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A who’s who in the AAT zoo
The federal government has appointed 66 members and senior members to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal over the past six years who have direct Liberal or National Party affiliations, some of them with no legal qualifications. Here they are:
Gary Humphries
ACT
Former Liberal senator
John Sosso
QLD
Director-General, Justice Department (Newman government)
Robert Cameron
VIC
Liberal Chairman Kew State Electoral Council
Paul Clauson AM
QLD
Former attorney-general and minister under Liberal government
Michael Cooke*
NSW
Former adviser to Tony Abbott
Denis Dragovic*
VIC
Liberal preselection for the House of Representatives; 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 Groom
VIC
Former Liberal Party member for Denison
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 AM CSC*
VIC
Former Liberal member of House of Representatives
Justin Owen
NSW
Lifetime member of the Sydney University Liberal Club; former treasurer of the Australian Liberal Students Federation
Jason Pennell
VIC
Liberal preselection for the House of Representatives
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
VIC
Former Liberal candidate for the NSW Upper House
Antoinette Younes
NSW
Former adviser to Michaelia Cash
Dominic Katter
QLD
Queensland Liberal National Party "law and order adviser"
Hedley Chapman*
SA
Former Liberal Party member for Kingston; former senator
Rodrigo Pintos-Lopez
VIC
In-house counsel for former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu.
William Stefaniak AM RFD
ACT
Former Leader of the Opposition (for the Liberal Party) ACT
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
NSW
Former staffer to Tony Abbott
David Crawshay OAM
VIC
Former Liberal Party staffer
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
NSW
Former policy adviser to Communications Minister Paul Fletcher; staffer to former senator Amanda Vanstone
Nicholas McGowan
VIC
Liberal candidate for Jagajaga
Karen McNamara*
NSW
Former Liberal Party member for Dobell
Justin Meyer
VIC
Former senior adviser to former premier Dennis Napthine; Donated > $11,000 to the Liberal Party
Helen Moreland*
VIC
Former senior adviser to Tony Abbott
Perrohean Sperling PSM
VIC
Former senior adviser to John Howard
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 Barton*
WA
Former chief of staff to former WA Legislative Assembly member Joseph Francis
Jane Bell
VIC
Liberal preselection for the House of Representatives
Suzanne Boyce FAICD*
QLD
Former Liberal senator
Louise Bygrave*
NSW
Former senior adviser Liberal MP Tim Wilson
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 Jackson
QLD
Former chief of staff to Christopher Pyne
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
Donna Petrovich*
VIC
Former Liberal member in the Victorian Legislative Council
Susan Reece Jones
VIC
Liberal Party member
Brian Warren Stooke AM*
VIC
Liberal Party member
Andrew Tragardh
VIC
Liberal preselection for the Victorian Legislative Assembly
*No known legal qualification, or has not been able to provide evidence of qualification when contacted.
www.crikey.com.au/2019/09/24/a-whos-who-in-the-aat-zoo/
The federal government has appointed 66 members and senior members to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal over the past six years who have direct Liberal or National Party affiliations, some of them with no legal qualifications. Here they are:
Gary Humphries
ACT
Former Liberal senator
John Sosso
QLD
Director-General, Justice Department (Newman government)
Robert Cameron
VIC
Liberal Chairman Kew State Electoral Council
Paul Clauson AM
QLD
Former attorney-general and minister under Liberal government
Michael Cooke*
NSW
Former adviser to Tony Abbott
Denis Dragovic*
VIC
Liberal preselection for the House of Representatives; 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 Groom
VIC
Former Liberal Party member for Denison
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 AM CSC*
VIC
Former Liberal member of House of Representatives
Justin Owen
NSW
Lifetime member of the Sydney University Liberal Club; former treasurer of the Australian Liberal Students Federation
Jason Pennell
VIC
Liberal preselection for the House of Representatives
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
VIC
Former Liberal candidate for the NSW Upper House
Antoinette Younes
NSW
Former adviser to Michaelia Cash
Dominic Katter
QLD
Queensland Liberal National Party "law and order adviser"
Hedley Chapman*
SA
Former Liberal Party member for Kingston; former senator
Rodrigo Pintos-Lopez
VIC
In-house counsel for former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu.
William Stefaniak AM RFD
ACT
Former Leader of the Opposition (for the Liberal Party) ACT
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
NSW
Former staffer to Tony Abbott
David Crawshay OAM
VIC
Former Liberal Party staffer
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
NSW
Former policy adviser to Communications Minister Paul Fletcher; staffer to former senator Amanda Vanstone
Nicholas McGowan
VIC
Liberal candidate for Jagajaga
Karen McNamara*
NSW
Former Liberal Party member for Dobell
Justin Meyer
VIC
Former senior adviser to former premier Dennis Napthine; Donated > $11,000 to the Liberal Party
Helen Moreland*
VIC
Former senior adviser to Tony Abbott
Perrohean Sperling PSM
VIC
Former senior adviser to John Howard
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 Barton*
WA
Former chief of staff to former WA Legislative Assembly member Joseph Francis
Jane Bell
VIC
Liberal preselection for the House of Representatives
Suzanne Boyce FAICD*
QLD
Former Liberal senator
Louise Bygrave*
NSW
Former senior adviser Liberal MP Tim Wilson
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 Jackson
QLD
Former chief of staff to Christopher Pyne
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
Donna Petrovich*
VIC
Former Liberal member in the Victorian Legislative Council
Susan Reece Jones
VIC
Liberal Party member
Brian Warren Stooke AM*
VIC
Liberal Party member
Andrew Tragardh
VIC
Liberal preselection for the Victorian Legislative Assembly
*No known legal qualification, or has not been able to provide evidence of qualification when contacted.
www.crikey.com.au/2019/09/24/a-whos-who-in-the-aat-zoo/