James Popple

James Popple
Photograph of James Popple
Born (1964-11-04) 4 November 1964
Mirboo, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australian
Education
Alma mater Australian National University
Website www.popple.net/james
Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Assumed office
1 January 2015
First Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner
In office
1 November 2010 – 31 December 2014

Dr James Popple (born 1964)[1] is a Senior Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.[2] He is also an Honorary Professor in the College of Law[3] and the College of Engineering and Computer Science[4] at the Australian National University.[5]

He was President of the ANU's Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (1990–91);[1] associate to High Court Justice Mary Gaudron (1995);[6] Deputy Registrar of the High Court of Australia (1996–98);[1] a senior executive in the Australian Attorney-General's Department (1998–2010);[7] and the first Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner (2010–14).[7] He has been a member of the Council of Burgmann College, ANU since 1985.[1][8]

As part of his PhD research at the ANU (1993),[9] he developed a legal expert system called SHYSTER.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Who's Who in Australia 2003 (39th ed.). Crown Content. 2002. p. 1635. ISSN 0810-8226.
  2. ↑ "AAT Membership - Australian Capital Territory". Administrative Appeals Tribunal. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Our people". ANU College of Law. Australian National University. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "People". ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science. Australian National University. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "James Popple". Australian National University. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Blackshield, Tony; Coper, Michael; Williams, George, eds. (2001). The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-19-554022-0.
  7. 1 2 "Freedom of Information Commissioner". Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Council of Burgmann College". Burgmann College. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Popple, James (1993). SHYSTER: A Pragmatic Legal Expert System (PDF) (PhD thesis). Australian National University. ISBN 0-7315-1827-6. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2014. Also available at Google Books.
  10. ↑ "SHYSTER". Australian National University. 26 June 2003. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Popple, James (1996). A Pragmatic Legal Expert System (PDF). Applied Legal Philosophy Series. Dartmouth (Ashgate). ISBN 1-85521-739-2. Archived from the original on 28 December 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2014. Also available at Google Books.
Government offices
New title Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner
1 November 2010 – 31 December 2014 		Vacant
Preceded by
Robin Creyke		 Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
1 January 2015 – present 		Current holder
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