Note: the original hard copy of this report is 20 pages.

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Unrepresented parties and the Equal Opportunity Tribunal: a survey of Tribunals and recommendations for change  

, 2000 This project examines procedures in comparable Tribunals, and makes recommendations to the Administrative Decisions Tribunal (NSW) about the procedures in the Equal Opportunity Division (EOD), in order to make the EOD more accessible, especially to unrepresented parties.

List of the Tribunals surveyed


Name of Tribunal Abbreviation
Administrative Decisions Tribunal (NSW) ADT
Anti-Discrimination Board ADB
ACT Discrimination Tribunal DT ACT
Administrative Appeals Tribunal AAT
Community Services Appeal Tribunal CSAT
Consumer Claims Tribunal1 CCT
Equal Opportunity Division of the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal EOD
Equal Opportunity Tribunal NSW2 EOT
Equal Opportunity Tribunal SA EOT SA
Equal Opportunity Tribunal WA EOT WA
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission HREOC
Legal Services Appeals Tribunal3 LST
NT Anti-Discrimination Board ADB NT
Refugee Review Tribunal RRT
Residential Tenancy Tribunal4 RTT
Veterinary Surgeons Disciplinary Tribunal VDT



1  Now the Consumer Claims Division of the Fair Trading Tribunal
2  Now the Equal Opportunity Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
3  Now the Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
4  Now the Residential Tribunal