Abbreviations

AAT
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
AAT Act
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
AGD
Attorney-General’s Department
AHRC
Australian Human Rights Commission
AI
Artificial intelligence
ALA
Australian Lawyers Alliance
ALRC
Australian Law Reform Commission
ANAO
Australian National Audit Office
ANU
Australian National University
ARC
Administrative Review Council
ARC Review
Administrative Review Council Report No. 39, Better Decisions: Review of Commonwealth Merits Review Tribunals (September 1995)
ASRC
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Callinan Report
2018 Report on the Statutory Review on the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015
Carina Ford
Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers
COAT
Council of Australian Tribunals
COAT guide
Tribunal Independence in Appointments – A Best Practice Guide
committee
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee
Determination
Remuneration Tribunal (Judicial and Related Offices—Remuneration and Allowances) Determination 2021
DFWA
Defence Force Welfare Association
EOI
Expression of interest
FOI
Freedom of Information
IAA
Immigration Assessment Authority
IAAS
Immigration Advice and Application Scheme
Kerr Report
1971 Report of the Commonwealth Administrative Review Committee
Law Council
Law Council of Australia
Legislation committee
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
LIV
Law Institute of Victoria
Migration Act
Migration Act 1958
MRD
Migration and Refugee Division (AAT)
NDIA
National Disability Insurance Agency
NDIS
National Disability Insurance Scheme
NSWBA
New South Wales Bar Association
PGPA Act
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
PWDA
People with Disability Australia
RACS
Refugee Advice and Casework Service
RCA
Refugee Council of Australia
Regulations
Migration Regulations 1994
SSCSD
Social Services and Child Support Division
SSRV
Social Security Rights Victoria
UK
United Kingdom
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
2019 Protocol
Protocol for Appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal 2019

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