Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) Share this | Hansard source

OLBECK (—) (): The regulations increase and index the filing fees for certain migration matters in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The increase does not apply to applications concerning protection visas. The fees have barely increased since 1999, and the additional revenue will fund extra resources at the AAT and the Federal Circuit Court. If paying a fee would cause severe financial hardship to an applicant, the AAT has the capacity to reduce it by 50 per cent.