Administrative Review Tribunal legislation passes Parliament
https://www.themandarin.com.au/247339-administrative-review-tribunal-legislation-passes-parliament/
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) is getting shut-down. Over the years, it had been systemically ruined by a series of RWNJ governments. Its independence was destroyed by nepotistic appointments by friends and former colleagues of RWNJ politicians. The scale of the corruption was absolutely staggering.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the AAT had been politicised beyond the point it could be rescued.
"The AAT’s public standing was irreversibly damaged as a result of the former government’s appointment of as many as 85 former Liberal MPs, failed Liberal candidates, former Liberal staffers and other close Liberal associates without any merit-based selection process,” he said.
The AAT is being replaced from scratch by the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART). It will be given extra funding to boost its power for regional, rural and remote communities, user experience, accessibility, and First Nations.
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