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Issue No. 60: 1 April 2010 – 30 June 2010 New Telephone Number and Mailing Address Farewell Quarterly Statistics
Issue No. 59: 1 January 2010 – 31 March 2010 Death Benefits Requirements under s 24A of the Complaints Act Quarterly Statistics
Issue No. 58: 1 October 2009 - 31 December 2009 Federal Court Decisions AustLII Welcome Quarterly Statistics
Issue No. 57: 1 July 2009 - 30 September 2009 Conciliations Death Benefit Correspondence Farewell Quarterly Statistics
Issue No. 56 : 1 April 2009 – 30 June 2009 Interdependency Part-time Members New website Quarterly Statistics
Issue No. 55 : 1 January 2009 – 31 March 2009 Administration complaints Quarterly Statistics Appointments
Issue No. 54 : 1 October 2008 – 31 December 2008 Federal Court Appeals Relationships
Issue No. 53 : 1 July 2008 – 30 September 2008 Electronic Document Library Trust Deeds – Accuracy & Accessibility
Issue No. 52 : 1 April 2008 – 30 June 2008 Formation of Financial Ombudsman Service
Issue No. 51 : 1 January 2008 – 31 March 2008 Confusion Over Condition of Release
Issue No. 50 : 1 October 2007 – 31 December 2007 Wait For the Section 17 Notice
Issue No. 49 : 1 July 2007 – 30 September 2007 Amendment to Federal Court Rules
Issue No. 48 : 1 March 2007– 30 June 2007 2006/2007 Results High Court Appeal Lodged Aboriginal Reconciliation
Issue No. 47 : 1 January 2007– 31 March 2007 Use of Medical Reports in Assessment of TDP Trustee's Refusal to Refund Contributions Made In Error
Issue No. 46 : 1 October 2006 – 31 December 2006 The Tribunal presents in South Africa Interdependency
Issue No. 45 : 1 July 2006 – 30 September 2006 Case Reporting Introduced Into the Bulletin Conciliation Conferencing Death Benefit Distribution
Issue No. 44 : 1 April 2006 – 30 June 2006 Representation Vision Super Pty Ltd V Poulter Conciliation
Issue No. 43 : 1 January 2006 – 31 March 2006 Consumers and Trustees Beware - Changes In Insurance Rates! Superannuation Trustees and Death Benefit Distributions to Minors Successor Fund Transfers
Issue No. 42 : 1 October 2005 – 31 December 2005 New Tribunal Members Use Of Australian Standard Classification of Occupations In TDP Cases Interdependency Relationship Regulations Made
Issue No. 41 : 1 July 2005 – 30 September 2005 Communication - A joint responsibility Conciliation Procedures
Issue No. 40 : 1 April 2005 – 30 June 2005 The Difficulty for Trustees in deciding Death Benefit Distribution
Issue No. 39 : 1 January 2005 – 31 March 2005 Premises Tribunal Initiatives SCT Members' Conference Choice in superannuation
Issue No. 38 : 1 October 2004 - 31 December 2004 Claim-Staking – be careful Pre-Conciliation Discussions Implications of a Conciliation Agreement Interdependency Relationships
Issue No. 37 : 1 July 2004 - 30 September 2004 Trustee and Insurer Decisions Ongoing Responsibility To Review Disability Claims Determination Summaries Complaint Handling Time Statistics Tribunal Relocation
Issue No. 36 : 1 April 2004 - 30 June 2004 The growing need for Trustees to give reasons
Issue No. 35 : 1 January 2004 - 31 March 2004 Employers need to be more responsive Confidentiality Case Summaries Conciliation Conferences Death Benefit Distribution - ASIC Alert
Issue No. 34 : 1 October 2003 - 31 December 2003 Appointments Complaint Numbers Amendments to the Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993 Dispute Resolution Schemes
Issue No. 33 : 1 July 2003 - 30 September 2003 The Figures Legislation Delegations
Issue No. 32 : 1 April 2003 - 30 June 2003 Superannuation – Death Benefits Documents Personnel Changes
Issue No. 31 : 1 January 2003 - 31 March 2003 The Federal Budget Electronic Lodgement of Complaints—Verification Of Receipt
Issue No. 30 : 1 October 2002 - 31 December 2002 Conciliation Matrimonial Property – Settlements involving Superannuation
Issue No. 29 : 1 July 2002 - 30 September 2002 High Number of Cases outside the Jurisdiction of the Tribunal A timely reminder
Issue No. 28 : 1 April 2002 - 30 June 2002 The final quarter report
Issue No. 27 : 1 January 2002 - 31 March 2002 Productivity Commission Other Issues
Issue No. 26 : 1 October 2001 - 31 December 2001 Increase in Complaints Trustee Decisions Affirmed Minimising Tribunal Funding Privacy 'Death Benefit' Paper
Issue No. 25 : 1 July 2001 - 30 September 2001 Provision of Trust Deeds Productivity Commission Draft Report Complaint Progress
Issue No. 24 : 1 April 2001 - 30 June 2001 This is the final Quarterly Report for the 2000-2001 year
Issue No. 23 : 1 January 2001 - 31 March 2001 New Part-Time Members TPD Complaints –Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Issue No. 22 : 1 October 2000 - 31 December 2000 The coming year
Issue No. 21 : 1 July 2000 - 30 September 2000 An increase in activity
Issue No. 20 : 1 April 2000 - 30 June 2000 Tribunal launches website Your feedback and suggestions Bulletin available by email Determinations on the net