Administrative Review Council
Twenty-Eighth Annual Report

2003-04

The year 2003-04 was a productive one for the Administrative Review Council, with the completion of work on one important project, significant progress on two other major projects and work commencing on a further project.  The year also saw the Council maintain the level of advice it provides on administrative law aspects of Commonwealth government legislation.

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Supplement to 2003-04 Annual Report

The supplement contains the full text of eight letters of advice issued by the Council that are listed in Appendix C of the annual report.  Six of the letters were issued in 2003-04.  The remaining two letters were issued in 2002-03 but were not published in the 2002-03 annual report in view of their proximity to the deliberations of government.

The full set of eight letters is available in PDF format or Word format.  Letters can also be accessed individually below.

Letter 1 - Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories Inquiry into Norfolk Island Governance

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Letter 2 - Inquiry into administrative review of veteran and military compensation and income support

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Letter 3 - Inquiry into the Legislative Instruments Bill 2003 and the Legislative Instruments (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

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Letter 4 - Migration Litigation Review

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Letter 5 - Government response to report of House of Representatives Inquiry into Child Custody Arrangements in the Event of Family Separation

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Letter 6 - The Federal Civil Justice System Strategy Paper

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Letter 7 - Administrative law aspects of the proposed Trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods Agency (1)

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Letter 8 - Administrative law aspects of the proposed Trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods Agency (2)

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