Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The president, registrar or tribunal may require the parties to a review to attend 1 or more preliminary conferences before the tribunal.
(2) At a preliminary conference, the tribunal may do 1 or more of the following--
(a) decide issues about representation under section 66 or 68;
(b) stay the operation of a reviewable decision under section 70;
(c) identify and clarify the issues in dispute;
(d) identify the questions of fact and law to be decided by the tribunal;
(e) identify information to be given to the tribunal by the parties;
(f) give the parties information about the tribunal's practice and procedures;
(g) refer the parties to alternative dispute resolution;
(h) give directions and make orders about the conduct of the review.
(3) The procedure for a preliminary conference is at the discretion of the tribunal.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), at a preliminary conference the tribunal may meet with a party separately--
(a) if it considers doing so may avoid the escalation of conflict between the parties; or
(b) if the party is a child and the tribunal considers doing so is in the child's best interests having regard to the child's views and wishes.