New Appointments for Federal Circuit Court and Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Tuesday 29 March 2016 @ 12.04 p.m. | Judiciary, Legal Profession & Procedure | Legal Research
On 24 March 2016, there were new appointments to both the Federal Circuit Court (FCCA) and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).
Federal Circuit Court
According to Lawyers' Weekly, Judge Anne Demack has been newly appointed to circuit to Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay and Brisbane.
The chair of the Law Council of Australia’s Rural, Regional and Remote Lawyers Committee, Morry Bailes, said Judge Demack’s appointment was an “extremely welcome development”:
“Research undertaken in recent years indicates that there is a shortage of investment in the legal system and legal services in rural, regional, and remote areas.
There is a pressing need for government to address the recruitment and retention of legal practitioners to country Australia.”
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Also on 24 March 2016, Senator George Brandis announced 29 appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, as part of its restructure.
Among the appointments are:
- Professor Bernard Joseph McCabe and Mr James Francis Walsh - Deputy Presidents. They will serve as the Division head of the Taxation and Commercial Division and Division head of the Social Security and Child Support Division, respectively. Each has been appointed for a period of three years commencing on 25 March 2016;
- Mr Peter Britten-Jones and Mr William (Bill) Stefaniak AM RFD as part-time senior members for a period of five years commencing on 25 March 2016;
- Mr Kent Chapman and Mr Justin Meyer have been appointed as full-time members for a period of five years commencing on 4 April 2016;
- Ms Dominique Kristen Grigg has been appointed as a part-time member for a period of five years commencing on 25 March 2016;
- Mr Andrew Carson and Dr Jonathan Gillis have also been appointed as part-time members for a period of three years, commencing on 25 March 2016; and
- Dr Maria Theresa Ho as a part-time member for a period of three years, commencing on 18 April 2016.
In addition, the following people have been appointed as part-time members for a period of five years commencing on 25 March 2016:
- Mr Louie Hawas
- Ms Anne-Marie Elias
- Dr Bennie Ng, and
- Mr Perry Quinlan Wood.
The Government has reappointed Mr Simon Letch as a full-time member for a period of three years commencing on 16 May 2016.
In addition, the following people have been reappointed as part-time members for a period of three years commencing 1 April 2016, except Ms Buxton and Ms Williams who will commence on 16 May 2016, and Professor Bohane and Dr Schwarz who will commence on 26 May 2016:
- Professor Timothy Daniel Bohane
- Dr Alexandra Joy Bordujenko
- Ms Tina Liane Bubutievski
- Ms Kate Buxton
- Ms Erika Cornwell
- Professor John Anthony Devereux
- Ms Amanda Jane Ducrou
- Ms Anne Therese Grant
- Mr Adam John Halstead
- Ms Tamara Hamilton-Noy
- Ms Susan Hoffman
- Ms Maxina Martellotta
- Dr Harry Schwarz, and
- Ms Judith Williams.
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