‘Irreversibly damaged’: Administrative Appeals Tribunal to be scrapped

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The federal government has announced the scrapping of the controversial Administrative Appeals Tribunal after Labor persistently criticised it as being stacked with Coalition appointees.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the body charged with reviewing administrative decisions had been “irreversibly damaged” by the appointment of 85 former Liberal MPs, Liberal staffers and other party associates, and a new “merit-based” tribunal would be created in its stead.Credit:“Australians rightly expect honesty, accountability and integrity in government ...

“The AAT’s dysfunction has had a very real cost to the tens of thousands of people who rely on the AAT chair to independently review government decisions that have made major, and sometimes life-changing, impacts on their lives – decisions such as whether an old Australian receives an aged pension, whether a veteran is compensated for a service injury or whether a participant in the NDIS received funding for support,” he said.He said the overhaul would include spending $63.

 

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