Thursday, 5 March 2026
Chair
Georgina Rhodes, Barrister, Ah Ket Chambers
Professional Skills
A Practical Guide to Making Administrative Decisions
- What are the key questions to ask yourself when making administrative decisions?
- Where does the power come from to make that decision?
- Am I authorised to make that decision?
- Can I delegate the power to make that decision?
- What must I consider when making that decision?
- What evidence is that decision based on?
Presented by Stephanie Morrow, Special Counsel, Russell Kennedy
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Presenters
Stephanie Morrow, Special Counsel, Russell KennedyStephanie is a regulatory lawyer specialising in enforcement litigation, compliance advice, defence of administrative decisions and regulatory strategy. She works with regulators to implement and deliver regulatory best practice. Stephanie is a Special Counsel in Russell Kennedy’s Public Law and Regulatory Compliance group. She has previously worked for the Essential Services Commission, the Environmental Protection Authority, Consumer Affairs Victoria, and the Office of Public Prosecutions.
Georgina Rhodes, Barrister, Ah Ket Chambers
Georgina practices predominantly in public and administrative law, regulatory and criminal matters, but accepts briefs in a range of other matters including general commercial, civil and common law. She has a broad practice with experience in commissions and inquiries, coronial inquests, compulsory examinations for investigative bodies, regulatory and general crime, disciplinary matters, and merits and judicial review. She has a particular interest in matters where commercial and common law intersect with criminal law and public law. Georgina has particular expertise in government regulation. She has undertaken a wide variety of advice work (both led and unled) for private and government clients in respect of administrative decision making, statutory interpretation and complex public law litigation. Georgina has a background in matters relating to children and vulnerable people, including; youth justice, crimes mental impairment, guardianship, NDIS, reportable conduct scheme, Working with Children Clearances and a Public Inquiry into institutional abuse. As such Georgina welcomes briefs relating to vulnerable clients, including common law institutional abuse claims. Georgina appears (both led and unled) in various State and Commonwealth Tribunals and Courts. She has practiced in Victoria and Tasmania and accepts briefs from all jurisdictions.
