Australian Immigration Daily News

Migration Alliance is in receipt of the following information from the AAT:

I write to advise that the Governor-General has appointed Ms Jan Redfern PSM to serve as a full time Deputy President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and as Division Head of the Migration and Refugee Division (MRD) for a period of seven years commencing 21 March 2016. 

Ms Redfern has served most recently as a Principal Member of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and prior to this as a Deputy President of the Guardianship Tribunal of New South Wales. Ms Redfern was a senior member of the AAT for five years from 2009 to 2014. Ms Redfern also previously held a number of Senior Executive positions in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and in 2007 was awarded a Commonwealth Public Service Medal for outstanding service in the field of corporate and financial services regulation and enforcement. 

Deputy Division Head Dr Irene O’Connell has served as acting Division Head of the MRD since the AAT amalgamated with the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal, and Social Security Appeals Tribunal on 1 July 2015. Dr O’Connell will continue to serve in her substantive role as Deputy Division Head following Ms Redfern’s commencement.

 I look forward to working with Ms Redfern and Dr O’Connell to ensure that the Tribunal continues to meet the expectations of its stakeholders in the determination of Migration and Refugee matters.

President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Judge of the Federal Court of Australia

www.aat.gov.au

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