zoe Dyson, Executive Director Experience, Strategy and Transformation, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) Vivek Agarwal, Human Centered Design Lead, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) Principal District Judge Thian Yee Sze, Singapore Community Courts & Tribunals...

Chair The Hon. Jennifer Coate AO, Commissioner, Victorian Law Reform Commission Moderator Professor Julian Webb, Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School Panelists Judge Simon Moglia, County Court of Victoria Professor Jeannie Paterson, Professor of Law and Director, Centre for AI...

Panel Members Justice Cameron Macaulay, Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria Richard Grueber, Deputy President, Division Head (General), Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT) Diya Dey (MAPS, FCOP, MPsych), Director of Health, Safety and Capability, Court Services Victoria Panel...

Arthur Moses SC1 1 President, Law Council of Australia The Rule of Law demands the independence of tribunals.  Yet maintaining the appearance of independence is equally crucial to promote public trust and confidence in tribunal members and their decision-making.  In...

Susan Burdon Smith1, Kim Saxton2, Rowan Hughes3 1Senior Member, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal  2Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association 3Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) Using the Judicial Council for Cultural Diversity National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts...

Leonie Campbell1 1Deputy Director of Policy, Law Council of Australia, 19 Torrens St Braddon, ACT 2602, leonie.campbell@lawcouncil.asn.au   The Justice Project, the Law Council’s own comprehensive national inquiry into the state of access in Australia for people experiencing disadvantage, was...