Time solves all and in time the AAT and the HRC will be purged of Gillard's Lefty plants put there to cause as much trouble as possible for the new govt.





Staffing glitch besets administrative tribunal mergers
CHRIS MERRITT Legal Affairs Editor Sydney The Australian12:00AM January 22, 2016


Hobart barrister Duncan Kerr, who has 18 months left in his five-year term as president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

With 18 months left in his five-year term as president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Duncan Kerr finds himself presiding over a plan that he says was just “a gleam in my eye” when he was first appointed.

Justice Kerr, who is a former Labor minister for justice, has long supported amalgamation of the federal administrative tribunals and had raised the subject with Nicola Roxon when she was attorney-general in the Gillard government. “I didn’t get any great sense of enthusiasm,” Justice Kerr said. “The last attempt to do it had been so brutally contested the scars were still there.”

When the amalgamation ­finally took effect in July, it had bipartisan support and Justice Kerr said the current structure has none of the weaknesses of previous failed plans.

One of those weaknesses was the perception that previous schemes would have increased government influence over the tribunal.

Yet when the amalgamation took effect last year — merging the AAT with the Migration Review Tribunal, Refugee Review Tribunal and Social Security Appeals Tribunal to create a one-stop shop for review of commonwealth decisions — it was accompanied by what some viewed as a government “clean-out” of personnel.

Of 38 members of the MRT and RRT whose terms expired at the end of June, only seven were appointed to the newly created Migration and Refugee Division of the AAT.

Justice Kerr does not see this as a conspiracy but he is worried that personnel shortages will inevitably lead to delays and backlogs. “I think in public life, often when you look for conspiracies they are explained by more mundane considerations,” he said.

As president, he is bedding down an amalgamation plan that was first proposed in 1971 by a committee chaired by John Kerr — to whom he is not related. But things have not gone exactly as Justice Kerr had hoped.

“When the tribunals were brought together there was an expectation ... that the ministers responsible for the previous tribunals would have completed all appointments so we would get a full complement of people coming across,” he said.

“That did not happen. It was one of the things that was not finalised as I would have hoped. So we have had, I suppose you could put it as teething problems with our appointments, particularly in the migration and refugee space.”

The amalgamated AAT “came in about 15 (tribunal members) short,” he added.

“That still has to be resolved and that means that for the first time in a long time we are having more (matters) coming in than are going out, which is not sustainable in the long run.”

Justice Kerr said the government was aware of the problem and he believed there would be “a little blip, through nobody’s fault” and “the number of matters we will settle this year will not be as great as we would have wished”.

While the gaps at the AAT were likely to affect the flow of current cases, the backlog of asylum claims inherited by the Coalition government is being handled by the newly established Immigration Assessment Authority. This organisation is providing fast-track processing for the backlog of irregular maritime arrivals and, while legally distinct from the AAT, is also part of Justice Kerr’s responsibilities.

He said about 70-80 per cent of refugee claims that are rejected by the government are also rejected by the AAT and that meant it was in nobody’s interest for the tribunal’s processes to be delayed due to under-resourcing.[url][/url]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/staffing-glitch-besets-ad...

Sounds like the AAT and the HRC are monuments to Gillard's laying land mines for the incoming govt.




Administrative Appeals Tribunal—who in hell are they?
AMM 17/05/2017

The AAT has overturned 4389 visa decisions made by Mr Dutton or his delegate in the past year.

And why a $256 million immigration office update? See blog below.

SIX Iranian boat people were caught holidaying in their homeland after lying on their visa applications about fearing for their lives if they had to return there.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton must wonder who in hell is running this country.

Why have a government when we have a cabal of unelected, ex Labor stooges, who appear to delight in denying true democracy to apply their personal socialist agenda.

The Honourable Justice Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr who presides as President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal appointed by Julia Gillard.

And was was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs in the Rudd Ministry in 2007. and it was Labor who flooded Australia with 50,000 country shoppers, most of whom remain unemployed. Learn more.

Details at the bottom of the following article.

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Tribunal lets fake Iranian refugees stay in Australia
Source: News Corp

But Administrative Appeals Tribunal bureaucrats have foiled Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s attempts to deport the Iranians, allowing them to stay here regardless. Documents seen by the Herald Sun reveal in each case, the Iranians, who paid people smugglers to get to Australia, were given protection visas after claiming their lives would be in danger if they returned to Iran.

The visas were cancelled by Mr Dutton, or his delegate, after the Immigration ­Department discovered they voluntarily returned to Iran and later came back to Australia.

Documents reveal:

ONE made three return trips to Iran after getting his Australian visa, including one to get married under Islamic law, an event conducted by the Iranian authorities he was supposedly terrified of;

ANOTHER claimed to be on an Iranian wanted list, but the Immigration Department later discovered the person was in no danger by returning to Iran and was an economic migrant rather than a genuine refugee;

A COUPLE who arrived by boat claimed to have no identification documents and they would be killed if they returned to Iran, but later voluntarily travelled to Iran and back to Australia on valid Iranian passports; and

TWO Iranian family members claimed to be stateless with no identity documents — a lie discovered when another family member applied to join them in Australia and provided documents to show all were Iranian citizens who were in no danger of being persecuted in Iran.


Read the rest of the results of Gillard treachery here

http://morningmail.org/administrative-appeals-tribunal-hell/#more-60627

Oh dear MM (Am I still aloud to call you MM the Mighty Monk ? Or are you going to complain ?).

You just cannot address the current point. You try to muddle the water by bringing in total irrelevancies. That's why I suggest you couldn't argue your way out of a paper bag. (Is this a complaint ?)

This topic in case you have forgotten in your surge of HATRED of me is about illegal invaders being let into Australia by Labor and how the Libs have stopped this carnage dead.

Now Dutto is being messed up by Gillard's Lefty plants who believe Australia should be black brown and brindle with whites being inferior.

Now I suppose you will gang up with Bammy and Paw S both of whom HATE me and threaten complaints and hurl abuse at me etc.

If it wan't so funny it would be laughable.

MM you are hopeless at prosecuting an argument cause all you do is recite Lefty propaganda nonsense.

You have said the clearly factual evidence I have researched is not factual but as usual you are unable to say why so you do what all Lefties do when they are defeated you HAVE A GO AT THE POSTER!!!!

In reality you have become just another one of my STATUS SYMBOL TROLLS. And note TROLLS are motivated mainly by envy and jealousy as you are clearly envious and jealous of my superior effective presenting of a factual argument.

Due to boredom with your triteness I think I will just ignore you in future.

That's one feature that is missing here, the ability to ignore an uninteresting poster.

Classic political correctness at work as Gillard's Lefty plants try to use the Lefty political correctness nonsense (just like some posters do here) to stop discussion.

It is the vile Greenie influence at work here as the vile Greenies want to destroy Australia by overrunning it with the unwanted black, brown and brindles. The Greenies want to see Australia end up like Germany and France with bombs going off every day or so.

But, just like the Triggsy and the HRC, they are really only digging their own grave.


And isn't it exciting 2GB TV is coming so it will be possible to see the experts ripping the Lefties to shreds instead of just listening to them.





Law Council Slaps Down Peter Dutton Over Court Criticisms. Claims Dutton's comments were 'dangerous and erosive to our justice system'.
Josh Butler Associate Editor, HuffPost Australia17/05/2017 3:03 PM AEST | Updated 18 hours ago


Dutto's got them Gillard lefty plants all riled up

The Law Counci[/img]l of Australia has harshly criticised immigration minister Peter Dutton over his complaints about the legal system's handling of cases involving Iranian refugees, calling his views "dangerous and erosive to our justice system".

Dutton was on radio station 2GB on Tuesday, speaking about Iranian refugees who had been granted Australian visas that the government later tried to deport after making return trips to their home country. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal blocked the deportation bid, however, leading to coverage in national media earlier this week.



Dutton's comments, taking aim at the tribunal including president Justice Duncan Kerr -- a former federal Labor MP -- were criticised by the Law Council of Australia on Wednesday.


"Any suggestion by government that Australian jurists are not acting with independence is dangerous and erosive to our justice system and lies outside Australia's democratic tradition. It undermines the public perception of the legitimate role of the judiciary and weakens the rule of law," said Law Council president Fiona McLeod SC.

"Justice Duncan Kerr is a highly respected Federal Court judge who has provided excellent service to the Commonwealth during his time as AAT President. Members of the government may disagree with decisions made by the AAT, but the Courts and tribunals provide an important check upon the unlawful exercise of power."

McLeod defended the AAT's structure.

"The independence of the judiciary, and respect for the role of Courts and tribunals, is a fundamental to the rule of law in Australia," she said.

"The Administrative Appeals Tribunal plays a critical role in overseeing and reviewing decisions made by Federal Government ministers, departments, and agencies every day. For members to face personal criticism for fulfilling their duties is inappropriate. They are reviewing decisions made by government in accordance with law, not personal preference or ideology."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/05/17/law-council-slaps-down-peter-dutton-...

Jovial Monk wrote on May 18^th, 2017 at 9:58am:



Hey  MM, how many REFFO'S do you share your house with..?   

juliar wrote on May 18^th, 2017 at 10:21am:



It's run away,,  I can't see to many reffos sharing its little shack