There was also David McCulloch - who had recently worked as a policy adviser to Liberal MP Paul Fletcher and as a staffer to former Liberal immigration minister Amanda Vanstone - and Michael Cooke, who was an adviser to Tony Abbott.
Former Liberal party senator Karen Synon had her term extended full time for another five years on the tribunal.

Bruce MacCarthy, who was a NSW Liberal MP during the 90s, was appointed for two years in the migration and refugee division.
And finally, George Brandis’ former Senate colleague, ACT Liberal Gary Humphries, found himself appointed deputy president of the tribunal for four years, on a salary of $450,000 a year.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/a-brandis-stack?utm_term=.rfgw6LK3L#.gc4m...


Lets not forget Brandis also trying to circumvent access to the independent solicitor general so that Brandis could spin everything his way.

Ferfuxsake!

Everyone suspected Labor's "Policies" were a bit off and now BUZZFEED confirms this.




Bill Shorten Used An Unpaid Intern To Write A Key Labor Policy
Alice Workman BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia posted on Nov. 2, 2016, at 12:18 p.m.


An unpaid university intern has claimed he "personally contributed" to key Labor policies that were announced in Bill Shorten's 2015 budget reply speech. Mick Tsikas / AAPIMAGE

Ben, a Juris Doctor student, spent two days a week for a semester working unpaid in the opposition leader’s office as part of the ANU’s Australian national internships program.
“I personally contributed to several policies that were announced in Mr Shorten’s budget reply speech.”

He told BuzzFeed News that during that time he would prepare one or two policy briefs every day and write press releases and speeches.

But in the lead up to and during budget week his responsibilities increased and he was tasked with helping draft the opposition leader’s reply speech.

“I personally contributed to several policies that were announced in Mr Shorten’s budget reply speech, which at the time, fewer than 10 people knew about,” he said.
The policies he was involved in were top secret and only to be disclosed on a “need-to-know” basis.

Ben pulled together data on the school coding program and helped the opposition leader’s office write Labor’s coding policy.
“Coding is the literacy of the 21st Century,” Shorten said in his speech. “And under Labor, every young Australian will have the chance to read, write and work with the global language of the digital age.”

Ben also contributed to Labor’s family violence statement.
When asked what he thought about an unpaid intern having the same input as a senior adviser on policy issues, Ben said it was “exciting” but hopes it was a “pretty rare incidence”.

After completing five months with Shorten he also undertook an unpaid internship with Labor MP Andrew Leigh, who BuzzFeed News yesterday revealed has churned through 55 interns in six years, with some used to conduct research for his books.



The opposition leader’s office confirmed to BuzzFeed News it had employed interns, including Ben, in the past but wouldn’t elaborate on how many or what their duties involved.
“As part of their studies, some students approach the office for work experience to get a sense of Labor politics and how the political process works [and] we try to facilitate if we can”, a spokesperson said.

Ben received a course credit for writing a research paper on his time in Shorten’s office, but told BuzzFeed News this internship wasn’t his first choice.
“I didn’t even put down a preference for parliament. I wanted an embassy or a governmental department.”
“I don’t think anyone would find it appetising to have unpaid internships that doesn’t get you any benefit, apart from some fluffy ‘it’ll look good on your resume’,” he said.


ACT Liberal senator Zed Seselja has labelled Labor's use of unpaid interns as "utterly two-faced" in light of the party’s strong opposition to the government’s PaTH jobs program. Mick Tsikas / AAPIMAGE

“It’s utterly two-faced that Bill Shorten and Andrew Leigh can front up to a camera and blast the government’s internship program while having unpaid interns working in their own office,” Seselja told BuzzFeed News.

Announced in the May budget, the Youth Jobs PaTH program pays under 25s who are on the dole an extra $200 a fortnight to complete internships.
Shorten has called the $751.7 million program “exploitative”.

Seselja said Labor clearly understood the benefits of internships, and had only opposed the PaTH program for political gain.
“Their public position is one thing and their private position is another,” he said.
“It’s clear they want to play the issue for political advantage rather than help young Australians find work.”

https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliceworkman/two-faced-internship-policy?utm_term=.qbw0...

Just another inept, corrupt Liberal Party scumbag.

If ever a government needed an ICAC its this rotten mob.

They all look pretty fair dinkum. Not much Lefty corruption to be seen.

It is an anti-corruption tribunal so you can't have corrupt Lefties on it.



Appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
6 May 2016

Today I announce 76 reappointments and appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

Mr John Cipolla and Ms Kira Raif have been reappointed as full-time senior members for five years. Mr John Billings has been reappointed as a full-time senior member for three years.

Mr Shahyar Roushan has been reappointed as a part-time senior member for three years.

The following members have been reappointed on a full-time basis for three years:
Mr Antonio Dronjic
Mr Alan Dino Duri
Ms Alison Mercer
Mr Hugh Lindsay Sanderson, and
Mr Christopher Jeremy Smolicz.
Mr Sean Erik Baker has been reappointed as a part-time member for five years.

The following members have been reappointed on a part-time basis for three years:
Ms Robyn Margaret Anderson
Dr William Appleton
Ms Michelle Diane Baulch
Ms Angela Therese Beckett
Ms Margret Bourke
Mr Alexander Reinhard Byers
Dr Niall Francis Cain
Mr Steven Cullimore
Ms Jean Cuthbert
Mr Bronte John Earl
Ms Kathryn Ann Edmonds
Mr Stavros Georgiadis
Dr Martin John Glasson
Dr Beverley Grehan
Ms Patricia Alida Hall
Ms Julia Ann Leonard
Ms Susan Georgina Lewis
Dr Geoffrey Markov
Ms Sally Mayne
Mr Paul Noonan
Dr Aruna Reddy
Ms Andrea Schiwy
Ms Wan Shum
Ms Rania Skaros
Ms Alison Smith
Ms Meenakshi Sripathy
Dr Bruce Albert Swanson
Dr Robin Taylor, and
Ms Yvonne Mary Webb.

These members have been reappointed to the Tribunal commencing on 1 July 2016, except Dr Cain and Dr Grehan who will commence on 16 May 2016.
Dr Denis Dragovic, Mr Theodore Tavoularis and Ms Adria Marissa Poljak have been appointed as full-time senior members for seven, five and three years, respectively.
Ms Chelsea Rebelle Walsh has been appointed as a full-time senior member for three years. Ms Walsh was previously a part-time senior member of the Tribunal.

The following part-time senior members have been appointed:
Ms April Christina Freeman and Mr John Sosso for seven years
Mr Peter Edward Nolan for five years, and
Professor Michael John McGrowdie for three years.

The following full-time members have been appointed:
Mr Clyde Campbell and Mr Peter Vlahos for seven years
Ms Angela Cranston, Ms Justine Clarke, Mr Jeffrey Robert Thomson and Ms Jennifer Cripps Watts for five years, and
Ms Moira Brophy and Mr Mark Gordon Hyman for three years.

In addition, the following people have been appointed as part-time members for seven years:
Mr Michael Bruce Hawkins
Ms Kate Juhasz, and
Ms Saxon Rice.

The following people have been appointed as part-time members for five years:
Ms Ann Barbara Brandon-Baker
Dr Louise Bygrave
Ms Mila Foster
Mr John Fitzsimons Godfrey
Dr Eric Knight
Mr Michael Manetta
Ms Jane Louise Marquard
Ms Adrienne Millbank
Mr Seamus Francis Rafferty
Mr James Edward Silva, and
the Honourable Judith Mary Troeth AM.

The following people have been appointed as part-time members for three years:
Ms Rhonda Ruth Bradley
Mr Marshal John Douglas
Ms Julie Dianne Forgan
Mr Paul Samuel Glass
Dr Heidi Gregory
Mr William Bruce Kennedy, and
Dr Sofia Khan.

These appointments will commence on 30 May 2016, except Ms Walsh who will commence on 6 May 2016, Ms Clarke who will commence on 1 August 2016, Ms Brophy who will commence on 13 June 2016 and Mr Silva who will commence on 2 August 2016.
I congratulate the appointees and look forward to the contribution they will make to the Tribunal.

https://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Mediareleases/Pages/2016/SecondQuarter/6-May-...

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2016 at 4:02pm:

Howard is still the pin up for the shellacked wifey