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James Popple | |
| ADDRESS: | PO Box 5098 GARRAN ACT 2605 AUSTRALIA |
| E-MAIL: | james@popple.net |
| HOME PAGE: | http://www.popple.net/james |
| DATE OF BIRTH: | 4 November 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH: | Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia |
| NATIONALITY: | Australian |
| SINCE 2022 | Chief Executive Officer, Law Council of Australia The Law Council of Australia represents the legal profession at the national level; speaks on behalf of its Constituent Bodies on federal, national, and international issues; promotes and defends the rule of law; and promotes the administration of justice, access to justice and general improvement of the law. The Law Council advises governments, courts, and federal agencies on ways in which the law and the justice system can be improved for the benefit of the community. The Law Council also represents the Australian legal profession overseas, and maintains close relationships with legal professional bodies throughout the world. |
| SINCE 2013 | Honorary Professor, College of Law and College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics, Australian National University, Canberra |
| 2018–22 | Member, ACT Remuneration Tribunal Inquiry into, and determination of, the remuneration, allowances, and other entitlements to be granted to particular offices in the Australian Capital Territory, under the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995 (ACT). |
| 2021–22 | Official Secretary, Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Commission; support for the Royal Commissioners in their inquiry; strategic oversight, policy development and operations. |
| 2018–21 | Official Secretary, Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Commission; support for the Royal Commissioners in their inquiry; strategic oversight, policy development and operations. |
| 2018–21 | Member, Anti-Dumping Review Panel Independent review of certain decisions made by the Minister for Jobs and Innovation (or her Assistant Minister) or by the Commissioner of the Anti-Dumping Commission in relation to anti-dumping and countervailing investigations. |
| 2018 | Principal Reviewer, CPM Reviews Pty Ltd Independent review of workplace behaviour, administrative actions and employment decisions for the public sector and private sector organisations. |
| 2015–17 | Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Canberra Merits review, under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, of decisions made by Commonwealth ministers, departments and agencies under various Acts. |
| 2010–14 | Freedom of Information Commissioner, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Canberra Merits review of FOI decisions made by Commonwealth ministers, departments and agencies; monitoring, investigating and reporting on compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982; assisting departments and agencies to publish information in accordance with the information publication scheme under the Act; and promoting awareness and understanding of the Act and its objects. Appointed under the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 to exercise the "freedom of information functions", which are about giving the Australian community access to information held by the Commonwealth Government in accordance with the FOI Act and other Acts. |
| 2009–12 | Adjunct Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University, Canberra Non-stipendiary; occasional research in computer science and law. |
| 2009–10 | First Assistant Secretary (Senior Executive Band 2), Civil Law Division, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Legal and policy advice on Australian Government legal services, bankruptcy and personal insolvency, copyright, classification and international legal services; classification operations; reform of Australian personal property securities law and regulation of the national legal profession; support for the Attorney-General in the performance of his First Law Officer role; administration of the Copyright Act 1968, the Circuit Layouts Act 1989, the Electronic Transactions Act 1999, the Legal Services Directions 2005 and Part 3 of the Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997. |
| 2008–09 | First Assistant Secretary (Senior Executive Band 2), Legal Services and Personal Property Securities Division, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Reform of Australian personal property securities law; support for the Attorney-General in the performance of his First Law Officer role; legal and policy advice on Australian Government litigation, bankruptcy and personal insolvency; administration of the Legal Services Directions 2005 and Part 3 of the Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997. |
| 1995–2009 | Visiting Fellow, Research School of Computer Science (in 1995, the Department of Computer Science), College of Engineering and Computer Science (in 1995, the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology), Australian National University, Canberra Non-stipendiary; occasional research in computer science and law. |
| 2007–08 | First Assistant Secretary (Senior Executive Band 2), Personal Property Securities Division, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Reform of Australian personal property securities law. |
| 2007 | First Assistant Secretary (Senior Executive Band 2), Personal Property Securities Taskforce / Legal Services Coordination, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Reform of Australian personal property securities law; support for the Attorney-General in the performance of his First Law Officer role; legal and policy advice on Australian Government litigation, bankruptcy and personal insolvency, and international legal services; administration of the Legal Services Directions 2005 and Part 3 of the Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations 1997. |
| 2004–06 | First Assistant Secretary (Senior Executive Band 2), Indigenous Justice and Legal Assistance Division, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Development, implementation and administration of Australian Government policy on legal aid, including management of the Legal Aid Commission program and the Community Legal Services program; administration of schemes for the provision of law and justice programs to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; provision of legal or financial assistance in matters arising under a number of statutory and non-statutory schemes. |
| 2004 | First Assistant Secretary (Senior Executive Band 2), Indigenous Law and Justice Division, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Administration of schemes for the provision of law and justice programs to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. |
| 2004 | Assistant Secretary (Senior Executive Band 1), Administrative Law and Civil Procedure Branch, Civil Justice Division, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Legal and policy advice on the federal administrative law system; appointments to tribunals; civil procedure and evidence; international civil procedure. |
| 2003 | Assistant Secretary (Senior Executive Band 1), Legal Assistance Branch, Family Law and Legal Assistance Division, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Administration of 25 schemes for legal or financial assistance. |
| 2001–03 | Executive Adviser (Senior Executive Band 1), Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Legal and policy advice to the Secretary, and to Ministers and departmental officers; liaison with other agencies; project work; coordination within the Department and with other agencies. |
| 1999–2001 | Director (Principal Legal Officer), Tribunal Reform Section, Administrative and Procedural Justice Branch, Civil Justice Division, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Development of legislation to establish an Administrative Review Tribunal; legal and policy advice, especially in relation to reform of the federal merits review system. |
| 1997–2000 | Staff Tutor, Burgmann College, Australian National University, Canberra After-hours; responsible for the College's tutorial system, and academic matters in general; assistant to the College Principal. |
| 1998–99 | Senior Legal Officer, Privacy Section, Information Law Branch, Information and Security Law Division, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Legal and policy advice, especially on the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and other legislation raising information privacy issues. |
| 1998 | Government Lawyer, Federal Jurisdiction Section, Civil Justice Branch, Civil Law Division, Australian Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Legal and policy advice, especially in relation to Commonwealth courts and tribunals. |
| 1996–98 | Deputy Registrar, High Court of Australia, Canberra Organizational support of the High Court in the discharge of its functions; responsible for the administration of matters filed in the Canberra, Brisbane, Darwin and Perth offices of the Registry. |
| 1995 | Associate to Justice Mary Gaudron, High Court of Australia, Canberra Legal research for Justice Gaudron. |
| 1994 | [Travelling in Europe] |
| 1993 | Associate Lecturer (Academic Level A), Department of Computer Science, Australian National University, Canberra Course coordinator and tutor for units in discrete mathematics and information systems. |
| 1987–91 | Tutor, Department of Computer Science, Australian National University, Canberra Part-time; preparation and presentation of tutorials for first-year computer science units. |
| 1989 | College Officer, Burgmann College, Australian National University, Canberra After-hours administration, especially of conferences. |
| 1989 | Programmer, Department of Computer Science, Australian National University, Canberra UNIX system administration and application development. |
| 1987–88 | Programmer, Hewlett-Packard Australia Ltd, Australian Software Operation, Melbourne UNIX application development during university vacation. |
| 1985–87 | Clerical officer, Stamp Duties Office, Melbourne Legal clerical work; 2–4 months each year during university vacations; now part of the State Revenue Office Victoria. |
| 1989‑93 | Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science and Law) Thesis: "SHYSTER: A Pragmatic Legal Expert System". Abstract: Most legal expert systems attempt to implement complex models of legal reasoning. This thesis argues that a complex model is unnecessary. It advocates a simpler, pragmatic approach in which the utility of a legal expert system is evaluated by reference, not to the extent to which it simulates a lawyer's approach to a legal problem, but to the quality of its predictions and of its arguments. The thesis describes the development of a legal expert system, called SHYSTER, which takes a pragmatic approach to case law. It discusses the testing of SHYSTER in four different and disparate areas of case law, and draws conclusions about the advantages and limitations of this approach to legal expert system development. |
| 1984–88 | Bachelor of Laws |
| 1983–87 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Units in computer science, English, history and mathematics. Thesis: "Incremental Compilation and its Implementation in the PECAN Programming Environment Generator". |
| 1980–83 | Canberra School of Music, Canberra Part-time studies in electronic music. |
| 1981–82 | Phillip College, Canberra Now the Woden campus of the Canberra College. |
| 1977–80 | Melrose High School, Canberra |
| 1970–76 | Torrens Primary School, Canberra |
| SINCE 1985 | Councillor |
| 1990–93 and 2003–05 | Secretary of Council |
| 1997–2000 | Staff Tutor |
| 1989 | College Officer |
| 1986–87 | Tutor |
| 1986/87 | President, Residents' Association |
| SINCE 1991 | Honorary Life Member |
| 1990/91 | President |
| 1989–92 | Postgraduate Representative Council, member |
| 1991–92 | Sports Union Council, Postgraduate student representative |
| 1990/91 | Council, Postgraduate student representative |
| 1987/88 | Council, Undergraduate student representative |
| 1987/88 | Student Representative Council, General representative |
| SINCE 1986 | National Gallery of Australia Association, member |
| SINCE 1987 | Amnesty International Australia, member |
| SINCE 1990 | Australian National University Union, life member |
| SINCE 1992 | High Court of Australia, barrister |
| SINCE 1992 | Supreme Court of New South Wales, barrister |
| SINCE 1992 | Supreme Court of the ACT, barrister and solicitor |
| SINCE 1993 | Supreme Court of Victoria, barrister and solicitor |
| SINCE 2021 | Supreme Court of South Australia, barrister and solicitor |
| SINCE 2021 | ANU Journal of Law and Technology, member editorial advisory board |
| SINCE 2021 | ACT Bar Association, member (non-practising barrister) |
| SINCE 2021 | Australian Academy of Law, Fellow |
| SINCE 2023 | Law Society of the ACT, member (non-practising) |
| SINCE 2024 | AustLII Foundation Ltd, Director |
| 1996–2022 | Journal of Law and Information Science / Journal of Law, Information and Science (ISSN 0729-1485), member editorial board |
| 2012–2014 | Telopea Park School Board, chair |
| 2007 | Australia and New Zealand School of Government Executive Fellows Program for Senior Public Sector Executives, participant |
| 2006–2007 | Taxation Test Case Funding Review Panel, member |
| 2001–2005 | Australian Attorney-General's Department, member audit committee |
| 2001 | Australia Day Achievement Medallion Awarded by the Australia Day Council, on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department, for significant contribution in advising the Attorney-General on administrative review system reform. |
| 1990‑93 | Australian National University PhD Scholarship |
| 1991 | Telecom Student Innovator Award |
| 1990 | Sigma Data Postgraduate Research Award |
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Parton and Comcare [2016] AATA 1076; LTLL and Comcare [2016] AATA 913; D'Ambrosio and Secretary, Department of Social Services [2016] AATA 828; Atkinson and Comcare [2016] AATA 804; St Mary Health & Community Services Pty Ltd and Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (2016) 70 AAR 206; [2016] AATA 673; Haywood and Comcare [2016] AATA 667; Smith and Australian Federal Police [2016] AATA 531; Secretary, Department of Social Services and Dockerty [2016] AATA 477; Sedaitis and Comcare [2016] AATA 465; Howes and Comcare [2016] AATA 448; O'Kane and Comcare [2016] AATA 389; Leigh and Australian Federal Police (2016) 153 ALD 546; (2016) 69 AAR 312; [2016] AATA 330; Jones and Australian Federal Police (2016) 153 ALD 535; [2016] AATA 329; Duncan and Secretary, Department of Human Services (2016) 151 ALD 577; [2016] AATA 152; Ware and Comcare (2016) 68 AAR 449; [2016] AATA 146.
Whitby and Secretary, Department of Health [2015] AATA 1026; Carroll and Secretary, Department of Social Services [2015] AATA 982; Wuth and Comcare [2015] AATA 947; Duley and Secretary, Department of Human Services [2015] AATA 816; Garrett and Comcare (2015) 151 ALD 372; [2015] AATA 801; Nozohoor Mehrabad and Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 67 AAR 423; [2015] AATA 790; RLDZ and Comcare [2015] AATA 735; Beale and Repatriation Commission [2015] AATA 725; Cmunt and Secretary, Department of Social Services [2015] AATA 674; Kennedy and Comcare (2015) 67 AAR 134; [2015] AATA 643; QHBN and Secretary, Department of Social Services [2015] AATA 614; Tisdell and Secretary, Department of Social Services [2015] AATA 582; Estate of Kozak and Secretary, Department of Social Services [2015] AATA 480; XGYV and Commissioner of Taxation (2015) 101 ATR 718; [2015] AATA 478; Novosel and Comcare (2015) 66 AAR 549; [2015] AATA 476; Power and Comcare [2015] AATA 471; Rovere and Secretary, Department of Education and Training [2015] AATA 462; Khorramdel and Secretary, Department of Social Services [2015] AATA 383; BDPD and Child Support Registrar [2015] AATA 376; Goodricke and Comcare [2015] AATA 323; Munday and Comcare [2015] AATA 314; Stanton and Comcare [2015] AATA 297; Lamb and Secretary, Department of Social Services [2015] AATA 290; Farrell and Comcare [2015] AATA 268; McDonald and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation [2015] AATA 237; Lim and Comcare [2015] AATA 189; Hartas and Telstra Corporation Ltd [2015] AATA 147; Ward and Commissioner of Taxation (2015) 148 ALD 599; (2015) 65 AAR 305; (2015) 101 ATR 151; 2015 ATC ¶10-385; 15 ESL 05; [2015] AATA 138; Munday and Comcare [2015] AATA 123; Pemberton and Director-General, National Archives of Australia (2015) 65 AAR 219; [2015] AATA 115; Iyengar and Commissioner of Taxation (2015) 100 ATR 940; [2015] AATA 80.
'AV' and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [2013] AICmr 91; Philip Morris Ltd and Treasurer [2013] AICmr 88; National Australia Bank Ltd and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2013] AICmr 84; 'AR' and Australian Federal Police [2013] AICmr 80; 'AP' and Department of Human Services [2013] AICmr 78; Kemp and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [2013] AICmr 75; Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW Inc and Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer [2013] AICmr 70; Sweeney and Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2013] AICmr 68; Sweeney and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority [2013] AICmr 67; Hunt and Australian Federal Police [2013] AICmr 66; Besser and Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs [2013] AICmr 65; Battersby and NBN Co Ltd [2013] AICmr 61; Real Health Care Reform Pty Ltd and Department of Health and Ageing [2013] AICmr 60; 'AH' and Australian Federal Police [2013] AICmr 59; NHS Australia Pty Ltd and Fair Work Ombudsman [2013] AICmr 58; Diamond and Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [2013] AICmr 57; Rudd and Civil Aviation Safety Authority [2013] AICmr 56; Commonwealth Ombudsman and 'S' [2013] AICmr 31; Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Australian Sports Commission [2013] AICmr 28; 'M' and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry [2013] AICmr 24; 'J' and Department of Health and Ageing [2013] AICmr 21; 'A' and Department of Immigration and Citizenship [2013] AICmr 7; 'Z' and Department of Defence [2013] AICmr 6; Dorling and Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism [2013] AICmr 5; 'Y' and Airservices Australia [2013] AICmr 4; 'X' and Australian Research Council [2013] AICmr 3; 'V' and Department of Immigration and Citizenship [2013] AICmr 1.
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| Last modified: | 20 January 2024 |