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2015
CPD IMMIGRATION
LAW CONFERENCE
Melbourne, 20-21 March
The 2015 CPD Immigration Law Conference is proudly sponsored by:
Migration Law Program
ANU College of Law
CPD IMMIGRATION LAW CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
Welcome reception - Thursday,
19 March 2015
DAY 1 – Friday 20 March 2015
TIME
TOPICS
8:00am – 8:45am
Registrations open
Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street,
Melbourne. 5:30pm-8:00pm
SPEAKERS
Chair: Erskine Rodan OAM, Erskine Rodan & Associates,
Stuart Clark, President-elect, Law Council of Australia
David Wilden, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Immigration
and Citizenship Policy Division, DIBP
Katie Miller, President, Law Institute of Victoria
Keynote address
Closing remarks
9:40am – 10:15am
10:15am – 11:00am
Session 1: Merits review
• Role of the IAA
•AAT Citizenship and
Character Appeals
•Updates
10:00am – 11:00am
•
Panel of Experts
•Updates on key case law
from 2014
11:00am – 11:30am
Georgina Costello, Victorian Bar
Session 6: Cancellation & fraud
•Character Changes and
other Visa Cancellations
Guy Gilbert, Victorian Bar
• Recent cases
Angel Aleksov, Victorian Bar
• PIC 4020
Karyn Anderson, Clothier Anderson & Associates
• Summary and comment
Brent Addison, Manager, Cancellations, DIBP
Chair: David Brown, Australian Government Solicitor
Peter Papadopoulos, Ernst & Young
David Prince, Kinslor Prince & Associates
Joanne Kinslor, Kinslor Prince & Associates
David Manne, Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre
Chair: Eugene Alexander, Eugene Alexander & Associates
1:00pm – 1:45pm
LUNCH
1:45pm – 3:00pm
Session 7: Hot topics 2015
• Changes to refugee law
Professor Susan Kneebone, University of Melbourne
• R
eflections on 2014 and
upcoming changes for 2015
arina Ford, Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers & David Ryken,
C
Ryken & Associates, NZ
Chair: Valerie da Gama Pereira, Da Gama Pereira Immigration
Lawyers
LUNCH
1:45pm – 3:00pm
Session 3: Business visas
• S
ignificant investor visa /
Premium investor visa
• Austrade
• State sponsorship
Alexander Kaufman, Ernst & Young
• Overview
Michaela Browning, Austrade
Irene Tkaljevic, Assistant Director, Migration, DSDBI, Government of
Victoria
Chloë Bird, Director, Business and Entrepreneur Section, DIBP
• C
omparison with USA
business visas
aomi Sheridan, Special Counsel, Littler USA
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Chair: Anne O’Donoghue, Immigration Solutions Lawyers
AFTERNOON TEA
3:20pm – 4:30pm
Session 4: Employer sponsored visas
• Free trade agreements
• Sponsorship obligations
best practice in sponsor
compliance
• Post 457 Review
Dr Brett Williams, Williams Trade Law
Chris Spentzaris, Fragomen
• Departmental perspective
Chloë Bird, Director, Business and Entrepreneur Section, DIBP
Chair: Glenn Ferguson, Ferguson Cannon Lawyers
Park Hyatt
Matthew Albert, Victorian Bar
MORNING TEA
11:30am – 1:00pm
Roz Germov, Victorian Bar
Chair: Stuart Webb, MRT-RRT Member
Health assessments
Family violence
Skills assessments
ASIO assessments
TRILOGY AND DINNER
Geoffrey Kennett SC, Sydney Bar, Georgina Costello,
Victorian Bar
Chair: Judge Riethmuller, Federal Circuit Court
ay Ransome, Principal Member of MRT-RRT
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Professor Murray Gerkens, FCG Pty Ltd - Victoria University
Session 2: Collateral decisions by external bodies
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Richard Niall QC, Victorian Bar
Session 5: Judicial review
MORNING TEA
11:30am – 1:00pm
7:00pm
Keynote presentation
David Wilden, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Immigration
and Citizenship Policy Division, DIBP
Chair: Michael Kah, Kah Lawyers
SPEAKERS
Chair: Erskine Rodan OAM
Opening session
Skilled migration review
3:00pm – 3:10pm
TOPICS
Keynote address
Welcome and keynote presentation
Welcome
1:00pm – 1:45pm
TIME
9:00am – 10:00am
8:45am – 9:40am
11:00am – 11:30am
DAY 2 – Saturday March 2015
Chloë Bird, Director, Business and Entrepreneur Section, DIBP
3:00pm – 3:30pm
AFTERNOON TEA
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Session 8: Current issues
• D
ual regulation and the
Kendall Review
Nick Parmeter, Executive Lawyer, Law Council of Australia
• Student visas issues
Natasha Bosnjak and Ben Petrie, Clayton UTZ
• R
eview of the Skilled
Migration and Temporary
Activity Framework and
the New Department of
Immigration (and Australian
Border Force)
Maria Jockel, Holding Redlich
Chair: Melinda Jackson, Hanna Jackson Lawyers