COAT Conference Resources
Statutes as formal literature: choice and constraints in their readingÊ
Presenter / Speaker: The Hon Duncan Kerr, SC FAAL Chev LH
2022 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals: Reset and Reinvigorate
Working Effectively with High Conflict People
Presenter / Speaker: Megan Hunter, MBA, Co-founder / CEO
2022 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals: Reset and Reinvigorate
Conference Program: 2022 COAT National Conference - Tribunals: Reset and Reinvigorate
Presenter / Speaker: COAT National
2022 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals: Reset and Reinvigorate
Reality Testing or Manipulation?
Presenter / Speaker: Franca Petrone
2022 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals: Reset and Reinvigorate
Practical Strategies to Improve your Digital Accessibility
Presenter / Speaker: Dr Kate Anderson
2021 COAT NSW ONLINE CONFERENCE
Conference Title: Accessible and inclusive justice - What can tribunals do better?
Accessible Tribunal Technologies
Presenter / Speaker: Dr Kate Anderson
2021 COAT NSW ONLINE CONFERENCE
Conference Title: Accessible and inclusive justice - What can tribunals do better?
Judging - Determining Facts
Presenter / Speaker: Judge Paul Lakatos
2021 COAT NSW ONLINE CONFERENCE
Conference Title: Accessible and inclusive justice - What can tribunals do better?
Conference Program: 2021 Accessible and inclusive justice - What can tribunals do better?
Presenter / Speaker: COAT NSW
2021 COAT NSW ONLINE CONFERENCE
Conference Title: Accessible and inclusive justice - What can tribunals do better?
23rd Annual COAT Conference, Responsive, resilient, reskilled - tribunals in times of change
Presenter / Speaker: Justice John Griffiths
2021 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: 23rd Annual COAT Conference, Responsive, resilient, reskilled - tribunals in times of changeÊ
Conference Program: Responsive, resilient, reskilled - tribuanls in times of change
Presenter / Speaker: COAT National
2021 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: 23rd Annual COAT Conference, Responsive, resilient, reskilled - tribunals in times of changeÊ
Conference Program: 2020 COAT NSW Webinar
Presenter / Speaker: COAT NSW
2020 COAT NSW Webinar
Conference Title: Tribunals: effective dispute resolution in a time of change
The importance of storytelling and narrative in tribunal decision-making
Presenter / Speaker: Bernard McCabe, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
2019 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: "Communicating Justice: Tribunals in the Community"
Conference Program: 2019 COAT National Conference. Communicating Justice: Tribunals in the Community
Presenter / Speaker: COAT
2019 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: "Communicating Justice: Tribunals in the Community"
Exploring Online Dispute Resolution'
Presenter / Speaker: Carolyn McSporran, VCAT
2019 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: "Communicating Justice: Tribunals in the Community"
Managing stress and maximising wellbeing for decision makers on tribunals, boards and panels
Presenter / Speaker: Carly Schrever, Judicial College of Victoria
2019 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: "Communicating Justice: Tribunals in the Community"
Push, Pull or Nudge? How Nudge Theory can offer new ways for tribunals to get the message across
Presenter / Speaker: Justice Iain Ross AO
2019 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: "Communicating Justice: Tribunals in the Community"
The Justice Project - Improving access for groups withi particular communication needs
Presenter / Speaker: Leonie Campbell, Law Council of Australia
2019 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: "Communicating Justice: Tribunals in the Community"
Working with interpreters in Boards and Tribunals
Presenter / Speaker: Susan Burdon-Smith, VCAT
2019 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: "Communicating Justice: Tribunals in the Community"
Conference Program: 2019 COAT NSW Conference. The future is now - traditional skills and new technologies
Presenter / Speaker: n/a
2019 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: The future is now - traditional skills and new technologies
Making Sure That Curiosity Does Not Kill the CAT: the Use of Expert Evidence in Merits Review Fora Where the Rules of Evidence Do Not Apply1
Presenter / Speaker: Justice Rachel Pepper, Land and Environment Court of NSW
2019 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: The future is now - traditional skills and new technologies
Access to Justice, Administrative Tribunals and the Rule of Law
Presenter / Speaker: The Hon Robert French AC
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Conference Program: 2018 COAT NSW Annual Conference. Efficient, Informal and Fair
Presenter / Speaker: n/a
2018 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Efficient, Informal and Fair - Tribunals Delivering Under Pressure
Dealing with distressed and volatile people
Presenter / Speaker: Dr Nick O'Connor
2018 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Efficient, Informal and Fair - Tribunals Delivering Under Pressure
Writing Better Judgments
Presenter / Speaker: The Hon T F Bathurst AC
2018 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Efficient, Informal and Fair - Tribunals Delivering Under Pressure
Statutory Interpretation
Presenter / Speaker: James Emmett
2018 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Efficient, Informal and Fair - Tribunals Delivering Under Pressure
Making Complex Decisions - Tools for Tribunal Members
Presenter / Speaker: Christia Ludlow
2018 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Efficient, Informal and Fair - Tribunals Delivering Under Pressure
Statutory Interpretation
Presenter / Speaker: James Emmett
2018 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Efficient, Informal and Fair - Tribunals Delivering Under Pressure
Using Emotional Intelligence to Enable a Successful Tribunal Hearing
Presenter / Speaker: Leanne Warner
2018 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Efficient, Informal and Fair - Tribunals Delivering Under Pressure
Working effectively & ethically in an environment of high emotion
Presenter / Speaker: Hugh Dillon
2018 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Efficient, Informal and Fair - Tribunals Delivering Under Pressure
Working effectively & ethically in an environment of high emotion
Presenter / Speaker: Hugh Dillon
2018 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Efficient, Informal and Fair - Tribunals Delivering Under Pressure
Providing Access to Justice: Taking Tribunals to the Community
Presenter / Speaker: Dr Bertus De Villiers (Member: SAT)
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Advance Australia Where? Making sense of the Census
Presenter / Speaker: Denise Carlton, ABS Chief Demographer
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Automating Justice- Rights and Liberties in a Digital World
Presenter / Speaker: Prof Genevieve Bell
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Brave New World
Presenter / Speaker: Sue Salthouse
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Conflicts of Interest - the Rule Against Bias
Presenter / Speaker: Laura Beacroft and Peta Spender ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal ANU Law School
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Ex tempore decisions - or saving your sanity
Presenter / Speaker: Lorraine Walker, Chief Magistrate and Chief Coroner of the Australian Capital Territory
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Restoring Community Relations in a Digital Age - the Community Justice & Tribunals System (CJTS)
Presenter / Speaker: Principal District Judge Bala Reddy Community Justice & Tribunals Division State Courts, Singapore
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Restoring Community Relations in a Digital Age - the Community Justice and Tribunals System
Presenter / Speaker: Principal District Judge Bala Reddy
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Technology in the Federal Courts
Presenter / Speaker: Warwick Soden
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
The High Court's decision in Burns v Corbett
Presenter / Speaker: Dr Anna Olijnyk
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
The Impacts of Self-Represented Litigants on Civil and Administrative Justice: Environmental Scan of Research, Policy and Practice
Presenter / Speaker: Dr Liz Richardson, Dr Genevieve Grant and Dr Janina Boughey with Dr Becky Batagol
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Thrills, Spills and Skills: Communicating Clearly
Presenter / Speaker: Gina Frampton
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Tribunal Physical Safety and Security
Presenter / Speaker: Sian Leathem
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Tribunals of the Future - Toward Digital Tribunals?
Presenter / Speaker: The Hon. Justice Greg Garde AO RFD, President VCAT
2018 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Toward the Horizon - Tribunals of the Future
Conference Program: 2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference. Tribunals: Enablers of Justice
Presenter / Speaker: n/a
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
Building organisational competency in a diverse world
Presenter / Speaker: Anukool Sathu Diversity & Inclusion Consultant
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
The Unreasonable, Querulant and Vexatious as Self Represented Litigants
Presenter / Speaker: Dr Grant Lester Consultant Forensic Physchiatrist Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
Access to Justice in Multicultural Australia
Presenter / Speaker: The Honourable Wayne Martin AC Chief Justice of Western Australia
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
Communicating effectively with people with cognitive disability
Presenter / Speaker: Melinda Smith Coordinator Cognitive Disability Services
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
Flexibiilty, Informality and Despatch - Striking the balance in Tribunal decision-making
Presenter / Speaker: Keith Mason AC QC Council of Australasian Tribunals Conference
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
Keynote
Presenter / Speaker: Judy Atkinson
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
Recent Developments in Tribunal Law
Presenter / Speaker: Joanna Davidson, Sixth Floor Selborne Wentworth Chambers
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
The need to raise the bar: court interpreters as specialised experts*
Presenter / Speaker: Associate Professor Sandra Hale
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
Tips for Writing Clear, Logical and Concise Decisions
Presenter / Speaker: Justice Debra Mullins (Supreme Court of QLD)
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
Tribunals and Self-Represented Parties
Presenter / Speaker: Helen Shurven
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
Working effectively in a diverse world
Presenter / Speaker: Anukool Sathu Diversity & Inclusion Consultant
2017 COAT National & COAT (NSW) Joint Conference
Conference Title: Enablers of Justice
Conference Program: 2017 COAT National Registrar & Executive Officer Conference. Tribunal Accessibilty - Meeting Community Expectations
Presenter / Speaker: n/a
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Accessibility - Tribunal Excellence Framework
Presenter / Speaker: Mary Shortland, Executive Director - Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT)
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Applying the Framework for Tribunal Excellence & Measuring Performance
Presenter / Speaker: Michael Vallance, Manager, International Framework for Court Excellence,Supreme Court of Victoria and Manager, International Framework for Judicial Support Excellence, Court Services Victoria
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Applying the Framework for Tribunal Excellence & Measuring Performance
Presenter / Speaker: Michael Vallance, Manager, International Framework for Court Excellence,Supreme Court of Victoria and Manager, International Framework for Judicial Support Excellence, Court Services Victoria
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Applying the Framework for Tribunal Excellence & Measuring Performance: Panel -combined presentations
Presenter / Speaker: Keryn Negri, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal (VCAT); Mary Shortland, Executive Director, Queensland Civil & Administrative Tribunal (QCAT); Sian Leathem, Principal Registrar, Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Client needs and satisfaction' Tribunal Excellence Framework
Presenter / Speaker: Keryn Negri, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Diversity & Indigenous Clients: AAT Adelaide Registry
Presenter / Speaker: Ian Phillips, Acting District Registrar, AAT; Roula Karzis-Wyatt, Member, AAT
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Diversity & Indigenous Clients: VCAT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement Project
Presenter / Speaker: Adrian Sculthorpe, Senior Manager, PwC's Indigenous Consulting
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
e-Mediation - Trial & Outcomes
Presenter / Speaker: Peter Johnstone, ADR Manager, QCAT
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Future of Law and Justice 'The Impact of Technological Change on Courts and Tribunals'
Presenter / Speaker: Professor Tania Sourdin, Dean, University of Newcastle Law School
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Hackathon Hotspot
Presenter / Speaker: Mary Shortland, Executive Director - Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT)
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Implementing VCAT's Digital Strategy - key challenges and risks
Presenter / Speaker: Edward Busuttil, IT Director, Strategic Projects, VCAT
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Ketnote address: Adapting To and Bringing About Change - Case study: Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Presenter / Speaker: The Honourable Justice Greg Garde, President, Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
On-Line Resolution Tool (Guardianship and Administration) )
Presenter / Speaker: Mark Street, Executive Officer, State Administration Tribunal (WA)
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Overview of eCourts/Tribunal Plan (WA)
Presenter / Speaker: Martin Jackson, Acting Director, Strategic Business Development, Court & Tribunal Services, Western Australian Department of the Attorney General
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Safewards Victoria
Presenter / Speaker: Office of the Chief Mental Health Nurse, DHHS
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Tribunals, diversity and the LGBTIQ community
Presenter / Speaker: Rodney Croome and Robin Banks
2017 Registrar & Executive Officer's Conference
Conference Title: Tribunal Accessibility - Meeting Community Expectations
Conference Program: 2016 Between CATs and Courts
Presenter / Speaker: COAT NATIONAL
2016 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Between CATs and Courts
Rounding Up CATs - The Respective Roles of Tribunals and Courts in Disciplinary Proceedings against Lawyers
Presenter / Speaker: Chris Edmonds SC
2016 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Between CATs and Courts
Big Sister is watching - Orwellian overtones or no cause for alarm
Presenter / Speaker: Peta Stilgoe
2016 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Between CATs and Courts
Big Sister is watching - Orwellian overtones or no cause for alarm
Presenter / Speaker: Peta Stilgoe
2016 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Between CATs and Courts
Looking Over Your Shoulder, Tribunals in Australia
Presenter / Speaker: Mark Robinson SC
2016 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Between CATs and Courts
Looking Over Your Shoulder, Tribunals in Australia
Presenter / Speaker: Mark Robinson SC
2016 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Between CATs and Courts
Role of Reviewing Courts in Administrative Decision Making
Presenter / Speaker: The Honourable Justice Buchanan
2016 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Between CATs and Courts
Tensions in the Obligations of Tribunal Members
Presenter / Speaker: The Honourable Alan Wilson QC
2016 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Between CATs and Courts
Dealing with Complaints
Presenter / Speaker: Anne Darroch, Prinicpal Disputes Referee
2016 COAT National Conference
Conference Title: Between CATs and Courts
Evidence from a digital device
Presenter / Speaker: Miiko Kumar, Jack Shand Chamber
2016 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Deliberations and Dilemmas in the Digital Age
Firm but Fair - the Art of a Good Tribunal Hearing
Presenter / Speaker: Jan Redfern, Deputy President & Division Head of the Migration & Refuge Division of the AAT
2016 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Deliberations and Dilemmas in the Digital Age
Going to the Cloud!
Presenter / Speaker: Phil Farrelly - Systems Artchitect
2016 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Deliberations and Dilemmas in the Digital Age
Legal Research Refresher
Presenter / Speaker: Christopher Matthies, Executive Director, Strategy & Policy
2016 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Deliberations and Dilemmas in the Digital Age
The Rule against Bias - Ongoing Evolution and Practical Conundrums for Tribunals
Presenter / Speaker: Prof Simon Young USQ School of Law & Justice UWA Faculty of Law
2016 COAT NSW Conference
Conference Title: Deliberations and Dilemmas in the Digital Age
Conference Program: 2016 COAT VIC Conference. Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Presenter / Speaker: n/a
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Affording Procedural Fairness: Culture and interpreters in Tribunal Hearings
Presenter / Speaker: John Longo, Member, AAT
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Conference Paper
Presenter / Speaker: Justice Greg Garde AO RFD President, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Disciplinary Hearings in the Regulated Professions: Procedural Fairness Issues
Presenter / Speaker: Elisabeth Wentworth Deputy Head of List, Review and Regulation List, VCAT
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Disciplinary Hearings in the Regulated Professions: Procedural Fairness Issues
Presenter / Speaker: Elisabeth Wentworth, Deputy Head of List, Review and Regulation List, VCAT
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Ensuring a Fair Hearing - Matters involving persons with a mental illness, cognitive impairment or intellectual disability - Hearings in the Guardianship list at VCAT
Presenter / Speaker: Bernadette Steele, Senior Member, Human Rights Division, VCAT
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Ensuring a Fair Hearing - Matters involving persons with a mental illness, cognitive impairment or intellectual disability - Hearings in the Guardianship list at VCAT
Presenter / Speaker: Bernadette Steele, Senior Member, Human Rights Division, VCAT
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Ensuring a Fair Hearing - Matters involving persons with a mental illness, cognitive impairment or intellectual disability - Hearings in the Guardianship list at VCAT
Presenter / Speaker: Bernadette Steele, Senior Member, Human Rights Division, VCAT
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Ensuring a fair hearing- matters involving persons with a mental illness, cognitive impairment or intellectual disability
Presenter / Speaker: Jill Toohey, Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Ensuring a fair hearing- matters involving persons with a mental illness, cognitive impairment or intellectual disability Ensuring a fair hearing- matters involving persons with a mental illness, cognitive impairment or intellectual disability Ensuring procedural fairness outside the hearing process
Presenter / Speaker: Susan Woodford, District Registrar, General & Other Divisions, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Melbourne
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Ensuring a fair hearing- matters involving persons with a mental illness, cognitive impairment or intellectual disability Ensuring procedural fairness outside the hearing process
Presenter / Speaker: Susan Woodford, District Registrar, General & Other Divisions, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Melbourne
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Ensuring a fair hearing- matters involving persons with a mental illness, cognitive impairment or intellectual disability - National Disability Insurance Scheme Hearings
Presenter / Speaker: Jill Toohey, Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
Ensuring a Fair Hearing: Matters involving persons with a mental illness, cognitive impairment and/or intellectual disability
Presenter / Speaker: Matthew Carroll, President, Mental Health Tribunal
2016 COAT Victoria Conference
Conference Title: Tribunals, Boards and Panels - Issues of Procedural Fairness
