Morrison government moves to re-appoint Abbott-era AAT members
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A spokesman for Minister Greg Hunt, the acting attorney-general while Mr Porter is on leave, declined to comment on whether the government had requested the re-appointment process to begin or if a decision on whether to re-appoint the members would be made before May.
“The government will consider and make announcements about appointments to the AAT at the appropriate time, including any re-appointments for existing members whose terms are about to expire; this is part of a standard process that has been operating for many years,” he said.
The tribunal has been in the spotlight after several controversial decisions, including two American-born armed robbers, Teak Curran and Lewis Burton, had their visa cancellations overturned last year despite the former jailed in 2012 for a series of armed robberies while the latter was found guilty of using a screwdriver to stab a victim in the chest.
In another matter, Irish convicted paedophile priest Finian Egan won an appeal against being deported after taking Mr Dutton’s 2016 decision to strip him of his dual Australian citizenship.
However, figures published by the tribunal show very few of the decisions it makes, just 3.1 per cent in the financial year ending June last year, were appealed to the courts.
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