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The CPSU welcomes the Federal Government's commitment to the long overdue task of reforming Australia's federal administrative review system. This.

The current AAT is not that place. We welcome the Attorney General’s commitment to working closely with the CPSU and frontline staff through this process. This reform will see the Government abolish the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and replace it with a new body, expected to be in place towards the end of 2023.

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several journalists who have been covering billionaire Elon Musk; Labor will abolish the AAT.

“The Albanese government is committed to delivering a new, accessible, sustainable and trusted Administrative Review Tribunal that serves the interests of the Australian people. “The thing we haven’t seen is the funding to make good on those commitments. “The AAT’s dysfunction has had a very real cost to the tens of thousands of people who rely on the AAT chair to independently review government decisions that have made major- and sometimes life changing - impacts on their lives. “The Albanese government is committed to delivering a new, accessible, sustainable and trusted administrative review tribunal that serves the interests of the Australian people. “Mobilising domestic and international finance from all sources remains essential to deliver on the GBF. “The parallel obviously is with young people who are being indoctrinated online, with an ISIL ideology, just a hatred of authority … “This has been the product of very long consideration … This was a disgraceful exhibition of cronyism by the Liberal Party. Those efforts provide a cautionary tale for China on the difficulty of keeping out the virus from factories completely. The Chinese oil refining giant has gone over plans to hold output steady with some staff more than 30 times, isolating certain employees from the rest of the workforce and scrapping leave. And $11.7m over two years for a single streamline case management system.” Sinopec, for example, likens the task ahead to fighting a war.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced the government will abolish the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

He said over the coming months a task force led by former High Court judge Patrick Keane would consult on the design of the new body and legislation would be introduced next year. Mr Dreyfus said current members of the tribunal would need to reapply for their positions once the new body had been created. The new body is expected to be operating by the end of next year.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says a new “merit-based” tribunal will be created in its stead.

“Over the coming months, the Commonwealth government will consult on the design of the new body and we intend to introduce legislation to establish it next year,” Dreyfus said. [Angus Thompson](/by/angus-thompson-h13u28)is a federal political reporter covering industrial relations for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Connect via Dreyfus said matters currently before the AAT would be unaffected.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the AAT would be replaced by a new body with a merit-based appointment system.

[Michael Pelly](/by/michael-pelly-h10zlp)is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. The government will work with the main public sector union and ensure employment of AAT staff is unaffected in the transition. This announcement will cost millions and not deliver access to justice for a single additional Australian.” [Former High Court justice Patrick Keane](https://www.afr.com/link/follow-20180101-p5borh) will lead an expert working group on creation of the new body. “Australians rightly expect honesty, accountability and integrity in government. The government tribunal’s annual report revealed there were 67,720 cases awaiting finalisation at June 30, 83 per cent of which related to migration and refugee matters.

The Albanese government is abolishing a controversial government body and replacing it. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced today that the ...

But the new government said the reforms "will also include a transparent, merit-based system of appointments". The replacement to the AAT will be chaired by a dedicated taskforce within the department of the Attorney-General. The new government said the reforms "will also include a transparent, merit-based system of appointments". The previous government was criticised for appointing unqualified people with ties to the Liberal Party to the AAT. Another 75 new members will be appointed to be new AAT to handle the backlog of cases. Dreyfus criticised the previous government for appointing unqualified people with ties to the Liberal Party to the AAT.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced the AAT would be replaced with an administrative review body next year which would “better serve” the ...

“A pattern of political appointments to the AAT, particularly in the last nine years, has undermined confidence in the tribunal and made a complete overhaul necessary,” he said in a statement. A new “properly funded” body will be set up in the new year following the introduction of new legislation to do so, and it would have a “merit-based” appointment process, Mr Dreyfus said. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced the AAT would be replaced with an administrative review body next year which would “better serve” the interest of the Australian community and would have a selection process based on merit.

“The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has been a vital part of Australia's administrative law system for almost half a century and the Government's ...

This is simply about Mark Dreyfus purging a vital legal institution and settling scores with his political enemies,” he said. “This government is all about settling political scores. Leeser described the AAT as “an institution that has stood the test of time because it has done its job holding governments of all political persuasions to account.“

Attorney general Mark Dreyfus says review body was stacked with Liberals in 'disgraceful exhibition of cronyism'

This announcement undermines the work of the tribunal in holding this Labor government to account.” The CPSU’s national secretary, Melissa Donnelly, said staff needed to work without “political interference”. The government is committing $63.4m over two years to appoint 75 extra members to deal with a case backlog and another $11.7m for a new case management system. “The qualification for appointment to this tribunal will be ability and experience and knowledge of administrative review processes. Dreyfus said his department would work with the Community and Public Sector Union to move staff between the bodies. [the Coalition’s practice](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/21/full-of-liberal-mates-labor-accuses-coalition-of-stacking-tribunal) of appointing former staffers and politicians from its ranks to the powerful tribunal.

The government intends to abolish the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a move trade law expert Andrew Hudson believes will have significant impacts on ...

“Any remaining cases will be transferred to the new body … At this stage, it is unclear how the tribunal will be replaced and how it will affect the external review process. the former government fatally compromised the AAT,” Mr Dreyfus said.

A number of Liberal figures may be axed from the government's revamped Administrative Appeals Tribunal if they cannot satisfy new “merit-based” criteria.

His pledge also came after revelations in Senate hearings that 19 members of the tribunal had been the subject of bullying, harassment or discrimination complaints over the past six years. The tribunal will not be dismantled until legislation is introduced next year. “That’s because this is about a stack from the start. “The whole idea here is about trying to restore integrity. Tribunal members, who can be appointed for up to seven years, can earn between $194,000 and $392,000, while a deputy president earns just shy of $500,000. [the month before the May federal election](/link/follow-20170101-p5aarj).

Media Release 16 December 2022. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), welcomes Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus' announcement that the Administrative ...

We are ready to work with the Albanese Government on informing the shape of the new system, as we have firsthand experience of the devastating impact, injustice and trauma of flawed AAT decisions. These policy choices, made primarily by the Abbott and Morrison Governments, resulted in the average time for a review of a protection visa application jumping from 31 weeks to over 3 years between 2017-2022. While the AAT deals with a variety of administrative cases, the Migration and Refugee Division (MRD) makes up 83% of the AAT’s workload.

After taking a good look under the bonnet of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the Albanese government has taken the nuclear option.

The suspicion is that Meagher was given a heads-up about the government plans and didn’t want to be part of that future. [Michael Pelly](/by/michael-pelly-h10zlp)is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. “For example, why do people on temporary visas then get a bridging visa [when they appeal] to stay in Australia while their case continues. Email Michael at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) More than 30 per cent of the court’s work is migration matters, so Keane has intimate knowledge of how slowly things move through the system. The record backlog (more than 67,000 cases), poor clearance rates, a toxic internal culture and absence of leadership have all contributed to its fall from grace.