Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Lalor for her question, which reflects her longstanding interest in the very important work of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. If you want to know about the approach of the former government and the damage that they did to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, you can now ask the former government, because they might actually tell you. Over recent weeks, those opposite, including the opposition leader, have complained that the AAT is stacked with political appointees—

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