'Disgraceful' administrative tribunal axed Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced the government will abolish the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which has been heavily criticised. AAP · Dec 16, 2022
Department acts to stop release of documents on probe into land-clearing by company linked to Angus Taylor Legal action taken to block information on investigation into illegal land-clearing by Jam Land Pty Ltd after commissioner ordered its release The Guardian - AU · Nov 24, 2022
Federal Court rejects NDIA appeal over $1.5m payment to Nardy House for residents' care The Federal Court has dismissed the NDIA's appeal over a $1.5 million payment to charity organisation Nardy House. ABC News · Nov 18, 2022
Mark Dreyfus says AAT has ‘unacceptable’ record on bullying and condemns appointment process Attorney general says Liberal party should be ‘tarnished forever’ over appointments to administrative appeals tribunal The Guardian - AU · Nov 8, 2022
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus seeks meeting with Administrative Appeals Tribunal over bullying and harassment allegations The attorney-general has sought an urgent meeting with the president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal after multiple allegations of bullying, harassment, or discrimination. ABC News · Nov 7, 2022
Administrative Appeals Tribunal reveals 17 members have faced bullying or harassment complaints since 2016 Senate estimates hears allegations have been made against 19 Administrative Appeals Tribunal members, including senior officials and a deputy president, with two no longer working there. ABC News · Nov 7, 2022
NDIS participants, families and lawyers allege breaches of NDIA's model litigant obligations The NDIA and its legal representatives have been accused of systemically breaching the statutory obligation for Commonwealth organisations to be model litigants. ABC News · Oct 14, 2022
Terrifying flood ordeal turns into frustrating NDIS battle for NSW woman Asphyxia says protracted process left her without her wheelchair for months after it was damaged in floods The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2022
Thousands of outstanding NDIS legal appeals to be reviewed by new taskforce, Bill Shorten says Former disability discrimination commissioner Graeme Innes will lead independent body aimed at blitzing massive backlog of cases The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2022
How Australia’s ‘luck of the draw’ asylum system is leaving vulnerable people in limbo for years Sister Aileen Crowe’s decades of experience with ‘dehumanising’ process is backed up by new research which reveals massive inconsistencies in decision-making The Guardian - AU · Sep 10, 2022
Ten senior appointments announced at North West accountancy firm The appointments are set to play a key role in future growth at Mitchell Charlesworth Birmingham Post · Aug 24, 2022
Catherine has regular falls at home due to a degenerative eye condition. The NDIA is refusing to fund modifications that would keep her safe Some people who rely on the National Disability Insurance Scheme claim it has an adversarial approach that is pushing them to despair, with lengthy battles over funding becoming increasingly common. ABC News · Aug 9, 2022
The fix is in: how to restore public faith in government appointments The question of how to restore integrity to public institutions is on the minds of many government officials right now, both on the local and international stage. The Conversation · Aug 2, 2022
‘Fighting for her voice’: mother locked in legal battle with NDIS over daughter’s talker Melanie Stephens is caught up in Administrative Appeals Tribunal case after being denied funding for a device to help Ella communicate The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2022
The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2022 ‘Jobs for mates’: political appointments to government boards rife in Australia, report reveals Grattan Institute report calls for fundamental reform after finding 21% of federal board positions were politically connected
The Conversation · Jul 17, 2022 Here’s a simple way to stop governments giving jobs to mates Handing out a cushy job to a political mate might seem harmless – after all, everyone does it, right? – but the politicisation of public appointments has real, pervasive consequences for Australian democracy. Increasingly, many government boards, tribunals and independent agencies are stacked with people who have worked in politics.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2022 Labor-led Senate inquiry to call for axing of Liberal-dominated AAT Mark Dreyfus ‘cannot have confidence’ in current make-up of Administrative Appeals Tribunal, but won’t be drawn on recommendation to scrap body
The Conversation · Jun 22, 2022 Has US-style politicisation of the courts come to Australia? In the landmark 1973 decision of Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court held that the right to privacy provided by the 14th amendment to the US Constitution protects a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. Last month, a leaked draft of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization…
The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2022 Government trying to cast ‘unusual’ secrecy over FOI relating to company part-owned by Angus Taylor Environment department wants some closed hearings at appeals tribunal as it fights to withhold documents relating to illegal poisoning of grasslands
The Guardian - AU · May 31, 2022 NDIS agency to spend $50m on lawyers to fight people with disability who appealed funding cuts Critics argue national disability insurance scheme participants are increasingly being pitted against solicitors from top firms
ABC News · May 18, 2022 NDIS participant says 'bureaucratic nightmare' created by agency is wasting taxpayer money Richard Bradley says tax dollars are being wasted through the "inhumane" decisions that have led to a 400 per cent increase in cases going to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal over the past year.
ABC News · May 16, 2022 Government infighting over climate change made giving honest policy advice harder, tribunal told Internal conflict within the Morrison government on climate change policy made it harder for public servants to give frank advice about how to prepare for worsening climate extremes, according to the sworn testimony of a senior bureaucrat.
The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2022 AAT member says he was benched after too many decisions against government Michael Manetta says move undermines impartiality and independence of administrative appeals tribunal
ABC News · May 15, 2022 Administrative Appeals Tribunal demoted barrister for making decisions against the government, he claims Adelaide barrister Michael Manetta says he's been stopped from hearing welfare debt cases at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal because he made too many decisions against the government.
ABC News · May 13, 2022 NDIA appeals to Federal Court after being told to pay $1.5m to Nardy House for residents' care Charity organisation Nardy House looks after some of the most vulnerable people on NSW's far south coast but families of residents are fighting the NDIA to pay the organisation $1.5 million in care costs.