YPJT is right. Not only another layer of criminal checks but another layer of visual identification wrt your physical person and your documents!
The whole process is fluid. Before, if you had an adverse report you were scrubbed! End of story! No correspondence entered into! Now it would appear you can present to the AAT and plea your case successfully. Individually, not a bad outcome if you have turned over a new leaf...but...a complete about-face as to the original intent.
As for the changes to include criminality....why allow the appeal process at all?
EDIT to add...recommendation 22 could be an issue. Costs will escalate if all gov controlled.
Last edited by OZBUSDRIVER; 9th Mar 2014 at 21:04.