Full-time Deputy President
Mental Health Review Tribunal

The President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal is seeking expressions of interest from current or former judicial officers for appointment as a full-time Deputy President.

The Deputy President provides legal and judicial leadership across the Tribunal’s Civil and Forensic Divisions and, with the President and other full-time Deputy Presidents, supports the work of approximately 180 sessional legal, psychiatrist and other suitably qualified members.

The role involves determining matters that directly affect liberty, treatment, dignity and rights, including reviews of involuntary patients and community treatment orders, financial management and electroconvulsive therapy matters, and reviews of forensic patients.

The successful candidate will bring sound judgement, experience in mental health law or a closely related jurisdiction, and the ability to assess risk and make decisions about the care, treatment and control of people detained in secure facilities or conditionally released into the community.

The appointment is for a fixed term under the Mental Health Act 2007; current salary and allowance information is available in the SOORT determinations.

For further information please see the Tribunal website or contact the Registrar at MHRT-Registrar@health.nsw.gov.au.

How to apply

Email a cover letter and CV to the attention of the President via MHRT-Registrar@health.nsw.gov.au, by COB 16 October 2026.

Your cover letter should explain why you wish to be appointed, how you would contribute to the Tribunal’s work, and your relevant mental health law, judicial and management experience.

Please also provide the names and contact details of two referees. Appointment is subject to Ministry of Health governance requirements, including referee checks and consent to a criminal record check.

SESSIONAL ARBITRATORS

The WorkCover WA Workers Compensation Arbitration Service determines workers compensation disputes in a manner that is fair, just, economical, informal and efficient.

Key Responsibilities

Arbitrators are responsible for resolving, by binding determination, disputes between the parties to a workers’ compensation claim. WorkCover WA engages sessional arbitrators on a contractual basis to assist with management of the dispute caseload and work may be allocated to sessional arbitrators by the Registrar of the Workers’ Compensation Arbitration Service.

Sessional Arbitrators are appointed via a statutory designation under the Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023 (the Act).

Sessional Arbitrators are required to comply with the conduct and engagement protocols of WorkCover WA.

Duties

Hear and determine workers’ compensation disputes in accordance with the Act by:

• presiding over arbitration hearings and making final and binding determinations on disputed claims for compensation in accordance with the Act;
• presiding over directions and interlocutory hearings and issuing interlocutory and case management orders in disputes
• producing timely written reasons for determination identifying the findings of fact and law applied in coming to that determination;
• conducting proceedings in accordance with the Arbitration Rules.

Undertake the duties of an arbitrator in accordance with the professional and administrative requirements set by the Registrar and the Arbitration Service.

Work collaboratively with the staff of the Arbitration Service to produce high quality and timely decisions.

Work with the electronic case management system in use in the Arbitration Service.

WorkCover WA is currently seeking applications from experienced legal practitioners for engagement as sessional Arbitrators. To undertake this role, you must be a legal practitioner as defined in the Legal Profession Uniform Law, with at least 5 years of experience in a legal role post-admission and a current practicing certificate.

Suitable applicants will be placed in the sessional Arbitrator pool and may be considered for sessional work over the next 12 months, with the possibility of extension. Work as a sessional Arbitrator may be allocated by the Registrar, Arbitration. Engagement provides no guarantee of allocation of work.

For further information about the role please contact Ms Dilhari Gustavino, A/Registrar Arbitration on 9388 5566.

To apply for this role applicants are required to submit the following documents to human.resources@workcover.wa.gov.au :

• A written application of no more than 3 pages addressing the Key responsibilities and Duties; and
• A comprehensive curriculum vitae

Applications close on 30 November 2026 at 5 pm.