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13 appointments made to AAT
Federal Attorney-General Christian Porter has announced 13 appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Jerome Doraisamy
The serves as a “one-stop shop for the independent review of a wide range of decisions made by the Australian government”, Mr Porter noted, and its members “come from a wide range of backgrounds with expertise in areas such as accountancy, disability, law, medicine, migration, military affairs, public administration, science and social welfare”, he said.
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The government has made the following new appointments: Belinda Pola (full-time senior member), Deborah Mitchell (full-time member) and Dr Peter Fricker, Andrew George and Donna Petrovich (part-time members).
The following reappointments were also made: Richard Ellis, Dr Nicholas Manetta Fiona Meagher (full-time senior members), George Hallwood (full-time member) and Emeritus Professor Ronald McCallum AO, Sandra Taglieri SC, Ian Thompson and Frances Simmons (part-time members).
All of the appointees have been appointed for a period of between five and seven years and are “highly qualified to undertake the important task of conducting merits review of government decisions”, Mr Porter said in a statement.
On behalf of the Australian government, I congratulate all appointees, and I look forward to the contribution they will make to the tribunal,” he said.
