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A WHO’S WHO IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL ZOO
from Christian Porter
CHRISTIAN PORTER’S NIGHT LIFE INTENSIFIES DEEP CONCERNS OVER POLITICAL INTEGRITY
CONTRACT-20190225-P5101I.HTML CHRISTIAN PORTER’S ABUSE OF POWER
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A WHO’S WHO IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL ZOO
By Justine Landis-Hanley – Crikey on September 24, 2019
The Liberal federal government has appointed 64 members and senior members to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal over the past six years who have some kind of connection and or worked for the
coalition, some of them with no legal qualifications.
Name State Type of Connection
Gary Humphries ACT Former Liberal senator
John Sosso QLD Director-General, Justice Department (Newman government) Robert VIC Liberal Chairman Kew State Electoral Council Cameron Paul Clauson QLD Former attorney-general and minister under Liberal AM government Michael Cooke* NSW Former adviser to Tony Abbott Denis VIC Liberal preselection for the House of Representatives; Dragovic* Victorian Senate preselection Ann Duffield* QLD Former chief of staff to Scott Morrison Richard Ellis WA Former chief of staff to former premier Colin Barnett Matthew VIC Former Liberal Party member for Denison Groom James Lambie QLD Former policy adviser; senior adviser and chief of staff to George Brandis Donald Morris* VIC Former senior adviser to Eric Abetz Andew Nikolic VIC Former Liberal member of House of Representatives
CHRISTIAN PORTER’S NIGHT LIFE INTENSIFIES DEEP CONCERNS OVER POLITICAL INTEGRITY
Name State
AM CSC*
Type of Connection
Justin Owen NSW Lifetime member of the Sydney University Liberal Club; former treasurer of the Australian Liberal Students Federation Belinda Pola QLD Former chief of staff to Mathias Cormann; former staffer to Joe Hockey
Christopher Puplick AM* NSW Former Liberal senator
Theo Tavoularis QLD Liberal Party donor; represented former AG George Brandis’ son in a criminal case.
Rachel Westaway Antoinette Younes VIC Former Liberal candidate for the NSW Upper House
NSW Former adviser to Michaelia Cash
Dominic Katter QLD Queensland Liberal National Party “law and order adviser” Hedley SA Former Liberal Party member for Kingston; former senator Chapman* Rodrigo Pintos- VIC In-house counsel for former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu. Lopez William ACT Former Leader of the Opposition (for the Liberal Party) ACT Stefaniak AM RFD Ian Berry QLD Former LNP member for Ipswich Simone Burford WA Adviser and chief of staff to former attorney-general Daryl Robert Williams; chief of staff to former communications minister Richard Alston; senior adviser to John Howard
Helena Claringbold David Crawshay OAM NSW Former staffer to Tony Abbott
VIC Former Liberal Party staffer
CHRISTIAN PORTER’S NIGHT LIFE INTENSIFIES DEEP CONCERNS OVER POLITICAL INTEGRITY
Name State Type of Connection
Brendan Darcy VIC Former adviser to Kevin Andrews Phoebe Dunn VIC Former senior adviser to former attorney-general Daryl Williams
Peter Emmerton* SA Former adviser to Liberal Minister of Education and Training
Shane Evans* NSW Former adviser to the Howard Government; media adviser and chief of staff to Minister for Fair Trading NSW Joseph Francis* WA Former Liberal Member for Jandakot William Frost ACT Former senior adviser to Christian Porter Steven Griffiths* SA Former Liberal Member for Goyder
George Hallwood* SA President of a Liberal Party branch
Keith Kendall VIC University Liberal Club member Nora Lamont* VIC Liberal Party member; Councillor for Mullum Ward, Maroondah City Council
Russell Matheson NSW Former Liberal Party member for Macarthur
David McCulloch Nicholas McGowan Karen McNamara* NSW Former policy adviser to Communications Minister Paul Fletcher; staffer to former senator Amanda Vanstone VIC Liberal candidate for Jagajaga
NSW Former Liberal Party member for Dobell
Justin Meyer VIC Former senior adviser to former premier Dennis Napthine Helen VIC Former senior adviser to Tony Abbott Moreland* Perrohean Sperling PSM VIC Former senior adviser to John Howard
CHRISTIAN PORTER’S NIGHT LIFE INTENSIFIES DEEP CONCERNS OVER POLITICAL INTEGRITY
Name State Type of Connection
Michael Sutherland OAM WA Former Liberal member for Mount Lawley; former speaker of the WA Legislative Assembly
Peter Vlahos VIC Liberal candidate for Chisholm Robert Baldwin* NSW Former Liberal member for Paterson
Anthony Barry VIC Former press adviser to Malcolm Turnbull Stephen WA Former chief of staff to former WA Legislative Assembly Barton* member Joseph Francis Jane Bell VIC Liberal preselection for the House of Representatives Suzanne Boyce FAICD* QLD Former Liberal senator
Nathan Goetz NSW Former Liberal Party member. Ran for the Wyndham City Council in the 2008 election.
Dawn Fitzgerald WA Former chief of staff to a WA Liberal minister
Ian Fletcher AM WA Former chief of staff to former WA premier Richard Court Margaret Forrest QLD Senior adviser to the Department of Justice and AG (Newman government); electorate officer for AG George Brandis John Griffin* VIC Former chief of staff to for Victorian premier Jeff Kennett Meredith QLD Former chief of staff to Christopher Pyne Jackson De-Anne Kelly* QLD National Member for Dawson Helen Kroger* VIC Former president of the Victorian Liberal Party; former Liberal senator
Michael Manetta SA Liberal candidate for seat of Torrens
Stephen Parry* TAS Former Tasmanian Senate president
CHRISTIAN PORTER’S NIGHT LIFE INTENSIFIES DEEP CONCERNS OVER POLITICAL INTEGRITY
Name State Type of Connection
Donna Petrovich* VIC Former Liberal member in the Victorian Legislative Council
Susan Reece Jones VIC Liberal Party member
Brian Warren Stooke AM* Andrew Tragardh VIC Liberal Party member
VIC Liberal preselection for the Victorian Legislative Assembly
*No known legal qualification, or has not been able to provide evidence of qualification when contacted
