Scope and Responses

Data/Information for all AAT/ART matters to which the NDIA was a Respondent, for the six months from 1 July 2024 to 31 December 2024:

1. For all AAT/ART matters that went to hearing, the overall average number of days that a matter was at hearing, and the overall average daily cost per matter incurred by the NDIA in participating in those hearings (being the cost of hearing days only).

• 2.6 days.
• $6,445.75 excluding GST per hearing day

2. For all AAT/ART matters, including those matters that did not go to hearing, the average total monthly cost per matter incurred by the agency in being a Respondent in these AAT/ART matters.

When providing the costs, please include all of the following costs:

1. All legal costs (both internal agency legal costs, and the costs of engaging external law services).
2. All costs of engaging expert witnesses (including both those engaged directly by the agency, and those engaged by external law firms that the agency has engaged).
3. Transcription services.
4. Any other costs incurred by the agency (either directly, or indirectly through external law services) in responding to these matters…

Table 1: Average external spend per matter per month excluding GST on AAT/ART Applications (average taken from period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024)

Expert witness engagement costs (including medical)	$112.56
Transcription costs	$1.91
All other costs	$1,072.62
Total External Spend	$1,187.08

Please note, internal legal costs cannot be directly attributed to an AAT/ART Application and are therefore excluded.