Appendix 2

Presentations by staff

The Ombudsman, Deputy Ombudsmen and other staff made more than 80 presentations during the year on administrative law, complaint handling and the role of the Ombudsman. Some of the presentations were conducted as part of the office outreach program; other meetings and seminars were hosted by the Australian Public Service Commission, individual agencies, university faculties and other bodies. The following presentations were made to other conferences and public meetings and forums.

Airo–Farulla, G. 2008, The Ombudsman as public law leader, presentation to the 13 th Public Law Weekend: Public Law, Public Leadership

Masri, G. 2008, Investigative challenges: The Northern Territory Emergency Response, presentation to the National Investigations Symposium

McMillan, J. 2008, The role of the Ombudsman in dealing with constituent inquiries, presentation to Orientation Seminar for new Senators

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Appendix 2

Presentations by staff

The Ombudsman, Deputy Ombudsmen and other staff made more than 80 presentations during the year on administrative law, complaint handling and the role of the Ombudsman. Some of the presentations were conducted as part of the office outreach program; other meetings and seminars were hosted by the Australian Public Service Commission, individual agencies, university faculties and other bodies. The following presentations were made to other conferences and public meetings and forums.

Airo–Farulla, G. 2008, The Ombudsman as public law leader, presentation to the 13 th Public Law Weekend: Public Law, Public Leadership

Masri, G. 2008, Investigative challenges: The Northern Territory Emergency Response, presentation to the National Investigations Symposium

McMillan, J. 2008, The role of the Ombudsman in dealing with constituent inquiries, presentation to Orientation Seminar for new Senators

  • 2008, Administrative values and cultural change, presentation to Australian Institute of Administrative Law (AIAL) (NSW Chapter)
  • 2008, Ten challenges for administrative justice, paper to the AIAL 2008 National Administrative Law Forum
  • 2008, Commonwealth Ombudsman experience in complaint handling and investigation: lessons learned, Private Health Insurance Ombudsman conference
  • 2008, Freedom of information reform, presentation to AIAL (ACT Chapter)
  • 2008, Research misconduct—the role of external review bodies, Workshop on Managing Serious Research Misconduct
  • 2008, Risk areas for faulty decision making, presentation to the Australian Government Leadership Network (SA) and (Vic)
  • 2008, The new integrity agenda: FOI and whistleblower reform, presentation to AIAL (SA Chapter)
  • 2008, Opening address, 17 th National Conference of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers
  • 2008, Rethinking the separation of powers, presentation to AIAL (WA Chapter)
  • 2008, 25 Years of the Defence Force Ombudsman, conference on 'Defence Watchdogs—The Administrative Oversight of Military Justice'
  • 2009, Launch of Promoting Integrity, Public Policy Network Conference
  • 2009, Over 30 years of complaint handling—lessons from the Commonwealth Ombudsman, presentation to Energy and Water Ombudsman Victoria conference
  • 2009, Off the record communications, presentation to the Joint Initiatives Group (NSW)
  • 2009, Should Australia adopt a federal charter of human rights?, participation in panel discussion, University of Canberra Isaacs Law Society
  • 2009, Administrative law challenges—an Ombudsman perspective, presentation to AIAL (Qld Chapter)
  • 2009, Principles for good governance—learning from mistakes, presentation to 3 rd Annual Ethical Leadership and Governance in the Public Sector Conference
  • 2009, Occasional address, Inaugural Prize Giving Ceremony, University of Notre Dame, School of Law (Sydney)
  • 2009, Opening address, to the Records Management Association ACT Branch, conference 'Leveraging Records and Information Management in your Organisation for Better Business Outcomes'.