Independent Reviewers
An Independent Review process provides the community and advertisers a channel through which they can appeal decisions made by the Advertising Standards Board. The review process is available to the advertiser and the person who originally made a complaint.
As part of its ongoing commitment to international best practice in delivering the advertising self-regulation system in Australia, the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) introduced a review process for Advertising Standards Board (Board) decisions in April 2008.
The Hon Deirdre O'Connor was appointed as the first Independent Reviewer in April 2008. The ASB appointed Mr Mick Palmer, AO APM, as an alternate Independent Reviewer in September 2009, to ensure the operation of the review system in the event of Ms O'Connor's absence,.
Ms O'Connor and Mr Palmer retired from their positions as Independent Reviewers in 2011. Their positions were taken up by the Emeritus Professor Dennis Pearce AO and Ms Victoria Rubensohn AM in August 2011.