Report of Review of DEEWR Social Security Appeals and Litigation Arrangements
On 10 December 2007 the Minister for Employment Participation, the Hon Brendan O’Connor MP asked the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to review its social security appeals and litigation arrangements. The objective was to ensure that the Department’s litigation activity whilst being directed to achieve outcomes that uphold the integrity of the social security system and encourage participation in education and employment related activities, nevertheless fulfil the Department’s ‘model litigant obligations’.