Queensland Chapter
The Council of Australasian Tribunals (COAT) was established as a national network of tribunals on 6 June 2002. The Council's Constitution provides for the establishment of State chapters to further the objects of the Council and provide members with the opportunity to share information, experiences and views about developments and trends in administrative decision making. For details as to the Constitution etc see the COAT web site at http://www.coat.gov.au.
Participation in the State Chapter is open to any member of a tribunal that is a member of the Council. Practitioners, academics, students and other persons interested in the work of the Council are also eligible to become members of the chapter.
Contact the Queensland Chapter
- Telephone the Secretary, Shelley Fisher, Executive Officer, Mental Health Review Tribunal on (07) 3235 9071.
Queensland Committee
Barry Thomas,
Convenor
Shelley Fisher,
Secretary
Patricia
Hanly
Susan Gardiner
Annette Carrigan
Philip Hack
Julie Ford
Previous Seminars
10 March 2004
The Seminar took the form of a debate on the topic of "The amalgamation of Tribunals is of benefit to the parties, the members and the Government" and was intended to be informative, humorous and provocative. The Seminar was held at the Bar Common Room, Level 5, Inns of Court, 107 North Quay Street, Brisbane.
14 February 2003
The following documents arising from a seminar organised by the Queensland State Chapter of the Council of Australasian Tribunals on Friday 14 February 2003, are available for download:
- Welcome - presented by Barry Cotterell, Interim Convenor, Queensland State Chapter of COAT and member of the Executive of the National Council of COAT [ PDF version ]
- Tribunals and performance criteria - presented by Dr Stephen Colbran, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology [ PDF version]
- A Guide to Standards of Conduct for Tribunal Members - presented by the Honourable Alan Demack AO, Queensland Integrity Commissioner
- Paper [ PDF version ]
- Presentation [ PDF version ] - Should Tribunals be required to meet performance criteria and, if so, how would they be defined and enforced? - presented by Mr Steve Karas, Principal Member, Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal [ PDF version ]
