New Appointments to AATA, FCCA and Proposed Appointment to LECC
Monday 16 January 2017 @ 10.19 a.m. | Judiciary, Legal Profession & Procedure | Legal Research
In late December 2016 and early January 2017, there have been 17 new appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, one new appointment to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and a proposal for appointment to the newly created Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.
New Administrative Appeals Tribunal Appointments
On 15 December 2016, the Attorney-General (Cth) announced 17 new appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal including:
- Ms Stephanie Brakespeare (part-time member for seven years);
- Mrs Danica Buljan (full-time member for seven years);
- Ms Anna Burke (full-time member for seven years);
- Ms Michelle East (full-time member for seven years);
- Mrs Lana Gallagher (part-time member for seven years);
- Mr Milton Griffin QC (part-time senior member for seven years);
- Dr Colin Huntly (full-time member for seven years);
- Mr Michael Judd (full-time member for seven years);
- Ms Linda Kirk QC (part-time senior member for seven years);
- Mr Russell Matheson (full-time member for seven years);
- Dr Graham Maynard (part-time member for seven years);
- Mr Alan McMurran (part-time member for seven years);
- Ms Alison Murphy (part-time member for seven years);
- Mr Andrew Nikolic AM CSC (full-time senior member for seven years);
- Mr Christopher Packer (part-time member for seven years);
- Ms Kim Parker (full-time member for seven years); and
- Ms Hannelore Schuster (full-time member for seven years).
These appointments commence today (16 January 2017) except Ms Kirk who will commence on 30 January 2017 and Ms East, and Ms Schuster who will both commence on 6 February 2017.
Click here for further information on tribunal member biographies.
New Federal Circuit Court Appointment
On 14 December 2016, the Attorney-General (Cth) announced the appointment of Ms Amanda Tonkin to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. She commenced in the Canberra Registry on 1 January 2017.
Ms Tonkin signed the bar roll in 1995 and commenced as a barrister at Blackburn Chambers in the Australian Capital Territory. Her principal areas of practice include family law, de facto and child protection proceedings, criminal law, coronial inquiries, proceedings under mental health and guardianship legislation and common law proceedings including personal injury matters.
Proposed New Appointment for the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission
According to a recent Sydney Morning Herald article, Supreme Court judge Michael Adams is the government's nomination for Chief Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC), which replaces the Police Integrity Commission and functions of the Ombudsman and Inspector of the NSW Crime Commission. For more about this, see TimeBase's previous article.
The nomination will go before the NSW parliamentary oversight committee for the LECC, Ombudsman and NSW Crime Commission, which has power of veto over the appointment. If Justice Adams is appointed, as expected, two deputy commissioners will then be chosen with his concurrence.
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