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 Adjunct 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. ↑ "Adjunct Professors, Emeritus Professors and Visiting Fellows". ANU College of Law. Australian National University. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "CECS Academic and Adjunct staff". ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science. Australian National University. 18 May 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  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.
  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.
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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